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LONG BEFORE David O’Doherty ever took to the stage he was a devoted student of comedy arts. He would regularly go to see his brother Mark perform at The Comedy Cellar in Dublin and watched the international explosion of Irish comedy in the late 1990s.

Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft in The Ruby Room in The King’s Head - part of this year’s Galway Arts Festival - continues for three more shows. Today sees Ian Coppinger (pictured) take to the stage, followed by Jarlath Regan tomorrow, and US comedienne Heather Le Roy on Saturday. Tickets are only available at the door which opens at 12.30pm and the shows begin at 1pm sharp.

When Paddy Courtney takes to the stage of The Comedy Club at Cuba* this Sunday he will be closing a major chapter of Galway comedy and paving the way for the opening of a new one.

Friday night will be a Halloween Howler at the Comedy Club in Cuba* when two of the most exciting acts on the circuit share a ‘spooktacular’ double bill.

The biggest hit at the Comedy Tent at this year’s Electric Picnic was Limerick’s Karl Spain. Following that triumphant performance, he plays The Comedy Club at Cuba* on Sunday.

Joe Rooney, who plays the gormless Timmy Higgins in RTÉ 1’s hit comedy Killinascully, headlines The Comedy Club at Cuba* on Friday.

THE COMEDY Club in Cuba* is a Galway institution and is synonymous with Sunday nights in the city, but nothing stays the same forever and a change is on the way as the club is about to move to a new slot on Fridays.

SHE LIVES in LA, is “mildly in love” with Galway, but at heart she is a Southerner and a proud Alabamian who was inspired to become a comedienne - not by anything as predictable as another comedian - but by her Baptist preacher grandfather. She is Heather Le Roy.

“A sleek professional act whose pace, emphasis, and rhythm of his delivery is spot-on. A rock-solid act guaranteed to entertain.”

Pete Jonas (pictured), one of Australia’s top comedians, headlines the Comedy Club at Cuba* tomorrow night. Comedy bible website Chortle described him as “a sleek professional act whose pace, emphasis, and rhythm of his delivery is spot-on. A rock-solid act guaranteed to entertain”. Support is from Ross Brown and Jimmy Hayes. Gerry Mallon is the MC. Tickets are available in advance at Bar 903, The Cellar Bar, and at the door which opens at 8.30pm.