Craic in the Box Review
Friday November 11th        Tim Vine and Bernard O'Shea with special guest MC Andrew Stanley       Craic in the Box is all go this month with top UK comic Tim Vine as headline, Just For Laughs alumnus Bernard O'Shea as support and special guest MC Andrew Stanley taking over from John Colleary for one night only.         "One big irrepressible roller-coaster of mirth"     The Stage     Tim Vine is a well known TV face here and in the UK thanks to his regular appearances on ITV's The Sketch Show. Dubbed the "Joke Machine Gun", at full pelt Tim sprays out 10 jokes a minute, putting him in the Guinness Book of Records in October 2004 for the most jokes told in one sitting- a whopping 499 jokes in 60 minutes.   No stranger to Sligo audiences Bernard O'Shea will be supporting Tim on the night. Bernard has entertained Craic audiences in the past with his guitar and tales of Twilight Zones, Killer Cats, Bumper Cars, Magic going wrong, Songs of Inflatable Dolls, Rabies, and general madness on several occasions before. O'Shea most recently appeared on Ed Byrnes Just For Laughs on RTE a few weeks ago.       Resident MC John Colleary is away this month but worry not as his duties carried out by one of the most able MC's in the country; Andrew Stanley. Likeable and laid back he won his caps at the Kilkenny and Edinburgh Comedy Festivals and has has impressed Craic audiences in the past. Stanley is now the resident MC of Ireland's legendary club The Comedy Cellar at the International in Dublin.