Des Bishop – The Comments Section

Native New-Yorker and part-time resident of Ireland comedian Des Bishop will be returning to Sydney this April for the Sydney Comedy Festival. Des will be bringing audiences his new stand-up show The Comments Section which spans the entire contents of Des’ brilliant mind. Topics discussed will include, but will definitely not be limited to Des’ identity as a cis, white male, homophobia, being a good person and much more. He will be bringing his classic, fiery stand-up to Sydney’s Comedy Store with The Comments Section promising to leave fans and audiences reeling. 

Des spoke of his long-time love of performance and getting a laugh out of people, saying: “Making people laugh was always encouraged in me…teachers always pushed me toward and encouraged my performances.” Despite this, Des did not venture into comedy for several years after leaving school, but fell in love with stand-up immediately, saying, “I never thought that I could necessarily do comedy but once I did, that was it, I’d caught the bug.”

Of The Comments Section, Des laughs while giving snippets into parts of the show. He goes on to say, “it’s very much traditional, straight standup, and it’s gonna be funny. I’ve got some material about homophobia and then some lighthearted relatable material.”

Since visiting Australia last, Des has gone back to a few of his performance and comedy roots, explaining, “I’ve really gotten back into that ‘in your face’, constantly funny, punch-punch-punch type of comedy.”

Apr 23-28. The Comedy Store, 122 Lang Road, Moore Park. From $39.90+b.f. Tickets & Info: www.livenation.com.au

By Madison Behringer.