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Tickets Still Available
by Ruairi McElhone
Tickets Still Available is a comedy interview podcast hosted by Ruairí. Each episode features relaxed conversations with comedians about their work, tours, and current shows. It’s a space to talk stand-up, the creative process, and life on the road, while helping promote upcoming gigs. Recordings are remote-friendly, so no professional setup is needed. If you’re a comedian with a show to promote, get in touch at [email protected]. New episodes coming soon.
Episodes
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Ciaran Franco - No Joke
This week, I’m chatting with the wonderful North Belfast comedian Ciaran Franco about the highs, lows and general madness of trying to make a living in comedy. We get into his experience of the Edinburgh Fringe, the friendships that keep comedians going, and why he thinks the Northern Irish…
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Andrew Ryan - Honest Capacity
Andrew Ryan joins Ruairi on Tickets Still Available—and no, not the BioShock villain. Fresh from finishing three and a half years on breakfast radio, Andrew talks about choosing comedy, life on tour, becoming a dad, his love of documentaries, and living as a Southerner in Northern Ireland.…
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Rao Morusupalli - How Now Brown Rao
Australian comedian Rao Morusupalli joins Tickets Still Available to chat about his journey from astrophysics into stand-up, his first Edinburgh Fringe, and the challenges of balancing comedy with a day job. We get into everything from aliens and the mysteries of the universe to medical trials,...
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I Went to the Edinburgh Fringe — Here’s What Happened
Tickets Still Available: Edinburgh Fringe 2026 After spending the year talking to comedians about their upcoming gigs, Ruairi finally makes it to the Edinburgh Fringe. For three days, he attempts to see as many shows as possible, track down comedians he has previously interviewed, and figure out...
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Dan Stephens - One Man One Mullet
I’m joined by comedian Dan Stephens to talk about the realities of taking a solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe. Dan talks about his first experience running his own show, the brutal competition for audiences, spending hours flyering, cancelling shows when nobody turns up, and learning how to stay...
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Jennifer Jane - Happy Tea (Edinburgh Fringe Special)
I’m joined by English comedian, writer and filmmaker Jennifer Jane, who has spent the last 16 years living and working in America. Jennifer is Edinburgh for the first with Happy Tea, a wildly honest and surprisingly uplifting storytelling show about relationships, caregiving, recovery and the...
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Jilberto Soto - ¡Ay! Papi (Edinburgh Fringe Special)
Jilberto Soto is heading to Edinburgh with his show ¡Ay! Papi — an hour of stand-up about fathers, family, identity and the complicated relationship he has with his dad. In this episode of Tickets Still Available, Jilberto talks about growing up Mexican-American, working as a farm worker as a...
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Erica Jean - MISTRANSLATED (Edinburgh Festival Special)
On this episode of Tickets Still Available, I'm joined by multilingual comedian Erica Jean, whose Edinburgh Fringe show Mistranslated celebrates the funny side of language learning and cultural misunderstandings. We chat about learning languages from around the world, why Indonesian might be the...
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Robyn Perkins and Elaine Fellows - Battle of the Reefs & Quest for the Coolest F*cking Animal (A Kids Show for Adults) (Edinburgh Festival Special)
In this episode of Tickets Still Available, I’m joined by comedians Robyn Perkins and Elaine Fellows, the duo behind Curious Creatures Comedy, to chat about their Edinburgh Fringe shows Battle of the Reefs and Quest for the Coolest F*cking Animal (A Kids Show for Adults). We talk about how a...
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Jeromaia Detto - Giuseppe's Love Quest (Edinburgh Festival Special)
When a last-minute gap opened up in the schedule, I threw an emergency post onto Reddit asking if any Edinburgh Fringe comedians were free. Thankfully, Australian comedian and clown Jeromaia Detto answered the call. Jeromaia is bringing his new show Giuseppe's Love Quest to the Edinburgh Fringe,...
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Ollie Horn - Let's Listen to Some of Lou Bega's Other Songs Together for an Hour (Edinburgh Festival Special)
Comedian Ollie Horn joins me on Tickets Still Available ahead of his Edinburgh Fringe show, Let's Listen to Some of Lou Bega's Other Songs Together for an Hour, at Just The Big Room at Just The Tonic at The Caves. We chat about the gloriously ridiculous idea behind the show, the challenge of...
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Guy Branum - Be Fruitful (Edinburgh Fringe Special)
Emmy-winning comedian, writer and actor Guy Branum joins me on On the Grapevine ahead of his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Be Fruitful, at Gilded Balloon Teviot. Best known for his work on Hacks, Chelsea Lately and The Mindy Project, Guy is one of comedy's sharpest cultural commentators. In…
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Hello, I’m Ruairí. I’ve been making a political podcast for the past few years called The More Freedom Foundation Podcast, and I’m now branching out into something new: a comedy-focused interview podcast called Tickets Still Available. The idea is simple. I speak with comedians about their work,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Tickets Still Available is a comedy interview podcast hosted by Ruairí. Each episode features relaxed conversations with comedians about their work, tours, and current shows. It’s a space to talk stand-up, the creative process, and life on the road, while helping promote upcoming gigs. Recordings are remote-friendly, so no professional setup is needed. If you’re a comedian with a show to promote, get in touch at [email protected]. New episodes coming soon.
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Ruairi McElhone
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How many episodes does Tickets Still Available have?
Tickets Still Available currently has 13 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Tickets Still Available about?
Tickets Still Available is a comedy interview podcast hosted by Ruairí. Each episode features relaxed conversations with comedians about their work, tours, and current shows. It’s a space to talk stand-up, the creative process, and life on the road, while helping promote upcoming gigs. Recordings...
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Tickets Still Available is created and hosted by Ruairi McElhone.
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