The world has changed a lot since Eleanor Tiernan was doing fake court reports on RTE’s Irish Pictorial Weekly.
Back then, contactless was just someone who wore glasses. Trump was a good card to have in a game of 25. And musk was an old school flavour of aftershave. We have a whole new set of problems now. Conspiracy theories! Technological imaginaries!
In this show, Eleanor takes on topics as Cats, Phones, Ryanair middle seats, dead legs, Irish Privilege. Join her as she takes a jaunt around this brave new world we have created and wonders if she (and humanity) is just at an awkward age.
“Funny, fanciful and fearless.” Graham Norton
“Amiably acerbic” Stewart Lee
About Eleanor:
Comedian and writer Eleanor Tiernan has featured on Stand Up For Live Comedy (BBC3), Comedy Central’s The Alternative Comedy Experience and she has supported acts including Iliza Shlesinger, Stewart Lee, Tig Notaro, Ardal O’Hanlon, Jason Manford, Jason Byrne and Lucy Beaumont. She has been a panelist on BBC Radio 4’s News Quiz, Where’s the F In News? and The Blame Game (BBC Northern Ireland). Most recently Eleanor appears in Holding, a new TV adaptation of Graham Norton’s debut novel.
Eleanor’s style is “deceptively sharp” (Fest Mag) and filled with her trademark acerbic wit. Her solo shows regularly receive rave reviews, and she has been featured on the Sunday Times list of Top Ten Female Stand Ups To Watch and Chortle’s 2019: The ones to watch.
She was invited to perform at Montreal Just For Laughs, Melbourne International Comedy, Kilkenny Cat Laughs. Vodafone Comedy Festival (Dublin), Latitude and Glastonbury.
Alongside her stand up career Eleanor Tiernan is a successful comedy writer, writing for ITV2’s comedy game show CelebAbility hosted by fellow comedian, and popular voice of Love Island, Iain Stirling and co-wrote an episode of Buffering for ITV2. She has written and performed on the critically acclaimed political satire show Irish Pictorial Weekly (RTÉ) for multiple series and frequently writes opinion pieces for the Irish Times, and has written for The i.
Other credits include Monumental (BBC NI), The Craig Doyle Show (RTÉ), Headwreckers (Channel Four), Stand and Deliver (RTÉ), The Panel (RTÉ), The Savage Eye (RTÉ), Republic of Telly (RTÉ), Bad Language (BBC Radio Scotland), Just a Minute (BBC Radio 4) and The News Qujiz (BBC Radio 4). She also played Mary in a critically acclaimed run of John Breen play Alone It Stands in theatres across Ireland and appeared as Dolores in the RTÉ sitcom Bridget and Eamon.
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