Irish comedy legends Foil Arms and Hog will be touring the UK and Ireland this spring and there's still time to get your hands on the remaining tickets.
Sketch comedy group Foil Arms and Hog, most loved for their hilarious YouTube videos, will be touring the UK and Ireland live shows from April 3-May 28.
The group's name evolved from nicknames each of the members had for each other, Foil (Seán Finegan) being the comedy foil, Arms (Conor McKenna) was 'all arms and legs' and Hog (Seán Flanagan) because he ostensibly hogged the limelight.
They met each other in university and have been touring their live shows over the last nine years to audiences all across the globe.
Buy your tickets to Foil Arms and Hog's UK and Ireland live shows here!
IrishCentral caught up with the lads to chat about how they come up with the ideas for their comedy sketch videos and what audiences can expect from their lives shows:
For anyone who might not know, can you give a bit of history on Foil Arms and Hog and how you first became a comedy group?
The group was founded on the 4th of July 1776 when 13 British Colonies… wait sorry, no… that’s not right, we’ve been prepping too much for this American Tour.
We were all in college together and met in the Drama Society. We figured there was surely no future in architecture, engineering, and genetics so instead focused solely on becoming clowns.
You’ve been making people laugh as a group since 2008 but when did you first realize that this could be a recipe for success and that being comedians could be your full-time job?
I’m not sure we’ve been making them laugh since 2008, but that is when we started! It just kinda happened organically, we were just three lads messing around having fun doing whatever amount of minutes we could get on a stage in front of people.
Last chance to grab tickets to Foil Arms and Hog's UK and Ireland tour 
Your YouTube videos get great reactions, especially your take on different aspects of being Irish. How do you come up with your idea for sketches and creating characters?
We have an office and work a strict 11 to 7, Monday to Friday working on scripts. See, nobody likes the real answer. I think everyone would much prefer: We drink six pints of Guinness each, jot a few scribbles onto a page which we then forget about, come back to the next day and realize they are gold!
Is there a certain character or video you didn’t expect to take off but it did?
So many of the ones that we think is a very ‘Irish’ video, we see take off in lots of different cultures. For example our series about the Irish mammy, we regularly get comments from all over the world along the lines of ‘This is exactly what a Sri Lankan mother is like!'
How does it feel to finally be back on stage and what can audiences expect from the live shows?
It’s amazing being back on stage! The buzz is amazing when you get a room full of people laughing together. If you like watching our online videos we think you’ll find the live show ten times better. It’s what we work hardest on and what we think we’re best at. We always try to let the audience lead the show and take it in new directions.
You can check out their website for more information and keep up to date with them on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.
