This much I know: Jarlath Regan

Performing made me happier than I thought you were allowed to be.

I always loved telling jokes but until I was 25, I was pretty sure I’d be working in an office for the rest of my life. I started out working for a brilliant little design company called XMI. My job was to deal with the clients but my heart wasn’t in it. It was my girlfriend and now wife who made me give stand-up a proper go when I got let go. As soon as it became my main thing, I realised that I had been pretty depressed in my old way of life.

When I started out I didn’t really know why I was doing it. Nobody does. All I knew was I was in love with it. The high you get off it when it goes well is better than anything you can imagine.