Who’s to Blame as the boys are back in town

Jake O’Kane, Colin Murphy and Tim McGarry work together regularly for the hit BBC comedy The Blame Game – a topical panel show with an irreverent view of the news. Each will be doing an individual stand up performance and they’ll be joined on stage by talented Dublin comedian John Colleary of RTE’s The Savage Eye.

“The boys will be unleashed on stage and will talk about whatever takes their fancy – you’ll definitely hear things you wouldn’t hear on TV,” said show promoter Jackie Hamilton of Moondog Productions.

As well as appearing on the hit TV comedy Jake and Colin compere the iconic Empire Laughs Back Comedy Club in Belfast and are regular panelists with Tim hosting the show. Tim also has a comedy slot on the BBC Northern Ireland current affairs show The View.

The three pals enjoy touring together and the banter backstage will mean they are on great form for their stand-up acts. Each will perform a half an hour routine and their different styles mean there will be something for everyone.

Jake said it was an opportunity to use some material that doesn’t make it on the Blame Game.

“Sometimes political satire can be a bit more cutting than can go out on air. That is the material you are more likely to do live. We record for just over an hour and only 29 minutes are broadcast so there is lots of stuff that doesn’t get used,” Jake said.

He added: “Comedians tell stories - that’s what we do so there’s a fair bit of laughter during filming of The Blame Game. We do bounce a lot of ideas off each other. We are very different. Tim does do political material but our style is different. We call ‘Murphs’ [Colin Murphy] ‘Mr Whimsy’.