Des Bishop is Far out in the Far East

Getting an audience to join in a song about the Black and Tans wasn’t Des Bishop’s only achievement in China, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

DES BISHOP has unfinished business in China. The stand-up comic, who is back in Ireland for two live shows at Vicar St), has extended his visa in China for another year.

His stand-up show, ‘Coming Home’, garnered impressive reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe earlier this month. It explores his time in China, as depicted in the six-part documentary series broadcast on RTÉ television in the spring.