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Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Postcards from the Ledge
By Paul Howard
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Rating:***
Runs until November 11
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly is playing in front of a home crowd. As soon as actor Rory Nolan walks out on stage and announces his name, the Gaiety audience immediately breaks out into wild applause. Paul Howard’s snobbish, moronic yet strangely lovable south Dublin rugby jock has become a comic icon to compare with Alan Partridge or Adrian ...