THE FELLAS LIVE! With O'Hanlon, Moran & Tiernan Begins Limited US Tour 6/5

Ardal O'Hanlon, Dylan Moran and Tommy Tiernan are set to perform their critically-acclaimed stage event the The Fellas Live! in a limited U.S. tour -- 7 performances ONLY -- June 5 - 13. Presented by WestBeth Entertainment and Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs, this special limited engagement lands in five hotbeds of comedy: Boston*, Baltimore, Chicago**, Philadelphia and New York City.

After selling out 10,000 seats at the Liverpool Echo Arena, Ardal O'Hanlon, Dylan Moran and Tommy Tiernan reunite onstage as the trio brings their show stateside hitting celebrated performance venues in select cities this Summer. These unstoppable legends of comedy share the bill as each "fella" makes a triumphant return to the U.S. stage.
Ardal O'Hanlon rose to fame as the winner of the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition in 1994. A previous winner of three ‘Best Comedian' awards, along with a major British Comedy Award; Ardal has travelled extensively as a live performer, including touring New Zealand, Holland, Belgium and Italy, and performing to sold out audiences in Boston and New York. Ardal has completed a successful tour of the Middle East, and has an upcoming tour of China scheduled. Recently, he made his third appearance as a Gala performer at the acclaimed Montreal Just For Laughs Festival and was also a Gala performer at the Melbourne and Auckland Comedy Festivals. Ardal performed a sell-out run at the Irish Arts Centre in New York in 2000 and returned to New York in 2001 for an extended run and a special solo TV recording for Comedy Central. Ardal has enjoyed several massive sell out tours of the UK and Ireland and has released Ardal O'Hanlon: Live in Dublin on DVD in 2007. The show has since been broadcast on Ireland's Channel 4 prime time television. Ardal has performed in the stand up special for BBC1 hosted by Jack Dee: Live at The Apollo.

Additionally, he has been featured on a variety of BBC programs, including: "The Stand Up Show" (presenter), the very popular "Father Ted" (Father Douglas Maguire), "Comic Relief" (featured performer), "My Hero," "Doctor Who," and "Whose Line is it Anyway?" He also provided the voice of the lead character in two Christmas television cartoon specials of "Robbie the Reindeer" and appeared in the 2005 BBC 1 sitcom "Blessed." Ardal hosted the political program "So You Want To Be Taoiseach?" and starred in the films The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby and The Butcher Boy. His first novel The Talk of the Town (U.S. title Knick Knack Paddy Whack) was published in 1998. Ardal O'Hanlon, with Kevin Gildea and Barry Murphy, founded the International Comedy Cellar to fill a lack in Dublin's stand-up scene.

Dylan Moran's stand up shows have sold out across the world. From New York and LA through Europe and onto Australasia. Dylan has earned the label "The Oscar Wilde of Comedy" with his unpredictable, bizarre and elegiac style. He is a recipient of the "So You Think You're Funny" award and remains the youngest person to win the Edinburgh Festival's Perrier Award (at age 24). Dylan launched his first major one-man UK tour Gurgling For Money in 1997. He went on to perform at numerous festivals including the Hay Literary Festival, Montreal Comedy Festival, Vancouver Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival. Dylan has appeared in numerous high-profile films including Notting Hill, the smash hit Shaun Of The Dead, The Actors opposite Michael Caine and Michael Gambon, Michel Winterbottom's A c*ckand Bull Story opposite Steve Coogan and he once again teamed up with Pegg to star in Run Fat Boy Run. He was featured in the BBC 2 sitcom "How Do You Want Me?" and co-wrote and created the sitcom "Black Books" for Ireland's Channel 4, which enjoyed three seasons greeted with enthusiasm by critics and fans alike. Dylan's 2004 show, Monster II, performed New York and Milan and toured around Britain before culminating in a week-long run at London's Palace Theatre. Monster II played two shows at Dublin's Vicar Street and finally played the Hay Festival. After a successful run in New York as part of the British Comedy Invasion which featured performances by other top UK comedians such as Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey and Tommy Tiernan, Dylan returned to New York for a month-long run at the Village Theatre. His 2004 performance at the Village Theatre in New York was taped and aired on BBC America.

