COLIN MURPHY

The beautiful quiet genius of Colin Murphy has been worming its way subtly into the psyche of the Irish nation over the last few years, thanks to his late night television appearances on The Blizzard Of Odd. In this show, he dissects the week’s Irish television output, explores old film clips of the country and generally mocks anything that moves. Murphy is well established as a cult favourite in Ireland and this may well be the year that his star rises over the water too. His is a straight forward stand up performance: no crazy stunts, no zany props, no sparkly suits to distract from the mighty whimsy he weaves through clever use of words. He seems to look on the world with a combination of wonder, disgust and delight, and he treats every topic with equal amounts of respect and disdain, a balancing act that brings great results. In a previous year, he took suggestions for the name of his unborn child, and promised that the name voted for by the majority of the audience would end up on the birth certificate. See what he’s got lined up this year.