Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus 5 – Jesus Blood Never Failed Me (Yet), is an evening of blasphemous experimental comedy from some of Ireland’s most talented writers, comedians and storytellers.

This months guests include:

Hugh Cooney – Ireland’s most experimental humorist. He’s often hilarious, and always disturbing videos and interactive art comedy performances have made him a hit in clubs and at music festivals alike. Cooney’s art school background and outsider status make him the perfect figure to push the Irish comedy scene out of it’s zombie somnambulance.

Aidan Killian is a standup comedian and comedy teacher who runs one of Dublin’s most successful comedy clubs ‘Laugh Out Loud’ at Anseo.

Sarah Griffin & Lisa Keegan – Dublin writresses living in Galway. Together they host the teenage cringe confessions night, ‘Scarleh Fer Yer Ma Fer Havin Ya’, where performers compete to read their most embarrassing diary entry or cringe inducing teenage poetry.

Rowan Managhan is a career management consultant, and author of the book ‘Where’s My Oasis? The essential handbook for everyone wanting that perfect job’. He is a business man who’s mantra is ‘We are all cave-men in good suits.’

Alison Spittle is one of Ireland’s best young female comedians. Half traveller, half hyper-intelligent ball of self deprecating charm and wit.

Film maker and ‘Milk & Cookies Stories’ star storyteller Thomas Rowley is the man behind the new Storymap Dublin project. His anecdotes of romantic misadventure are helping to popularise ‘Moth’ style comedic storytelling in Dublin.

Past Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus shows have played host to a variety of ludicrous performances over the past four months…

* Brown Bread Mixtape founder Kalle Ryan gave a lecture about his legendary life.
* Musician David Turpin read an epic poem about a Neanderthal falling in love with her kidnapper.
* Performance Artists Philippe Senouci vomited milk over the audience.
* Writer Kevin Gildea read the shortest story in the world.
* Roger Gregg’s Crazy Dog Theatre Company performed a musical detective story, with sax solos.
* Childrens TV presenter Damon Blake read the mostly untrue diaries of his fear and loathing in Amsterdam.
* Video Comedian Enda McNally sang his families theme tune karaoke style.
* Diet of Worms’ Shane Langan read from his ever growing series of imaginary novels.
* The publisher of Ireland’s first porn magazine told the story of its creation.
* Wild man comedian Enda Muldoon symbolically killed his wife on stage.

The event will take place on Thursday 30th September @ Exchange Dublin, Temple Bar. Tickets € 5 / € 3 concessions available on the door. This is a non-profit event, and all money raised goes toward the running of Exchange Dublin.

Check out our Facebook group. Or RSVP on Facebook. For more information, can contact us at jesus@ladyboyjesus.com, or on 083 355 1282. You can download a high resolution press image here.

Exchange Words at Exchange Dublin, presents the fourth of our monthly comedy events. Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus 4 – All Your Sins, is an evening of blasphemous experimental comedy from some of Ireland’s most talented writers, comedians and storytellers.

This months guests include:

Kevin Gildea is a comedian, writer, actor described by the Guardian as ‘quirky’, ‘innovative,’ ‘creative’ and ‘pioneering’ and by The Sunday Times as ‘highly original and explosively funny’. He is familiar to TV viewers from his appearance in Father Ted and RTE’s ‘The View’. His bleakly hilarious comic fiction brings to mind Flann O’Brien, as performed by David Sedaris.

Narrative Arts Oh-Aissieux is one of the foremost figures in the Irish storytelling revival. As one half of Dublin’s Narrative Arts Club he’s been telling ancient stories in a modern idiom at Irish and international festivals since 2005.

Performance artist Philippe Senouci was the most exciting thing about the recent NCAD end of year show. His Beckettian nightmare piece ‘Performing Abjection’ was both hilarious and frightening. We look forward to his unpredictable contribution to the evening.

Film maker and ‘Milk & Cookies Stories’ star storyteller Thomas Rowley is the man behind the new Storymap Dublin project. His anecdotes of romantic misadventure are helping to popularise American style comedic storytelling in Dublin.

Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus is curated and hosted by Gareth Stack. Gareth is a writer and comedian who has performed standup comedy around Ireland, assistant edited Trinity College Dublin’s satirical magazine Piranha, and produced the popular ‘Invisible Tour Guide’ and ‘Technolotics’ podcast series.

The event will take place on Thursday 26th August @ Exchange Dublin, Temple Bar. Doors at 7PM, show at 7.30PM Tickets € 5 / € 3 concessions available on the door. This is a non-profit event, and all money raised goes toward the running of Exchange Dublin.

This is an open call for performers for Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus. If you haven’t performed before, that’s OK. All applications will be considered based on the quality and originality of the set you’re looking to do, we’re as happy to have writers and actors as traditional comedians.

First off, this is not a standup gig. Secondly, as a charity gig, we can’t pay a fee. What we do provide is an opportunity to do some genuinely experimental uncensored comedy, with a very appreciative audience, while raising money for a free open to all art centre (Exchange Dublin). The night is like a mix of Shane Langan’s Not Also But Only, Kalle Ryan’s Brown Bread Mixtape, and Cian Hallinan’s Voice Box.

We’ve run this monthly gig three times now, and here’s a few of the performances that have gone on…

* Kalle Ryan – Gave a lecture about how much of a legend he is, complete with slides.
* David Turpin – Read an epic poem about a Neanderthal falling in love with her kidnapper.
* Roger Gregg – Performed a musical detective story, with sax solos.
* Damon Blake – Read the mostly untrue diaries of his fear and loathing in Amsterdam.
* Shane Connelly – Told the true gangbang based story of Mary.
* Shane Langan – Read from his ever growing series of imaginary novels.
* Enda McNally – Sang his families theme tune karaoke style.
* Enda Muldoon – Symbolically killed his wife on stage.

We are looking forperformances that are NOT straight standup, sketch comedy, guitar comedy etc. This is a place to try a completely new direction. We have multiple microphones, DI boxes, a projector and laptop available to use during your set.

If you’ve got a humorous essay, weird video piece, comic play, interactive or audience participation bit you can’t do anywhere else, bring it to us. The atomosphere on the night is fantastic, the venues more like a theatre than a pub, and nobodies pissed so there are no hecklers.

Get in touch either by email or on facebook.

With his rouged cheeks, soft alabaster skin, and sweet red ruby lips, there can be few who would fail to recognise his majesty Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus. For many his soft empathic features whisper reassurance, acceptance and a thinly veiled desire to dance.

You are cordially invited to the third Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus Live. An evening of dark comedy in aid of Exchange Dublin.

This months guests include:

One man radio theatre company Roger Gregg, whose astonishing performance blew the roof off a previous Exchange Words event.

Writer and musician David Turpin, whose wonderful album Haunted! was one of the best Irish releases last year. This is Mr Turpin’s first speaking engagement.

Milk and Cookies Stories storyteller Thomas Rowley, revealing his darker side with another tall tale.

Kalle Ryan, founder and curator of Dublin’s hit night The Brownbread Mixtape, and the man behind our nations alternative anthem ‘My Blood is Boiling for Ireland‘ .

More TBA.

The evening is presented and curated by writer and comedian Gareth Stack.

Doors at 7.00PM on the last Thursday of this and every month.
Admission is € 5 / € 3 concessions with all proceeds to Exchange Dublin.

Facebook event.

High Resolution Press Image – Poster, Leaflet.

It’s our sadistic pleasure to invite you to our 2nd monthly event! If you love comedy, but are sick of the anaemic samey evenings of standup on offer in Dublin, then our evening is perfect for you.

Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus Live is a a monthly evening of dark and mysterious comedy from a variety of Ireland’s most talented writers, comedians and storytellers.

This months event features storytellers Shane Connelly & Tom Rowley (Milk & Cookies), and writers Colm Liddy (40 Fights Between Husbands & Wives) and Colm Keegan (Nighthawks), and more very special guests.

The event is presented and curated by writer and comedian Gareth Stack, who performs material featured in Piranha!, Ladyboy Jesus online magazine, and the upcoming darkly comic novel Jackdaw Fool.

Gareth has been described as across between across between Vincent Price and Stewie from family guy.

