Irish Eyes Will Smile: Punchline Comedy Club Returns for St. Patrick’s Day with All-Irish Line-up

Get out your shamrocks, your leprechauns, and every other Irish cliché and stereotype you can think of because Punchline Comedy Club is hosting a trio of Irish comedians just in time for St. Patrick’s Day.

Andrew Stanley, John Lynn, and Karl Spain will feature at two shows on March 15 at The Garage in Shunyi and March 16 at Park Side Café.

Returning to Beijing after joining a 2015 Punchline Comedy Club line-up is Andrew Stanley. Having performed worldwide at the Montreal, Australian, and Edinburgh Comedy Festivals and becoming a regular fixture on the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Calendar, not to mention Beijing, Stanley is one of the top comics working the worldwide comedy circuit today. Whether it's performing as resident MC in numerous clubs around Ireland, one of which is the legendary Comedy Cellar in Dublin, or as a quality act in his own right Andrew is always high energy and quick witted enough to keep audiences thoroughly entertained.

John Lynn first caught the stand-up bug after a visit to a comedy club in Dublin and quickly discovered that making a clown out of himself wasn’t all that bad. He instantly made a splash in his native Ireland with his laid-back delivery and natural stage presence and within eight months of his first gig, appeared on TV in RTE’s The Liffey Laugh; an unheard of feat for a newcomer. Cementing his status as a promising newcomer in the stand-up world, John accepted an invitation to perform at the prestigious invite-only Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He is now working on his eagerly awaited next solo show, which he will be unleashing at the Edinburgh Festival in 2016.

Karl Spain spent most of 2005 looking for a woman, now he's looking for an audience. Having quickly established himself as one of Irelands top Comedians, Spain has gone from strength to strength and is currently performing live around Ireland to packed out audiences. After bursting onto the scene in 2000 as winner of the R.T.E. New Comedian Award he is now established a reputation as a headline act and excellent MC. His proudest moment was to be chosen as part of the Irish show at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival in 2003 and has since appeared at festivals all over the world from Dublin to Dubai via Australia and of course Kilkenny.

Punchline Comedy Club presents international, English-language comedy acts at venues throughout Asia, including Beijing.

Tickets for both shows are RMB 260 afterwards until sold out. They can be purchased online for The Garage show here or for the Park Side Café show here, or by calling 1343 9796 359. Also available is a dinner deal for RMB 300 at both venues that includes a ticket to the show, a bread bowl of Irish stew, and a pint of Guinness. For more information visit punchlinecomedy.com/beijing.

Photos courtesy of Punchline Comedy Club