Lorcan McGrane

Lecturing and Writing

Ten years experience as writer, editor and lecturer in area of media studies, film studies, philosophy, and art and graphic design history at universities and third level institutions (Lowestoft College, Norwich School of Art and Design, University of East Anglia) with a background in academic publishing, magazine journalism, editing, proof reading, arts administration and clerical work.

Specialties:Writing, researching, proofreading, editing, lecturing, teaching, performing,graphic design, photoshop.

Stand up writing and performing:

Tedfest finalist 2013
Amused Moose Scotland Finalist 2013
Amused Moose Irish Finalist 2012
Winner of the Belfast Heat of Craic Attack, 2011.

Belfast Telegraph 10 Ten Highlights of the 2010 Fringe.

"McGrane’s self-effacing set is esoteric and always funny."- culturenorthernireland.org

"Straight faced comedy with a good sense of comic timing"
Three Weeks

“McGrane’s set goes into the kind of detail about cult comics and movies that would have even Jonathan Ross’s head spinning.” – Alternative Ulster Magazine

Started stand up in 2007 while doing a PhD on Superhero Movies and has gigged in Norwich, London, and Edinburgh, where he performed Free Fringe shows in 2008 and 2009. Since then, Lorcan’s one man show ‘Geekdom’ has appeared in the Belfast Fringe 2010, The Black Box, Belfast, the Norwich Fringe 2011, and 10 Days in Dublin Festival 2012.

Now performing regularly in Belfast, Galway, Dublin, and Derry, Lorcan has supported such artists as Ardal O’Hanlon, Colin Murphy, Kevin Eldon, Bec Hill and Kevin McAleer and also appeared on Today FM, BBC Ulster, BBC Radio 4, Newstalk, Phantom FM, and the Comedy Corner of Dublin City FM. He has also written comedy pieces for Buzz Magazine, Six Magazine, Temple Bar Review and Sun Zoom Spark.