Paddy Lennox: Topping bill at Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club on Saturday
THIS Saturday offers a rare chance to see Irish comedian Paddy Lennox outside his national tour, headlining the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club bill at The Basement, City Screen Picturehouse, York.
Promoter Damion Larkin says: “Paddy has that rare Irish quality of being instantly likeable in every respect. He’s the kind of comedian you could take home to meet your parents or your kids, or down the pub to meet your mates – and he’d have everyone smiling within minutes.
“Both riotously funny and a complete gentleman, this is a comedian who’s universally well loved and not to be missed. An engaging performer with a mischievous streak, Paddy’s charm lies in his effortless ability to turn the everyday into something delightfully absurd.”
Performing since 2001, Lennox’s career has taken him beyond the comedy circuit to theatre, television and radio, making appearances on Holby City, Doctors, CBeebies, BBC Radio 4, TalkSport and Sky Living.
He has supported such major names as Micky Flanagan and played gigs in Dubai, Singapore, Romania and Croatia as well as in the UK.
Joining Lennox on the 8pm bill will be Liverpudlian-in-exile Silky, Benny Shakes and master of ceremonies Kieran Lawless.
Liverpudlian-in-exile Silky
In only his fourth gig, Silky competed in the 1995 BBC New Comedy Awards final against Lee Mack (Mock The Week, Not Going Out) and Leeds comedian Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh).
As well as making TV appearances on The Stand-Up Show (BBC), The World Stands Up (Paramount) and the Comics Lounge (AUS), Silky has performed in China, the Philippines, the Gulf, Singapore, the USA, all over Europe and at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Glastonbury Festival.
He headlined the inaugural Frampton Mansell Comedy Festival (the world’s smallest) and does warm-up work for BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Benny Shakes’s jokes take in his daily struggles of living with a disability and observations on red-neck life. Host Kieran Lawless, an Irish comedian based in Manchester, has worked in comedy clubs across Ireland and the UK, including supporting Patrick Kielty in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre.
Tickets are on sale at https://lolcomedyclubs.co.uk or on the door from 7.30pm. Further Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club gigs will follow on December 6, New Year’s Eve and January 3 2026.