Kilkenomics Festival 2011
Kilkenomics Festival 2011
Details for 2012 yet to be announced.
As the global financial and economic turmoil continues, ordinary people are exposed to a barrage of often bewildering commentary in the media. We’re all only too aware that economics is affecting our lives and those of our families but we increasingly want to know why, who’s responsible and what can be done to sort things out. We also want to be told in layman’s terms what lies behind the often deliberately confusing language of finance and economics. This is where Kilkenomics comes in. Moderated by some of our brightest and funniest standup comedians, Kilkenomics – Europe’s first economics festival – puts economists, financial analysts, journalists and other specialists on stage and under the spotlight to talk through important issues such as the property bubble, currency fluctuation, the debt crisis, taxation and natural resources and the environment among others. The comedians give permission to a wider audience to attend the events and they have the ability to simplify big ideas and make them more accessible. It’s serious, but it’s fun too.
2011 Contributors
What the press had to say about Kilkenomics in 2010The Australian: “Davos with jokes” UK Sunday Times – “one of the oddest festivals anywhere, comedy with a pint and a point” San Francisco Chronicle: “an utterly bizzare idea but the public love it” BBC – “having a laugh despite the gloom”; “comedians give permission to the audience to feel comfortable” The Irish Times -”A little jewel where players manage to talk human without being patronising” BBC World Service “having a laugh despite the gloom” Bloomberg “Lenny Bruce meets John Maynard Keynes” The Guardian “wildly successful”
The Sunday Tribune “laugh, I nearly defaulted!”
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