Edinburgh Fringe
Get Blessed!
Put the fun back into funeral! Award-winning writer-performer Niamh Denyer is funeral celebrant Áine Reilly, here to teach you the art of the perfect send off. Refusing to conform to one philosophy or traditional religion, Áine balances the modern and the spiritual to create the perfect last ritual. Just an hour in her presence and you'll be ready to turn death into a living. Become her student, learn to connect with the people, and turn human ash into cash! Are you up to the task? 'Most natural comedic actress I have seen on the Irish stage' (Dublin Gazette).
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Audience participation, Strong language/swearing.
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Q&A: Niamh Denyer
Covering her show Get Blessed!
Funny Women, 10th August 2023Comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe
Check out the shows below and anything else that catches your fancy to set your funny bone tingling and your giggle box wobbling!
Louise Parry, LouReviews, 1st August 2023Three debut comedy acts
Three debut stand-up shows being staged at Edinburgh Festival 2023...
Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 31st July 2023EdFringe Talk: Get Blessed!
"I play funeral celebrant Áine Reilly. She's at Fringe to teach the audience the art of the perfect send off."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 28th July 2023Interview with comedian and writer Niamh Denyer
"There's always that moment before a show where you ask yourself why on earth you put yourself through it, but then at the end you want to go back out and do it all again. It's the adrenaline rush, connecting with people, making people laugh, there's nothing else quite like it."
Tom Inniss, Voice Magazine, 27th July 2023Funny At The Fringe - interview - Get Blessed!
"It's a character comedy solo show. I play funeral celebrant Áine Reilly. The audience are her students."
Holly, Phoenix Remix, 19th July 2023#EdFringe 2023 Interview: Niamh Denyer talks 'Get Blessed'
Daughter of Ireland, educated and now resident in London, Niamh Denyer graciously sat down with the QR for an exclusive interview where she talks Get Blessed, her Fringe dreams, and the realities of bringing work to an ever more expensive Edinburgh in August.
WJ Quinn, The Quintessential Review, 15th July 2023Niamh Denyer interview
'She means no harm but could do with a good dose of self awareness...' We speak to Niamh Denyer about her comedy creation Áine Reilly
Kevin Ibbotson-Wight, The Wee Review, 15th June 2023Performances
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| 2nd Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 3rd Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 4th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 5th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 6th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 7th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 8th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 9th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 10th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 11th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 12th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 13th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 15th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 16th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 17th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 18th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 19th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 20th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 21st Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 22nd Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 23rd Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 24th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 25th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 26th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |
| 27th Aug | 13:00 | Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose (Coorie) |