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Review: Olaf Falafel Presents – I Used to Work in a Helium Balloon Factory Until they Let Me Go, Fringe 2026

August 10, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Experience an hour of relentless laughs, audience interaction, and art-related buffoonery with Olaf Falafel in the main room at The Pear Tree daily at 2:30 PM.

A review of Des O’Gorman’s Still Ready to Believe You: Celebrating 30 years of Ghostbusters

June 12, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The Ghostbusters turned 30 this week. I mean that classic 1980s film from Ivan Retiman and Slimer the ghost. To mark the occasion we turned up at the Counting Host, just above The Pear Tree, on West Nicholson Street for a stand-up routine from Des O’Gorman. O’Gorman looks like Dr. Egon Spengler. Not the blonde […]

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