“Home gigs can be hard because it's an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the audience. I'm doing this job which is not quite acting - part of it is me, part performance. You're presenting a cartoon of yourself to people who know you as a line-drawing.”

Irish comedian, writer, actor and artist

Dylan Moran is an Irish comedian, writer, actor and artist, known for his observational comedy and for work across television and film. He is best known for the comedy series Black Books. He also appeared in films including Shaun of the Dead and Run Fatboy Run, alongside Simon Pegg, and he was one of the two lead characters in the Irish black comedy film A Film with Me in It. His comedy is built on sharp observation of everyday life and human behaviour.