Patrick Monahan
Patrick Monahan (born June 23, 1976 in Ahvaz, Iran) is an Irish-Iranian stand-up comedian born to an Irish father and an Iranian mother. He has performed at seven Edinburgh Festival Fringes, including five solo shows.
2008: Edinburgh Fringe show "Patrick Monahan Time Bandit"
2007: Edinburgh Fringe show "Patrick Monahan's Feel the Love"
2006: Edinburgh Fringe show "Patrick Monahan's Do the Right Thing"
2005: Edinburgh Fringe show "Patrick Monahan's Road Map to Peace"
2004: Debut Solo Edinburgh Fringe show "Game On"
2003: Edinburgh Fringe show with Shazia Mirza
2002: Part of the Comedy Clone line-up at the Edinburgh Fringe
In 2001 he was the winner of 'Take The Mike' (Series 1 - ITV) 2001.
Patrick started off on the glamorous Irish/Iranian/Geordie stand-up circuit where he developed his warm and friendly, story telling style. He is a comedy festival regular and has performed his solo shows in cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester and Manchester (to name but a few), and also at most major venues throughout the UK, year round. He’s always performed shows across the globe from the West of Ireland to the Middle-East, Qatar, Dubai, as well as across most of Europe, including Luxembourg, Germany, Brussels, France, Greece and Monaco. He has appeared on numerous Television shows from BBC1, 2, 3 and 7 to ITV1 and 2, Channel 5, Sky 1 and UKTV, as a presenter, guest interviewee, panel member and performer. Currently much sought after as a regular TV & studio warm up - on shows such as: BBC 1’s Bafta award winning 'Friday Night Jonathan Ross', “The Friday Night Project”, and “The Kumars at No.42”. Monahan’s humour travels well. He not only engages the audience with charming banter about local affairs and universal issues, but also combines animated story telling style that draws on his own experiences of growing up in Teesside (North East of England), of Irish and Iranian Parentage. A comedian with truly global appeal or as the Daily Telegraph puts it, “a one man ethnic melting pot, a star in the making”.
References
- "Patrick Monahan". Chortle . February 2003 . http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/p/509/patrick_monahan . Retrieved 2008-11-13 .
- "Make jokes, not war". New Statesman . 7 May 2007 . http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/05/iranian-monahan-khorsandi . Retrieved 2008-11-13 .
- "A mixed gag". The Northern Echo . 5 November 2005 . http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11441772_ITM . Retrieved 2008-11-13 .
- "Hyper comedy". Manchester Evening News . 10 June 2004 . http://www.citylife.co.uk/comedy/news/7251_hyper_comedy . Retrieved 2008-11-13 .