Expect darkness, hilarity and literary japes. There will be marshmallows.

This months poster is designed by the very talented Sarah Quigley.

Entrance is € 5 / € 3 concessions. Doors at 7PM, show at 7.30PM
Facebook RSVP

Previous Episodes: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Monday

Been ages since I wrote here. Broke both hands in a fisting fishing accident in January. So what with my weak wrists and the dodgy speech recognition on me iMac I have avoided confessionalising. Big news is me and Niamh made up! Her mam is still sending me poo’s in the mail, but since I moved back home we can face that problem as a family. Speaking of which, Andrew’s coming up on the big one one, time for the special talk about you know what. Sex. Can’t wait!

Tuesday 2PM

Had to take Andrew to casualty. The lady doctor said there should be no lasting damage from the shock, but not to mention cadbury’s caramels, republicanism, or hair nets around him for the forseeable.

Tuesday 11PM

Andrew’s bleeding from the arse, this doesn’t look good. I swear, the power of suggestion! Knew I should have bought that kryptonite for daddy’s secret cabinet.

Wednesday 3PM

Whenever I watch the weather I always imagine the forcasters hand as a big threatening giant hand looming in the sky. Imagine the size of the cuticles.

Wednesday 5PM

Finished me jigsaw of the Lindisfarne & Budle Bay estuary. Went for a walk, left leg is a bit stiff from a misunderstanding with the wife. Wish I’d realised ‘harder’ was a rubbish safe word. For a minute I thought someone was following me, so I found a doorway, lowered me cacks and waited for a nice surprise, but all I got was a chilly arse.

Thursday

Wouldn’t you know it, I forgot me own birthday. Trust Niamh, she had me back, and eight of the lads from the club judging by the sexy video she made me. Or maybe only seven lads. Pretty sure Arthur G. is a drag king, either that or he’s has the greasiest mickey in Dublin. Each to their own.

Friday

Andrew’s bum is healing well, which is good news, because Friday night means it’s time for daddy’s tasty vindaloo!

Hey folks. So this site has been dormant for far too long, but we haven’t been idle. Andrew’s been writing and getting up to all sorts of other mischief, while Gareth has been performing standup around Ireland, and running a series of spoken word events at Exchange Dublin. Now it’s time to take the next step, and bring some of the outrageously filthy and surreal satire and whimsy behind this site and out other comedy projects onto the live stage. We’ll be running an event named after the site at Exchange Dublin on 14th of May, 2010. If the events a success we plan to make it a regular home for alternative comedy in Dublin, featuring writers, comedians, storytellers and visual humorists from film makers, to animators and artists. Thanks for all your support in the past, we hope you’ll enjoy a night of something different in Dublin: Dark uncensored literary comedy, in an all ages, alcohol free space. You can hop on the Facebook event here. Here’s the bumf…

You are cordially invited to the first ever Marshmallow Ladyboy Jesus night. An evening of dark and mysterious comedy from a variety of Ireland’s most talented writers, comedians and storytellers.

Price is €5 / €3 concessions, with all profits donated to Exchange Dublin.

Our wonderful poster is designed by the very talented Sarah Quigley, and includes assets from radioPooh used with permission.

Gig 6 – Gareth Stack – Exchange Dublin from dbspin on Vimeo.

I finally did it… I bit the bullet and got up on stage. The first time was like my junior cert, leaving cert and début Butt Magazine shoot all in one. I sat at the back of the room folded into the foetal position, repeating my set over and over in my head, pausing only to drain an endless series of 7ups. When my name came- all too quick and earlier than I’d been warned, it was like being dragged to the chair at noon instead of midnight. The spotlight was blinding, like the full beam lamps of an oncoming moon driven by a mad moonman. I forget myself halfway through a sentence. I gibbered like an iguana given the power of speech. I got addicted.

So far I’ve managed to get five gigs down, not bad as it’s a fact that there are eight hundred Irish ‘comedians’ to every goon who’d feels like drinking at them. I’ve set up a blog to track my hideous journey. It’s here I shall write of my voyage from virgin to whore, recounting in nauseating detail each punters crude request. Check it out over at Virgin Standup.