AVAILABLE ON GORILLA COMEDY+ BEGINNING OCTOBER 26,
YOUTUBE RELEASE TO FOLLOW ON NOVEMBER 17
Photo courtesy of Roslyn Gaunt
NASHVILLE, TN: Celebrated Irish comedian, actor and TV personality Ed Byrne is bringing his critically-acclaimed comedy special to 800 Pound Gorilla’s new stand-up streaming service, Gorilla Comedy+. The show, entitled Tragedy Plus Time, will be available on October 26 via Gorilla Comedy+ before heading to YouTube on November 17.
From the quote attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Ed’s 2023 nationwide tour show was extended by almost two years and dubbed British Comedy Guide’s ‘Best Comedy Show 2023’, amongst many other accolades. The show was filmed at the Bloomsbury Theatre in 2025.
✭✭✭✭✭ “Hilarious, extremely dark, profoundly touching and resolutely unsentimental. Ed Byrne has plumbed the very depths of his soul and found something verging on greatness” ROLLING STONE UK
✭✭✭✭✭ “A fantastically funny and moving monologue where there is no doubt that we are seeing the authentic Ed… Byrne has hit new heights” LONDON EVENING STANDARD
✭✭✭✭✭ “A delicate, sensitive high-wire act of a show, yet Byrne never once stumbles” MAIL ON SUNDAY
✭✭✭✭✭ “Touching and inspiring, yes, but funny above all else” CHORTLE
✭✭✭✭✭ “Byrne has written another witty, clever and well-constructed show” THE ARTS DESK
✭✭✭✭✭ “A fierce tribute… tremendously funny, thoughtful and fond” FEST MAG
✭✭✭✭✭ “Ed Byrne breaks the five-star rating system to the point where multiples of stars could be added to this review and it will still not be close enough to what he deserves for this show” BROADWAYBABY
✭✭✭✭✭“Masterful… a must-see performance that is both hilarious and deeply moving” ENTERTAINMENT NOW
✭✭✭✭✭ “Poignant, touching, spiky and laugh-out-loud funny… beautifully written and flawlessly performed” EDINBURGH REVIEWS
✭✭✭✭✭ “Moments switch from dark humour to tear jerking observations… he manages to make dying and death very funny” DAILY BUSINESS GROUP
✭✭✭✭✭ “Side-splitting… Byrne is comedy gold” THEATRE & ARTS REVIEWS
✭✭✭✭✭ “An unexpected rollercoaster of emotions, with joyous high points. An absolute master of observational comedy…. Very funny indeed!” NORTH WEST END UK
✭✭✭✭✭ “A full range of human emotions, from rage to dark humour to poignancy, and back again, is felt during this magnificent comedy hour” LONDON THEATRE 1
Ed says, “In the 30 or so years I’ve been doing stand up, without a doubt ‘Tragedy Plus Time’ is the work of which I am most proud and I’m delighted that 800 Pound Gorilla is helping me share it with the world.”
ABOUT ED: Ed Byrne is a renowned comedian/presenter and actor. With his TV career now in its third decade, Ed has regularly appeared on shows such as QI, Mock The Week, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, The Pilgrimage, Dara and Ed’s Road to Mandalay, Dara & Ed’s Big Adventure, The Graham Norton Show, Have I Got News For You, as well as Comic Relief Bake Off and as a host on Live At The Apollo. He has been a contestant on Celebrity Bridge of Lies, BBC1’s Celebrity Best Home Cook and he has also won celebrity versions of both The Chase and Pointless! He can also be heard as the voice of Winchflat Flood in the animated feature film, My Freaky Family. Known for his passion for the outdoors (hill walking and mountaineering are major hobbies), Ed can be seen turning his presenting skills to factual broadcasting in BBC Two’s Volcano Live, World’s Most Dangerous Roads (where he spent two weeks driving through Siberia) and Into The Wild with Gordon Buchanan.
