One of the most original and distinctive stars on television, radio and the stage, Jimmy Carr will bring his unique brand to comedy to The Olympia Theatre on the 11th and 12th January. Carr has sold out 4 shows in the Theatre this month as part of the Bulmers Festival leaving many fans unable to purchase tickets disappointed.
Tickets from €32.60 including booking fee are on sale now, www.ticketmaster.ie
Jimmy has enjoyed several hugely successful years; this year being no exception. In addition to his much applauded appearances on our screens, his fourth live stand-up DVD, In Concert, topped the charts over Christmas and his sell out 200 date tour, Joke Technician is still going strong. A true masterclass in comedy, no one writes sharper jokes or commands the audience better than Jimmy.
With his machine gun fast delivery, he walks a fine line with truly outrageous gags all successfully carried off by crediting his audience with enough intelligence to be in on the joke and able to keep up. By December this year, Jimmy will have performed his stand-up tour shows to over one million people in the UK.
A household name in the UK, Jimmy is also a rising star in the US, where his profile continues to grow. Jimmy has performed 2 Comedy Central Special and also appeared on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien – his fifth appearance to date. Jimmy’s game show Distraction aired on Comedy Central and was subsequently repeated and has also appeared four times on NBC’s flagship programme The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This year, Jimmy returned to the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival to perform for the fifth time.
With conventional media conquered, Jimmy is also a pioneer of digital comedy, topping the album charts on iTunes and the MySpace comedy rankings, with over 165,000 fans online. He was the first major comedian to perform within the online world of Second Life, and the results can be seen as an extra on the Comedian DVD.
Most recently, Jimmy has been recording podcasts, entitled The Writers’ Room, in which he and his favourite writer friends chat about the latest news and events, exchanging anecdotes and quips, offering an insight into how comedy material can develop within a writing environment. The podcasts have proved a smash hit, shooting straight to the top of the iTunes download chart.