Tommy Tiernan has broken box office records by selling out venues across his native Ireland. His commitment to live stand-up has led him on an extraordinary journey, including twice being accused of blasphemy by the Irish Senate. His versatile style has enabled him to perform in small regional theaters, as well as sell out venues with thousands of seats. His work has earned numerous awards and recognitions including: "So You Think You're Funny" UK Best Newcomer Award, the Edinburgh Festival Perrier Award, the British Comedy Award for Best Stand Up as well as the Nokia Best Of The Fest Award during his encore at Edinburgh. Additionally, Tommy was voted "The Funniest Living Irish Person" at The People Of The Year Awards. In stateside appearances, Tommy has twice been seen on "The Late Show with David Letterman," enjoyed a three-week run at UCLA and a celebrated six-week run in New York City, as well as numerous American club dates in cities like Philadelphia and Washington D. C. Meanwhile, his first U.S. television special "Something Mental" aired on Comedy Central to an audience of over 2 million viewers and was released on DVD (Image Entertainment). In Canada, he enjoyed a successful six-week tour, and performances at two Just for Laughs Galas. Most recently, his record-breaking 2008 Irish tour Bovinity played to more than 120,000 people from Letterkenny to Killarney, including an incredible 56 nights at Vicar Street in Dublin. The tour culminated in three sold out shows at the Marquee in Cork, a feat unaccomplished by any other artist. Bovinity was released on DVD, under the direction of Maurice Linnane, whose previous credits include U2, Tom Waits and The Foo Fighters, among others. Bovinity marks the first-ever Irish release on Blu-ray. Not a stranger to breaking records, Tommy Tiernan also recently set a NEW WORLD RECORD in April 2009 for non-stop stand-up solo comedy performance clocking in at 36 hours and 15 minutes (at Nuns Island Galway)!
 
WestBeth Entertainment, Arnold Engelman-President, is a producing organization that for 30 years has successfully produced critically-acclaimed work in live entertainment. Ongoing productions include Cinematic Titanic, a live version of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 by the original creators of the TV series, and Lewis Black's 9 city Dual Citizenship Tour in Canada! WestBeth wrapped Eddie Izzard's very successful 2008 American Tour STRIPPED that spanned 34 cities, with sold out performances from New York's Radio City Music Hall to LA's Kodak Center. Past productions have included the sold-out national tours of Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill, Circle, and Sexie; Billy Connolly's Too Old To Die Young (North American Tour); Lewis Black's Nothing's Sacred (Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall) and Red, White and Screwed (NY City Center); The Family Guy Live (NY, Los Angeles, Chicago) and Wigfield featuring Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris, and Paul Dinello (Off-Broadway, National Tour); Write Aid benefiting the members of the Writers Guild of America, featuring Eddie Izzard, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, and Tenacious D: featuring Jack Black and Kyle Gass (Los Angeles); and Good Medicine benefiting the Solidarity Fund with The Cast of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice (Los Angeles). Not to mention, winding up 2007 with Margaret Cho's critically-acclaimed show The Sensuous Woman in New York and the Los Angeles presentation of Eric Idle's play What About Dick?

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs, Mick has been involved with comedy for over 30 years. He was the production and tour manager for the international act STOMP from 1981-92. For the past eight years, he has acted as tour manager and UK promoter for Eddie Izzard, on the world tours of One Word Improve, Definite Article, Glorious, Dress To Kill, Circle and Sexie. From 1998-2002, Mick tour managed for Ardal O'Hanlon and followed this up working with Tommy Tiernan. Dylan Moran's tour manager since 2001's Ready Steady Cough, Mick is also his promoter and completed tours of the UK and Ireland with Monster (2003) and Monster II (2004). He produces live shows for organizations such as the National Trust and Glasgow City Council. His show for Amnesty International, We Know Where you Live - LIVE at Wembley Arena (directed by Declan Lowney and under the Artistic Directorship of Eddie Izzard), was recorded for TV.

The Fellas Live! plays June 5 - 13 as follows:
Boston, MA*: Friday, June 5 & Saturday, June 6 (Tommy Tiernan & Dylan Moran only).
Shows are 8:00 PM at the The Wilbur Theatre (246 Tremont Street).
Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com
Baltimore, MD: Tuesday, June 9.
Show at 8:00 PM at the Pearlstone Theatre @ Centerstage (700 N. Calvert Street).
Tickets are available at www.centerstage.org
Philadelphia, PA: Wednesday, June 10.
Show is at 8:00 PM at the The Trocadero (103 Arch Street).
Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com
New York, NY: Thursday, June 11.
Show at 8:00 PM at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street). Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com
Chicago, IL**: Friday, June 12 & Saturday, June 13.
Show at 8:00 PM at The Vic (3145 N. Sheffeld). Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com
Tickets can also be arranged through the individual theater box offices.
For more info, check out www.WestBethEnt.com.