Chris McGlade - Forgiveness

Chris McGlade brings 'Forgiveness' to the Eblana Club for the closing night of Dún Laoghaire Comedy Festival 2026. FORGIVENESS is brilliantly raw and very funny hour about family, truth and the messy business of letting go — expect big laughs and a story that stays with you long after the lights come up.

McGlade is a stalwart of the comedy scene having been performing for 30 years. He’s performed on both sides of the Atlantic with some of his career based in the Los Angeles scene – a vastly different scene to the uncompromising environments of the north eastern working men’s clubs. Chris is also a successful actor and has been seen in the West End run of Billy Elliot as well as a role in Ken Loach’s 'I Daniel Blake’.

“A masterclass in confessional comedy”

★★★★ Telegraph

“McGlade elicits laughter and tears”

★★★★ Mail on Sunday

“Heartfelt and often intense”

★★★★ Chortle

“Big old-fashioned belly-laughs a unique comedy voice”

★★★★ Scotsman

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