Dylan Moran vicar street dates

4P's

just wondering wats the jazz was with the Dylan Moran dates in vicar street in September is it going ahead are there still tickets or are they all sold out

grames_bond

all sold out in afraid!

4P's

cheers for reply you manage to get a ticket yourself

grames_bond

yeah i was in college early that morning and qued up to get 4....literally got great seats, walked out of the shop and they were sold out!

caroline0509

Hi anyone!
I have 4 x tickets for Dylan Moran on Sat 19th - ideally looking to swap them for another night - any takers?

xIsabelx

I was sitting at the computer at 8.55AM all ready back on the 1st of February. can't believe it's now next Thursday! :D

SlimJ

xIsabelx wrote: »

I was sitting at the computer at 8.55AM all ready back on the 1st of February. can't believe it's now next Thursday! :D

Jesus, tell me about it. My most anticipated comedy night in years.

mary90

caroline0509 wrote: »

Hi anyone!
I have 4 x tickets for Dylan Moran on Sat 19th - ideally looking to swap them for another night - any takers?

dont have tickets to swap but id def buy them off you if your offerin!?

sadie06

Anyone there tonight? What the hell happened? Was it nerves, drink? Why couldn't he get it together?

Don't get me wrong, Dylan on an off night was better than most at their best, but that doesn't take away from how awkward it was. He had to leave the stage because he couldn't remember the material!

Raging I booked the first night now. I just know this thread will take off with tales of 12 nights of untold genius!

tommyboy2222

Anyone there tonight? What the hell happened? Was it nerves, drink? Why couldn't he get it together?

Don't get me wrong, Dylan on an off night was better than most at their best, but that doesn't take away from how awkward it was. He had to leave the stage because he couldn't remember the material!

Raging I booked the first night now. I just know this thread will take off with tales of 12 nights of untold genius!

Yeah I totally agree with you.

He seemed to forget some material coming near the end of the first half when he suggested going for the interval. He came out strongly again but I couldn't believe it when he kinda walked off stage to read his "lines". He even suggested we should get a refund!!

It was embarrassing seeing him trying to remember the jokes and having to have audience members remind him what he was talking about.

To be honest if he did this in london he would have probably been booed off stage. I'd say at the end of his run he'll have it down perfect though.

Weird seeing such an established name dying on stage.

allandanyways

How long was the show? Trying to arrange buses, it's a bloody nightmare, can't find info on how long it is anywhere.

EyesClosed

was he dying on stage or was he just being crazy drunken dylan??

sadie06

darryn wrote: »

was he dying on stage or was he just being crazy drunken dylan??

Not dying as such because the audience stayed behind him right to the end, but after fumbling several times in the first half, and leaving the stage to look at notes in the second, he only managed a further five minutes before he lost track again, so he did us all a favour and said "Thank you and good night".

It was clearly not the intended ending and there was a confused reaction.

He was on fire at times though....the best!

grimm2005

wow, kinda shocked to hear that. i have tickets for the 25th. hopefully he'll have sorted himself out by then

Wreck

allandanyways wrote: »

How long was the show? Trying to arrange buses, it's a bloody nightmare, can't find info on how long it is anywhere.

It was somewhere between 90 and 120 minutes including the intermission.

sadie06 wrote: »

Not dying as such because the audience stayed behind him right to the end, but after fumbling several times in the first half, and leaving the stage to look at notes in the second, he only managed a further five minutes before he lost track again, so he did us all a favour and said "Thank you and good night".

It was clearly not the intended ending and there was a confused reaction.

He was on fire at times though....the best!

So disappointed, had been looking forward to this for ages. Wish I'd got tickets for later in the run as I'm sure he will have learnt his routine for tonight. There were moments of aboslute genius though -

peacock sandwich anyone?

dublinario

Please don't misconstrue my words as anger, because I honestly took last night's shambles in good humour, and I found the bits when Dylan was 'in the zone' hilarious.

But...reflecting upon the quasi-meltdown in the cold light of morning, it was extremely unprofessional and disrespectful to arrive at a venue the size of Vicar Street so underprepared. He surely could have honed the material somewhere smaller if needs be?

I think if he'd even ended on a joke, it would have taken the edge of the 6 or 7 preceding 'lapses' (some of which he recovered from, others which required the interval or an excursion to backstage to remedy). But to end the show on a pregnant pause, is literally the worst end to any show -- comedy, music, play etc -- I have ever seen.

Again, I toddled off into the night after the show happy enough, so I'm not fulminating here; just being coldly rational about what happened. I'm still a Dylan Moran fan.

highnc

hi, this is abit late i know but i've 4 spare tickets for tonight's going at face value (€30) - downstairs towards the left of the stage (not at the tables), if anyone's interested you can pm me. thanks.

edit: now sold, thanks.

PornStaR

**** I should have checked boards earlier.

hope Highnc still has those tickets......

NoNamer

if anyone else has a similar situation with spare tickets please PM me, I need to see Dylan!

xIsabelx

That's interesting, I went tonight and thought he was fantastic. (probably from practice, 2nd night and all)

Initially I felt he was slightly awkward but that quickly fizzled out and he was definitely "in the zone" otherwise

He did say a few times "What was I talking about?" but I really thought it was just part of the act, because he'd then go on to say how he never remembers things and he'd always eventually get back to the topic at hand.

SlimJ

Was there last night as well, he got a bit flustered in the first half a few times, but generally didn't lose what he was on about. In the second half of the show, he brought out a scrap of paper and put that on the table with his wine, which helped to keep him on track.

