
About
Now a massive star in Ireland, native New Yorker, Des moved from Queens to Ireland in his mid-teens in 1990. He first came to prominence with his extraordinary TV series The Des Bishop Work Experience (2004), where he lived on minimum wage in a series of different jobs in Ireland. Mixing this documentary footage with stand-up, the series became one of the most talked-about of the year, and propelled Des into national stardom. In 2006, he embarked on his second critically acclaimed TV series, Joy In The Hood, where he taught stand-up comedy in disadvantaged areas in four major Irish cities. Another hugely successful live tour followed including invitations to the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal and the Melbourne Comedy Festival in Australia.
Des’s most recent project took him to Beijing, China in 2013 to learn Mandarin and he has been living there for the past 18 months. He is now fluent and the show, Breaking China was another major hit for broadcaster RTE in 2014 and he also made a half hour radio documentary about the rise of Stand Up in China for the BBC World Service called “Stand up for China”. His live show again opened at the Edinburgh Festival where he played to over 5,000 people and included an invitation to perform at the Soho Theatre in London and a return to Barrow Street in New York.
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Upcoming Comedy Shows
- Monday December 4th 08:30PM
- DES BISHOP, ALEX KUMIN, TONY V, RAY ELLIN
- Rated Number One on TripAdvisor for both "NIGHTLIFE" and "SHOW"... and named the 'BEST SHOW IN ARUBA' nine years in a row... this is a standup comedy show featuring America's finest comedians, seen on major television shows, all of whom perform regularly at the top venues in the United States. These are NYC-based, Boston-based, and LA-based comedians.PLEASE NOTE: We are now located in the same building as Double Down restaurant, next to the Eagle Aruba Resort, located across from Superfood, on the main road.Please note, the ticket price does NOT include dinner. Pre-show dinner menu is available next door at Double Down Restaurant starting at 6pm.MUST ARRIVE by 7pm if having pre-show dinner.Finger food is available during the show.We have a full bar available.MUST arrive by 8pm if not having dinner. LINEUP:TONY V -ALEX KUMIN - DES BISHOP -RAY ELLIN - COMEDY CENTRAL'S "THIS WEEK AT THE COMEDY CELLAR," "LATE NET WITH RAY ELLIN"
- Tuesday December 5th 08:30PM
- DES BISHOP, ALEX KUMIN, TONY V, RAY ELLIN
- Rated Number One on TripAdvisor for both "NIGHTLIFE" and "SHOW"... and named the 'BEST SHOW IN ARUBA' nine years in a row... this is a standup comedy show featuring America's finest comedians, seen on major television shows, all of whom perform regularly at the top venues in the United States. These are NYC-based, Boston-based, and LA-based comedians.PLEASE NOTE: We are now located in the same building as Double Down restaurant, next to the Eagle Aruba Resort, located across from Superfood, on the main road.Please note, the ticket price does NOT include dinner. Pre-show dinner menu is available next door at Double Down Restaurant starting at 6pm.MUST ARRIVE by 7pm if having pre-show dinner.Finger food is available during the show.We have a full bar available.MUST arrive by 8pm if not having dinner. LINEUP:TONY V -ALEX KUMIN - DES BISHOP -RAY ELLIN - COMEDY CENTRAL'S "THIS WEEK AT THE COMEDY CELLAR," "LATE NET WITH RAY ELLIN"
- Wednesday December 6th 08:30PM
- DES BISHOP, ALEX KUMIN, RAY ELLIN
- Rated Number One on TripAdvisor for both "NIGHTLIFE" and "SHOW"... and named the 'BEST SHOW IN ARUBA' nine years in a row... this is a standup comedy show featuring America's finest comedians, seen on major television shows, all of whom perform regularly at the top venues in the United States. These are NYC-based, Boston-based, and LA-based comedians.PLEASE NOTE: We are now located in the same building as Double Down restaurant, next to the Eagle Aruba Resort, located across from Superfood, on the main road.Please note, the ticket price does NOT include dinner. Pre-show dinner menu is available next door at Double Down Restaurant starting at 6pm.MUST ARRIVE by 7pm if having pre-show dinner.Finger food is available during the show.We have a full bar available.MUST arrive by 8pm if not having dinner. LINEUP:ALEX KUMIN - DES BISHOP -RAY ELLIN - COMEDY CENTRAL'S "THIS WEEK AT THE COMEDY CELLAR," "LATE NET WITH RAY ELLIN"
- Thursday December 7th 08:30PM
- DES BISHOP, ALEX KUMIN, RAY ELLIN
- Rated Number One on TripAdvisor for both "NIGHTLIFE" and "SHOW"... and named the 'BEST SHOW IN ARUBA' nine years in a row... this is a standup comedy show featuring America's finest comedians, seen on major television shows, all of whom perform regularly at the top venues in the United States. These are NYC-based, Boston-based, and LA-based comedians.PLEASE NOTE: We are now located in the same building as Double Down restaurant, next to the Eagle Aruba Resort, located across from Superfood, on the main road.Please note, the ticket price does NOT include dinner. Pre-show dinner menu is available next door at Double Down Restaurant starting at 6pm.MUST ARRIVE by 7pm if having pre-show dinner.Finger food is available during the show.We have a full bar available.MUST arrive by 8pm if not having dinner. LINEUP:ALEX KUMIN - DES BISHOP -RAY ELLIN - COMEDY CENTRAL'S "THIS WEEK AT THE COMEDY CELLAR," "LATE NET WITH RAY ELLIN"