Johnny Candon

One of Ireland’s most sought after comedians, Johnny regularly plays at established comedy venues and festivals across the UK and Ireland including the Comedy Store, The Stand, The International, Belfast Empire, The Glee Club as well as comedy stages at Vicar Street, Kilkenny, Electric Picnic, Leeds, Reading and Latitude festivals. Johnny has also performed at the Melbourne and Adelaide International Comedy Festivals as well as continuing to tour extensively in Europe, China, the Middle East and South East Asia. Currently based in Dublin, he has been a writer for, amongst others, Meet Ricky Gervais on Channel Four and Kelsey Grammer Presents The Sketch Show on Fox. He supported Ricky Gervais on his ‘Animals’ tour and did two college tours of the UK with John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman. He recently supported Joe Lycett on the Irish and Scottish legs of his ‘More, More, More! How do you Joe Lycett? How do you Joe Lycett?’ tour.