VIDEO: Dara Ó Briain has crowds tickled pink at Live at the Marquee

Don’t get caught in a verbal crossfire with Dara Ó Briain unless you have the cajones for it. He will outgun you every time, as the front row discovered at the comedian’s Crowd Tickler show at the Marquee in Cork last night.

Many comics shy away from the front row. O Briain embraces it, relishing the chance to use the audience as props. “It’s not about picking on them,” he says. “It’s about lifting them up, like Simba, so people can bask in their majesty.”

Video by Briona Gallagher