Caitriona Dowden: Sesh Head at the Oxford Comedy Festival
The Oxford Festival Fringe Preview Comedy Festival is month-long comedy festival in July featuring the best and boldest voices in UK comedy.
Comedian and harpist Caitriona Dowden invites you into the world of traditional Irish music in this award-nominated show about family history, folklore and the ways that music can connect us with our heritage. Along the way, expect stories of medieval banquets, 21st-century pub sessions and altercations with Morris dancers.
Leicester Comedy Festival Best New Show nominee 2026. Chortle Best Newcomer nominee 2025. Chortle Student Comedy Award Winner 2022. 'Irresistibly idiosyncratic' (TheWeeReview.com), 'Blissfully esoteric... A special talent' (Fest), 'Comedy that goes where no laughs have ever been got before... Absolutely hilarious' (Scotsman).
This is part of the Oxford Festival Fringe Preview Comedy Festival. For the whole line-up go to: OxfordComedyFestival.co.uk
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