Professor Brian Cox
Physicist and Broadcaster
Dara O Briain
Comedian & Presenter
Dara is best known for Mock the Week, Dara & Ed's Great Big Adventure and Stargazing Live. He's also commiserated with Apprentice contestants, revived Countdown and Robot Wars, written Tickling the English and Secret Science, and performed to packed theatres from Moscow to Malta.
JLA Agent - Allan GrantWe're often asked for a "safe, but edgy" name - someone sidesplittingly funny who will understand the audience, respect the event and follow the brief. Dara invariably shoots to the top of that list because he nails it time and again. He loves delving into other walks of life and coming up with killer industry gags.
Biography
Dara Ó Briain has earned a reputation as the most versatile of presenters and one of the finest comedians in the business. He is as quick-witted in cabaret as he was playing maestro of Mock the Week, equally at home on the Apollo stage or chatting to physicists and astronauts.
He has sold out shows all over the world, from Melbourne to Shanghai. In his first appearance at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, he made such an impact that space had to be made for him in the gala bill hosted by Joan Rivers.
Dara started his career in television as a children’s presenter on RTÉ whilst performing his first stand-up gigs on the Irish comedy circuit, after studying at University College, Dublin, where he read Mathematical Physics.
His many TV credits range from Stargazing to The Apprentice: You're Fired! He's interviewed Stephen Hawking, fronted revivals of Robot Wars and Blockbusters, enjoyed road trips with Ed Byrne, boating with Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones, and hosted Channel 4’s quiz show One and Six Zero’s.
Dara is also one of the most sought-after award show hosts in Britain, and has regularly hosted the BAFTA Games Awards.
Since writing his bestselling book Tickling the English, Dara has published a string of books designed to engage children in science. His book Beyond the Stars, was nominated for the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Non-Fiction. The follow up Secret Science – The Amazing World Beyond your Eyes, was released to critical acclaim. His third children’s book Is There Anybody Out There? Is an illustrated helpful guide to sort out what is science fiction and what is science fact.
‘Feedback from managers was overwhelming – they all thought Dara was fantastic.’
Dara was brilliant, he spoke about relevant topics and had everyone in the room laughing!
Dara did an excellent job. Liked the fact that he did some industry-related gags, which the audience responded well to.
Dara was "Sheer Brilliance" at the Skoda UK Retailer of the Year event for 600 guests at the new CCD in Dublin, his style and proffesional skills at awards evenings were very much admired and quickly adopted by the client in rehearsals. This format made a great impact on the audience which gave Dara the perfect platforn to entertain and compere the important award sections of the evening. Awesome, phenominal event and Dara's performance "Sheer Brilliance"
His act was topical and he kept up a good pace through both halves of the awards show. We had a good response from the attendees, with several asking for a repeat performance next year! They are an audience who are notoriously hard to control, and who talk through the awards and don’t listen, so it was difficult for him to get them to be quiet, particularly during the awards. They seemed to really enjoy the comedy at the start of both awards halves though.
One comment the production company had was that it was very difficult to get him down to the backstage area at the start of the awards which was slightly nerve-wracking for the events team when they needed everyone in place backstage before the show opener.
Dara exceeded our expectations. HE was great in the rehearsal and eager to please. Very professional – the nicest host I’ve worked with to date.
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