Warren Martin - Proud Father, Exhausted Dad

Watch one man struggle with his poor life choices or children as they are more commonly known.

“Please welcome your next favourite comedian” is how Warren Martin was recently introduced to an audience at a prominent Dublin comedy club. Martin is now set to perform his first solo show at Smock Alley Theatre on Saturday and Sunday February 22nd and 23rd at 6.45pm.

No stranger to the stages of theatres Warren Martin has also headlined and appeared in comedy clubs across the island of Ireland and Britain. His solo show “Proud Father Exhausted Dad” debuts at the annual Scene and Heard Festival of New Work which showcases an eclectic mix of acts from all aspects of the artistic spectrum.

The architect of his own troubles Warren strives to be a perfect father but barely manages to be adequate a fact obvious to everyone but himself. Story after story of incompetence and struggle will make you wonder how he has even gotten this far.

Martin co-founded and runs Kildare’s longest running Comedy Club Mór Laughs at Maynooth’s O’Neills Bar. The club's headliners have included prominent figures in Irish comedy such as Abie Philbin Bowman Kevin Gildea and Aideen McQueen.

Warren regularly appears in top Dublin comedy Clubs including the Craic Den Comedy Crunch Stitches and Hysteria and festivals such as Sligo Comedy Festival and the legendary Edinburgh International Comedy Festival.

Tickets for his debut solo show at Smock alley Theatre on the 22nd and 23rd of February priced at €13 are now available from www.smockalley.com.

Host or Publisher seán begley