After three years touring her record-breaking Prosecco Express show, the queen of Irish comedy is back on the road. She talks to Tanya Sweeney about everything from babies and being single to meeting her biological family, making men laugh and her American ambitions
Joanne McNally. Photo: Alexandra Cameron
Whether by accident or design, the Top Secret Comedy Club in London’s Covent Garden boasts, according to its MC, “the cheapest drinks you’ll find in central London outside of a Wetherspoons”.
It’s clearly working, as it’s Saturday night and the room is properly abuzz with punters who have bought tickets for a comedy in which the comedians remain, well, a secret until they make it to the stage. It’s a good way for comics to try out new material and float new routines in front of what’s essentially an eager, if not entirely partial, crowd.