What I couldn't believe was the amount of people taking pictures! He called out four or five people who were recording or taking a photo and told them to Put The Machines Away, got a few laughs, but that didn't seem to deter anyone in the slightest who wanted to take a picture. The hell is wrong with people? He's an artist, this is a performance, just watch!

Overall a fantastic show from perhaps my favorite comic working today.

dublinario

SlimJ wrote: »

What I couldn't believe was the amount of people taking pictures! He called out four or five people who were recording or taking a photo and told them to Put The Machines Away, got a few laughs, but that didn't seem to deter anyone in the slightest who wanted to take a picture. The hell is wrong with people? He's an artist, this is a performance, just watch!

SlimJ, this is obviously a bugbear of Moran's, because he nailed a few people about it on the first night too. The way he dressed them down was hilarious, but he was quite obviously seriously asking them to stop too, which is why it amazed me that people just ignored him and continued to snap away for the duration of the gig.

Frankly, it's a mild bugbear of mine too, so I was in complete agreement with him. Why would anybody crave a photo of a stand-up comedian in Vicar Street? I struggle to think of anything less applicable to being immortalised as a still image, than a comedian, whose work is all about animation, fluidity, atmosphere.

And yet I hold people who use their phones/cameras to take footage of such events in even higher contempt. Moran rightly barked at some muppet for recording him, saying "would you not just put it down and enjoy the moment" (or words to that effect).

It's so true. Just take a look at people holding their phones/cameras up at gigs: when everybody else is laughing during a comedy performance, they're the ones not. Or when everybody else is jumping up and down at a concert, they're the ones not.

And for what? To capture 60 seconds of the crappiest, grainiest, shakiest, largely indecipherable footage known to man, which when re-watched, if anything, could do little other than diminish the 'human' memory of the atmosphere and emotion of the night.

camelin

I was there on Wednesday and was disappointed too. I kind of expected his first night not to be his best but still, it felt too awkward and uncomfortable. Ah well, I guess I’ll have to get the DVD.

highnc

Great gig last night, he really got going in the second half. can't wait for the DVD.

El Guapo!

Im desperate for 2 tickets for tonights gig (12th)!!!!! If anyone has 2 tickets for sale please contact me.
Cheers!!

Hippo

camelin wrote: »

I was there on Wednesday and was disappointed too. I kind of expected his first night not to be his best but still, it felt too awkward and uncomfortable. Ah well, I guess I’ll have to get the DVD.

I agree. Some very funny moments but pretty unprofessional performance.

xIsabelx

dublinario wrote: »

SlimJ, this is obviously a bugbear of Moran's, because he nailed a few people about it on the first night too. The way he dressed them down was hilarious, but he was quite obviously seriously asking them to stop too, which is why it amazed me that people just ignored him and continued to snap away for the duration of the gig.

Frankly, it's a mild bugbear of mine too, so I was in complete agreement with him. Why would anybody crave a photo of a stand-up comedian in Vicar Street? I struggle to think of anything less applicable to being immortalised as a still image, than a comedian, whose work is all about animation, fluidity, atmosphere.

And yet I hold people who use their phones/cameras to take footage of such events in even higher contempt. Moran rightly barked at some muppet for recording him, saying "would you not just put it down and enjoy the moment" (or words to that effect).

It's so true. Just take a look at people holding their phones/cameras up at gigs: when everybody else is laughing during a comedy performance, they're the ones not. Or when everybody else is jumping up and down at a concert, they're the ones not.

And for what? To capture 60 seconds of the crappiest, grainiest, shakiest, largely indecipherable footage known to man, which when re-watched, if anything, could do little other than diminish the 'human' memory of the atmosphere and emotion of the night.

He didn't really mind people taking a few pictures (on Thursday, anyway)

But he had issues with people recording him and leaving their phones sitting on the tables, illuminating every so often. He said it to a group sitting in front of us a few times to "put the devices away"

ShooterSF

Was there Sunday night and really enjoyed it. He is a genius and has more talent than the two other comedians that came out of his class in St Pats secondary school (Tommy & Hector). We only managed to get standing tickets but got bumped up to front row balcony seats that were empty facing the center of the stage. He mumbled along at the start but that seemed part of the act.

dublinario wrote: »

SlimJ, this is obviously a bugbear of Moran's, because he nailed a few people about it on the first night too. The way he dressed them down was hilarious, but he was quite obviously seriously asking them to stop too, which is why it amazed me that people just ignored him and continued to snap away for the duration of the gig.

Frankly, it's a mild bugbear of mine too, so I was in complete agreement with him. Why would anybody crave a photo of a stand-up comedian in Vicar Street? I struggle to think of anything less applicable to being immortalised as a still image, than a comedian, whose work is all about animation, fluidity, atmosphere.

And yet I hold people who use their phones/cameras to take footage of such events in even higher contempt. Moran rightly barked at some muppet for recording him, saying "would you not just put it down and enjoy the moment" (or words to that effect).

It's so true. Just take a look at people holding their phones/cameras up at gigs: when everybody else is laughing during a comedy performance, they're the ones not. Or when everybody else is jumping up and down at a concert, they're the ones not.

And for what? To capture 60 seconds of the crappiest, grainiest, shakiest, largely indecipherable footage known to man, which when re-watched, if anything, could do little other than diminish the 'human' memory of the atmosphere and emotion of the night.

If I could thank a post more than once Go enjoy the show. Theres a dvd coming out in 2 months if you want to relive the event.

colm_mcm

Went on Saturday night, wasn't blown away, material was average enough, Very few real laugh-out-loud moments, I'm a huge fan, but if it had been my first time seeing him, I wouldn't have been impressed.

MagicMarker

I really really don't like Dylan Moran.

mojorisin

anybody got spare tickets for the his show on Tues 16th?