About Danny Kehoe

I started acting and comedy Improv classes in the summer of 1999 with Black Box Theatre. I studied under the tutorage of Pat Nolan, Rebecca Roper and John Dawson. I found that comedy was a useful tool to help me with my acting and that the two arts really complemented each other. I auditioned for acting college, got in and completed four years there (2004).

Improv and sketch Comedy was always fascinating to me and whilst in college I auditioned for some of the Dublin based Improv groups. Thankfully I got in, I was in four Improv comedy groups at one stage and was performing three to four nights a week, which gave me incredible confidence in myself and in my acting. Over the years in I have performed at the Kilkenny Cat Laugh festivals, Waterford Arts Festival, Galway Arts Festival. I was a member of the first Irish Comedy Sportz team that went to the CSZ Tournament (Milwaukee USA) in 2004 representing Dublin.

At the tournament I met some club runners and promoters who asked us to guest at their venues in Chicago, San Francisco and San Jose. A colleague and myself then started a new Improv / Sketch group in Dublin called Peppers. I was also a founder member of the Cheeky Monkey Sketch Comedy with Ciaran, which debuted at the 2005 Kilkenny Festival.

It was at this festival that I decided to try Stand Up Comedy. Later that year I started doing open spots and entering competitions. I made it to the semi finals of So You Think You Are Funny at the Edinburgh Festival. I was also a semi finalist in the Bulmers International Comedy Festival (Dublin).

Since then I have been gigging regularly all over the country as an MC (Host), Improviser and as a Stand up. In addition to all this I teach workshops in drama and comedy to corporate groups, adults and kids.