In association with the Giggling Guiri comedy club the annual ‘Best Of Irish Special’ is the stuff of EL FEILE legend. This was the very first professional English language comedy show ever to take place in Spain and it never disappoints. This year we have broken from tradition a little and forsaken our double bill format because we have someone who is definitely Irish, with a very special show and is sitting right up with the very biggest and best names in comedy these days. Seriously we seen this show and thought it was the perfect for the festival and chased him down immediately afterwards. It was just pipped at the post for the main prize in Edinburgh and is classic Irish storytelling from a comedian at the very top of his game. Fecking hilarious! When: Sunday March 16th - Doors 8pm Where: George Payne Irish Bar, Pl Urquinaona 5 Price: €17 presale €20 doors Ticketing: Buy online at www.comedyinspain.com Hibernian Books Calle Montseny 17, Gracia. - Metro Fontana Biography IF. COMEDY AWARD NOMINEE 2007 Andrew Maxwell was nominated for the prestigious if.com Intelligent Finance Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier) for his one man show WAXIN' at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show was a sell-out success and, along with his popular late-night ensemble comedy show MAXWELL'S FULLMOONERS, received high praise and five star reviews. Andrew has been prolific on the live and festival circuit performing to sell-out houses and great acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival, The Amnesty / Channel Four Secret Policeman's Ball (alongside Eddie Izzard, Chevy Chase and Dylan Moran - "Maxwell turned it around... he made us feel part of an event" THE TIMES), at the HBO US Comedy & Arts Festival in Las Vegas (alongside Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock), The Soho Theatre, Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival and the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. Andrew has won and been nominated for several awards including a Time Out Live Award in the category of Best Stand-up, Loaded Magazine best stand-up and Chortle Award for best contribution to the live comedy circuit. An intrepid social commentator, Andrew is renowned for his unique blend of comedy and socio-political observations. His first hour-long show, "This Is My Hour", performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2004, explored what you would say and do if you only had an hour left to live. This show led to Andrew's participation in Channel Four / E4's "Kings of Comedy" (a reality series that pitted veteran comedians against a younger generation of stand-ups) which he subsequently won. He is a regular on Ireland´s top topical comedy quiz show, THE PANEL. And his travelogues following him round Ireland highlighting all that’s good and great about the country for the Guardian can be found at www.guardian.co.uk "Ill-advised hedonism is rarely this politically well-informed or thought-provoking" *****THE SCOTSMAN "One of the most significant comedians working in the country today" THE INDEPENDENT "Andrew's on particularly fantastic form. He's without doubt the strongest comedian on the circuit right now" THE DAILY TELEGRAPH "If you see one thing at this year's Fringe please, please, please take time to see Andrew Maxwell" ***** THE LIST ANDREW ONLINE www.maxwellsfullmooners.com www.myspace.com/fullmooners ANDREW ON TV: Comedy Shuffle (Main guest) - BBC Comedy Cuts (Himself) - granada / ITV2 Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Panellist) - Talkback / BBC2 Secret Policeman's Ball (Stand-up set) - Tiger Aspect / Channel 4 My Name In Lights (Short pilot / stand-up) - Zeppotron / E4 The Comic Side of Seven Days (6 episodes) - BBC / BBC3 Live at The Festival - Assembly / STV The Late Edition (2 episodes) - BBC4 Kings of Comedy - Endemol / Channel Four 28 Acts in 28 Minutes - BBC / BBC3 The Panel - Network 2, Ireland The World Stands Up - Comedy Central / Paramount Letterman Show Young, Gifted and Green (With Ed Byrne and Kevin Hayes) - Channel Four Comedy Store Live - Channel Five BBC Stand Up Show - BBC Edinburgh Nights - BBC2 11 o'clock show - Channel Four

Eng - Cat - Cast   CURRACH LAUNCH... March 31st 2008: Photos of Mark Redden's Currach-launch have been uploaded to the site, check them out... Read More >> AER LINGUS COMPETITION WINNER... Congratulations to Sandra of MS Barcelona who has won the free flights to Ireland competition with Aerlingus. Enjoy...