“A seriously talented young lady.”
Time Out

Earlier this year, ROISIN CONATY received an invite to give a talk to new graduates at her old convent school. After tiring herself with a dance of validation, she took it as an opportunity to evaluate her life thus far.

In her Festival Fringe solo debut Roisin Conaty - Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar, ROISIN looks at how the world has changed in those years: from the political euphoria of 1997, her last year in school; to the doom and gloom of 2010. She looks at how we, as individuals, change; and the parts of us that stay the same no matter how hard we try. Has technology brought us closer together or are we all just screaming into the ether looking for some semblance of meaning in a Godless world. Should we all learn just to 'accept' ourselves as we are? Faults and all? Really? Even if you are a bit of dick?

Supported by the self proclaimed ‘Queen of Fringe’ Jackie Hump (who also looks conspicuously like ROISIN), ROISIN asks has her life actually taught her anything of consequence? If so why is she still as confused about everything from love to money as she ever was? What does she actually know for sure aside from that fringes don’t suit everyone?
A regular on the stand-up circuit, ROISIN is also an established writer and performer. Recent credits include Radio 4’s Sony Award nominated Lawrence and Gus: Hearts and Minds, whilst other broadcast credits include Transmission Impossible, a Comedy Lab show for Channel 4 and Meet the Blogs, a pilot for Baby Cow Productions.

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LISTINGS INFORMATION
Venue: Pleasance Joker Dome
Date: 4th - 30th August
Time: 18:15
Box Office: 0131 556 6550

For more information and press tickets, please contact: Ben Nolan, Fran Cherry, Bea Gwynn, Jo Cross or Dan Lloyd. Tel: 08700 70 50 50 [Edinburgh office] or 020 7598 7222 [London office]. Email: benn@avalonuk.com, franc@avalonuk.com, joc@avalonuk.com, beag@avalonuk.com or danl@avalonuk.com

AVALON PROMOTIONS

Avalon Promotions Limited is one of the leading promoters of live comedy in the UK. Productions include: NEWMAN & BADDIEL in the first comedy show ever to be staged at Wembley Arena; FRANK SKINNER’s record-breaking performance to an audience of 6,000 at the Battersea Power Station; Jerry Springer - The Opera at the National Theatre, at the Cambridge Theatre in London’s West End, on national tour and at New York’s Carnegie Hall; HARRY HILL at the Palace and Dominion Theatres in London; and Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure at the Sydney Opera House, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, on national tour and at the Village Theatre, New York (nominated for Drama Desk Award 2004).

The last 12 months has seen Avalon Promotions: present multi-award winning comics CHRIS ADDISON, SIMON BIRD, JENNY ECLAIR, DAVE GORMAN, RICHARD HERRING, RUSSELL HOWARD, LEE MACK, and FRANK SKINNER on sell-out runs; produce AL MURRAY, THE PUB LANDLORD live at the O2 and RUSSELL HOWARD at Wembley Stadium; introduce some of the fastest-rising stars in comedy such as KRISTEN SCHAAL & KURT BRAUNOHLER and ISY SUTTIE; produce stage shows, such as Frank Skinner’s Credit Crunch Cabaret and Grumpy Old Women Live, which has toured the UK three times and performed highly successful runs in Australia and London’s West End; and present 20 acts at the Edinburgh Festival, where it has promoted a total of five Perrier Award winners and 18 Perrier Award/Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees in just 21 years.