Munster Express Online

Friday October 23rd will see world renowned comedian Andrew Maxwell, presented by the Imagine Festival, take to the main stage at Forum Waterford. Andrew Maxwell is more than a stand up comedian – he’s an intrepid social commentator and political protagonist on a mission to liberate minds with the power of comedy.

Born from the bloodlines of two street preaching Grandfathers in the heart of Dublin, the passion to speak out has always been rich in his veins and this is most evident when he’s in front of an audience. Renowned for his sharp, fast paced streams of consciousness and well observed retort, Maxwell builds the crowd by challenging the controversial or taboo. He engages any audience he faces with a myriad of subjects and lures them into his riotous world, an example would be ‘This is My Hour’ which explored what you would say and do if you only had an hour left to live.

It was in 1992, aged 18, that he took the stage for the first time at a local club run by Ardal O’Hanlon. Two years later he went on a mission to crack the rest of the world and has been prolific on the international stand up circuit ever since.

Warm up slots on the hottest TV shows Jonathan Ross, Johnny Vaughan and ‘They Think Its all Over’ soon followed – in fact Jonathan Ross still delights in telling his audiences that Andy once made one particular heckler cry. Aside from that Andrew is renowned as an all round nice guy and now you’re more likely to catch him in front of the camera as his own TV career takes off. Recent credits include RISE, Ch4 as the USA correspondent interviewing the likes of Sandra Bullock, Val Kilmer and Jodie Foster and a regular guest slot on Dara O’Briain’s popular current affairs show The Panel .

Tickets for Andrew Maxwell on Friday October 23rd at Forum Waterford, priced at €20 (incl booking fee) are available from Next Door Forum Waterford, 051-871133 or online at www.forumwaterford.com