Toured as Des Bishop’s support during his record breaking Fitting In Tour 2005/2006 including a show in front of 5,000 people Live at the Marquee in July 2006
Winner of Best newcomer Award 2005 in Comedy Cellar and Captial Comedy Club
Invited to Galway Comedy Festival April 06, March 08
Appeared at the Cat Laughs festival in Kilkenny, June’06, June‘07 and June ’08
Electric Picnic, Sept 06 and Sept 07 and Oxegen June 2007
Now headlining nationwide
Appeared at the last 2 Just for Laughs Montreal showcases in Dublin.
Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe at the Young Gifted and Green show. Performed at the Bud Light Comedy Revue in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens in July 07.
Has now started to gig regulalry at many of the top clubs in the UK
Aside from Des, he has opened for many of Ireland’s top stand up comedians including Tommy Tiernan, Jason Byrne, PJ Gallagher, Colin Murphy, Neil Delamere, Andrew Maxwell, Barry Murphy, Karl Spain and Australia’s Adam Hills.
Now does warm ups for RTE’s flagship programme, the Late, Late Show. He has also started to do some warm ups for BBC Northern Ireland in Belfast too.
Has played every major venue in Ireland and is tipped by many to be a major force in Irish comedy for years to come. Consistently delivers everywhere he goes
This year sees Eric perform his first ever solo stand up show entitled The Lalorpalooza Show which will be staged on home ground in the Axis Theatre, Ballymun on June 13th
TV Credits – Joy in the Hood RTE, Tubridy Tonight RTE
Radio – RTE Radio 1 ‘Story’ – Played the part of Whacko in the award winning radio play by Kevin Gildea
Quotes :
"Eric Lalor looks like a real find from the depths of Ballymun" - Evening Herald,
"excellent, bellyachingingly funny, fast moving.." - Kilkenny People,
" As good as a lot of the more established acts on the Irish comedy circuit today " - Peter O’Mahoney in Daily Star,
"Flawless...it’s like Rab C got Irish, got eloquent, but stayed scum" - Chortle UK
" His vibrant, super energised stage presence connects with the audience and his material mesmerises until the end. We’ve never seen a crowd react so emphatically to one of our acts." - Laughter Lounge, Dublin
" He’s getting better all the time, so much so that he’s starting to freak me out. I have created a monster!! " - Des Bishop
“ Who would have known such a comedy force would come out of one of Ireland’s toughest areas!!!! One of Ireland’s Finest talent’s---A MUST SEE” – The International Comedy Club
‘The busiest man in showbusiness ! Quiet simply gets more gigs than anyone else working today on the Irish comedy circuit’ – Capital Comedy Club
Website
If Spiderman was a traveller, would he live on one of these ?
Influences
My kids, Des Bishop, Jason Byrne, PJ Gallagher, Paddy Courtney, Tommy Cooper, Karl Spain, Steve Coogan, Bill Murray, Dave Allen, Freddie Starr, Richard Pryor
Members
Ooh matron !
TV Shows
Des Bishop's Joy in the Hood, Tubridy Tonight
Films
I've been to the cinema approximately 107 times in my lifetime. Went for the 107th time last night to see World Trade Center and Hollywood's imagination runs riot, it's a bit far-fetched. I mean..as if that would really happen !! Now Die Hard, that was a movie !! True story too......John McCain was at one of my gigs. He yippe-kai-ayed the whole way through the show. I tried to ignore him, tried real hard, tried hard with a vengeance and then tried harder, but he won, the true all-American hero that he is. Can I go now ?
Albums
is an anagram of Als Bum
Eric Lalor's Interests
General
Soccer, Comedy, Writing, Music, the usual crap...
Music
U2, Stone Roses, Radiohead, Kings of Leon, Keane, Doves, Inspiral Carpets, Ride, Green Day, Arcade Fire
Movies
Silence of the Lambs, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Goodfellas, Napoleon Dynamite, The Untouchables, Fargo, Sixth Sense
Television
A big fuck-off 44inch plasma flat screen thank you very much
I'm here all week....
Books
I have 2 short stories published in a book of short stories called 'You Had To Be There '
About me: I live in Ballymun, Dublin. I've been doing stand-up comedy since Jan 2005. I was introduced to comedy by Des Bishop as I appeared in his Joy in the Hood programme. It's the best job in the world and I cannot do enough gigs ! I love gigging !! I have a 9-5 job and it pays the bills, but the dream is to go full time in comedy. A pipedream it may be, but a dream nonetheless.
Short Film called Paddy Muck I did with a lot of other Irish comedians. It was written by Jason Byrne and John Henderson. For people familiar with Irish stand-up, you will see Colum McDonnell, John Colleary, Dermot McMorrow, Reuben, Willie White, Andrew Stanley, Bernard O'Shea, John Henderson and of course Jason Byrne. It was great fun to do. Check dis...
Been working my little nuts off in the real world! Haven't been around the funny scene lately. Hope the solo gig went off well, I was away with work for it unfortunately. Whats the next step in world domination, whats coming up that I can go to?
Im still laughin... Well done man. I nearly had to leave at one stage cos i was sick with laughing. I think there's a compliment in there somewhere. Watch out for Courtney tryin to bring sexy back... :)
What ag reat show last night...i came straight home and left a message on ur bebo page I was buzzing!! I loved all the random dancing...it was well worth missing big brother for...ha ha Any word for tonight??? Thanks. Xxx
Hey der Mr. Lalor.....Ya know the way you have a show next Friday night?? And you know the way the choir have a concert on the Saturday night....Well our MC has pulled out on us only this morning...talk about short notice...and I was wondering if your not too drunk...spending time with your family....being abducted by aliens would you be available to do it? It's in St. Annes church in Dawson St, starting at 8 finishing at 10, in aid of the Dublin Simon Community. If ya can't do it I completly understand but I will have to stop stalking you...take you off my Christmas card list and possibly get someone to heckle you...but not at your own show cause that would be just plain mean!!
Ah Eric, hows the balls of your feet? I am in love with your profile pic....so arty it's brilliant. Can't wait for the show and I'll be making sure the ghetto gospel get behind it too....that's if there is even any tickets left at this stage!!?
