No Worries If Not: A Funny(ish) Story of Growing Up Working Class and Queer

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No one wants that. But if you do suffer from an unrelenting urge to punch ​ “no worries if not” into your keyboard, it’s also important to not let it become yet another thing you beat yourself up about. Various stand-ups - the advice was always to keep gigging. That really is the best advice because if you stop you definitely won't get better.

No Worries If Not! will see Sean Burke, Michael Fry, Justine Stafford, Emma Doran and Killian Sundermann bring some of their most famous characters to the mix as well as delivering a whole slew of unforgettable new sketches. I loved The Office and Parks and Rec so getting to exist in either of these worlds would be incredibly fun for me.We trust people who speak with conviction. When you add all those buffers into your sentence, you don’t build trust with the person you’re speaking to and, actually, potentially lose a bit of credibility in their eyes.” Deirdre O'Kane thought I was working in the box office of a theatre when I was actually her support act. I still think there’s merit to Guess culture. My sister’s affinity for it is part of why I see her as an incredibly thoughtful person. Some conflicts actually are worth avoiding, and some feelings are worth tending to. But I think it’s also useful to understand how guessing can be a buffer against vulnerability, infringing on human connection and understanding, infantilizing us. As self-awareness and social performance become supercharged by mass media, the risk of keeping the peace this way is that we become detached from our own fates. It’s easy to rebrand these complicated social dances as consideration or even politeness, but probably more honest to recognize how often they concern the self: perception, protection. Dan’s brother is a millionaire (we never see him) and his best friend is a GP who is fantastically good at poker — and by far the most interesting character. Carla, on the other hand, works for some crazed psychologists in the woo-woo world of personal development. The crazed psychologists are pretty rich too. Then Dan loses his job in advertising. That’s about it.

Don’t worry. There was no harm done, and I’ll be able to fix it much easier now that I know what the problem was. There are so many ways to find comedians now, it's not just the traditional formula anymore. You can be creating comedy in various different styles and on various different platforms, and to see that be given an opportunity on RTÉ is really encouraging." To go into an experience where aspects aren't fully in your hands because there's a whole team involved, that was definitely a learning experience for all of us to go into. It was a great learning opportunity but it was surreal to not have to set up the camera and hit record and get into screen. To have a whole crew involved was so surreal." That’s all well and good, but how can we resist the urge to make ourselves smaller and assert our needs IRL?Sharon Horgan. I will watch anything she’s acting or voice acting in and anything she writes. She’s who I’d aspire to be like as a writer-performer. For example: an excellent chef might say ​ “I could possibly make an alright spag bol?”, inflecting their voice upwards towards the end of the sentence with uncertainty, instead of ​ “I have spent alot of time perfecting the art of Italian cooking and spaghetti bolognese is my speciality”. This, it should go without saying, is abig no-no. Earlier this year, comedian Tony Cantwell created GUTF ( Get Up Ta F*), a morning magazine TV show featuring fellow online comics Shane Daniel Byrne, Michael Fry, Killian Sundermann, Justine Stafford, Emma Doran, Martin Angolo and Peter McGann. There's so many to choose from! Movies wise Steve Martin's The Jerk is essential viewing. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar I loved, along with The Skeleton Twins, Jeff Who Lives at Home and Seeking A Friend for the End of the World. Fleabag Artfully accomplished… amiably, unsparingly self-aware… bright, well-wrought autobiographical hour' – Brian Logan, The Guardian

An impressive debut from a rising star...will have you crying with laughter' – Rachael Healy, The Guardian There’s a brisk piece about pretentious actors in which one of the ensemble plays Fleabag’s hot priest, Andrew Scott. I’m not sure you could go so far as to describe the routine as funny, but its nihilistic gusto will keep you watching Don’t worry about a thing” is one of the best ways to calm someone down. We can use it professionally to show that there isn’t “a thing” that someone needs to worry about. This often helps to hear from a superior in the company, as it shows you are not in the wrong. Shane Daniel Byrne, another popular online comic, gave me some great stand-up advice - he said that people in a live setting in general are there to laugh. They want you to succeed because it’s uncomfortable if you don’t. It made me feel a lot better about live audiences and being able to trust them makes my comedy better. For anyone who knows the cast from social media, you can expect some supercharged versions of the kinds of sketches we've been making online. Satire, music videos, parodies and even a legit celebrity cameo in one of my sketches. Plus a whole raft of sketches from some absolutely hilarious guest comedians. I can't wait for people to see it.It sounds incredibly obvious but you should just make what you find funny. It can be very tempting to make what's popular and what's topical, but you'll just end up with an audience you can't relate to and jokes you can't even laugh at. Trust your gut and commit to the bit. I can't remember who told me that, so let's just say it was Abraham Lincoln for the craic.

I’m currently watching House of The Dragon and I really like it. I was a big Game of Thrones fan and while the final season was a crushing disappointment, House of the Dragon makes me want to get hurt all over again. I am VERY impatiently waiting for the second season of Severance to come out. I adored the first season and it ended on one of the best written series cliff hangers I have ever seen. Bad SistersThere are some great ideas here: the robot presenter of the Late Late, for example. The advertisement featuring the satisfied customer of the health insurance company, in which the graphics were pretty damn funny. And the siblings Francis and Francis who have returned home to Rathgael because they were simply too creative for Dublin. News about our Dezeen Awards China programme, including entry deadlines and announcements. Plus occasional updates. Hi there, hope you’re well,” you type, fully aware that after the past two years the receiver is unlikely to be well. With niceties out the way, you launch into assertiveness.