Join PAUL MCCAFFREY star of Impractical Jokers (BBC Three) as he returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August with his best hour of stand up yet, Name in Lights. With all new material, let PAUL charm the socks off you with his warm and cheeky wit, as he races through an hour of top drawer, anecdotal stand-up comedy.
A highly-acclaimed performer, PAUL has appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three) and has a number of titles under his belt including Best New Act – The London Paper and Best New Act – Latitude Festival 2009. PAUL returned to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2012 with his second solo show Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellylaughs after debuting in 2011 with Saying Something Stupid at the Underbelly. Prior to his solo shows, PAUL had previously appeared at the Fringe as part of the Big Value Comedy Show and the AAA Stand-Up Show at the Pleasance.
On the radio, PAUL has appeared on Russell Kane’s Whistle-Stop Tour (BBC Radio 2) and regularly appears on The Matt Forde Show (talkSPORT).
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What the press has said about Paul McCaffrey:
“He has charm, charisma and success written all over him” Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard
“Likeable, animated and fluid with a first rate sense of timing” Steve Bennett, Chortle
“Obviously born to be a comic” Jay Richardson, Scotsman
LISTINGS INFORMATION
Name in Lights
Venue: THIS, Pleasance
Date: 3rd Aug – 25th Aug
Time: 8:30pm
Box Office: 0131 226 0000
For more information and press tickets, please contact: edinburghpress@avalonuk.com or phone:
Charlotte Lander, Lottie Doran, Charlotte Davidson or Dan Lloyd on:
Edinburgh: 0131 527 1643 / London: 020 7598 7222
AVALON PROMOTIONS
Avalon is one of the leading promoters of live comedy in the UK. Recent highlights include: RUSSELL HOWARD performing to over 240,000 fans with sell-out tour Right Here, Right Now; AL MURRAY’s twice extended show Al Murray The Pub Landlord The Only Way Is Epic, including two dates at the Queen’s Theatre, London; Edinburgh Comedy Award and the Barry Award winning RUSSELL KANE’s new tour Posturing Delivery; RICHARD HERRING returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his 25th year; DAVE GORMAN’s Barry Award nominated sell-out tour Powerpoint Presentation; GREG DAVIES’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated, triple-extended, 109 date sell-out show Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog and new tour The Back of My Mum’s Head, including two dates at the Hammersmith Apollo; LEE NELSON’s sell-out date at the IndigO2 with Lee Nelson Live; ROB DELANEY selling out his UK debut London run at Soho Theatre in one hour from a single tweet; U.S.’s number one podcasting comedian PAUL F. TOMPKINS playing the UK for the first time at London’s Soho Theatre.
