Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>The pandemic, reaching her 50s and having teenage children almost drove her demented over the last few years &#8211; which led to one of Ireland&#8217;s top comedians writing a brand new show.</h3>
&#8216;Demented&#8217; is Deirdre O&#8217;Kane&#8217;s new stand-up comedy tour and it&#8217;s coming to the INEC next Friday night at 8pm.
And after a tough two years off the stage, Deirdre, known as the voice of Gogglebox Ireland and The Deirdre O&#8217;Kane Show on SkyMax, told the Killarney Advertiser that she&#8217;s delighted to be doing what she does best &#8211; making people laugh.
However, she said that since the pandemic people are slower to get back out to live shows.
&#8220;My God we have nothing if we&#8217;re not having a laugh,&#8221; Deirdre said.
&#8220;I started at the end of April and I&#8217;m so happy to be back on the road. I was a lot more nervous and tickets sales were down by 20 percent. I definitely felt that at the start of the tour.&#8221;
The show is basically a reflection of the last couple of years, she added.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not about the pandemic, it&#8217;s about me becoming a woman of a certain age and hormones, having teenagers and older parents. I talk about my dad who I lost about four years ago. We were close enough but of a different generation.&#8221;
Live comedy was off the agenda during the pandemic which she says she missed &#8220;a lot&#8221;.
&#8220;Telly got me through the pandemic,&#8221; she said, adding it also gave her time out to write &#8216;Demented&#8217;.
&#8220;The show I have now is the best I have ever done. The best thing is you&#8217;re guaranteed&nbsp;a good laugh.&#8221;

Guaranteed a good laugh with Deirdre's new show

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