Pat Shortt first made it in comedy in Ireland young, back in the late 1980s before there was even a comedy scene, He was one half of a beloved comedy duo D'Unbelievables.
But it was a celebrated TV programme that first aired 30 years ago last month, Father Ted, which Kiwis will remember him from. Shortt played Tom, the psychotic Craggy Island village idiot, identifiable by a t-shirt reading 'I shot JR'. A show that dared to laugh at every Irish sacred cultural cow.
Pat has gone on to a celebrated career in stand-up and as an actor. He was the lead in 2007 Cannes-winning film Garage as a rural petrol station attendant - so beloved it got him onto an Irish postal stamp - and stage highlights have included the 2013 West End and Broadway revival of The Cripple of Inishmaan alongside Daniel Ratcliffe.
While the film work continues, in the last few years Pat has entered into a new popular comedic partnership, on stage and social media. With his daughter, Faye Shortt.
Faye doesn't play second fiddle. Still in her 20s, since attending drama school she has started carving out her own career on stage and screen and as a radio presenter
Pat and Faye are in Australia touring their latest show Knuckle Down and it comes to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland for one show only next Sunday before they head home to Limerick. They join Culture 101 from Sydney.
