In February 2022 Anne Gildea launched her new show ‘How To Get The Menopause And Enjoy It’ in The Viking Theatre, Clontarf, its two week run extending to a month, such was the response. Anne went on to play 62 hugely successful dates around Ireland in 2022, appearing in 28 venues and entertaining over 10,000 comedy fans. Word-of mouth and repeat attendance played a large part in its growing success. The show is not just laugh-out-loud entertaining, but it is also informative, as Anne brings her keen comedic skills to a topic that affects 51% of the population yet is still treated like a mystery. As Katy Hayes in The Irish Independent put it ‘Never has the female body been put under such an hilarious microscope…utterly punk.’ Her 2023 Tour played a sell-out opening weekend in theatres in Tralee and Naas, and continues around the country, and over to the UK for London dates in the Autumn. It includes returns to many venues, back by popular demand! DATES BELOW:

What is it? Why does it happen? Why is it named after men? Why didn’t our mammies warn us about it? Is there anything you can do about it? And why oh why is so little known about this inevitable phase of lady-life? Anne answers all these Menopause questions and more, as she brings TMI to a whole new level. Audience feedback: “Billy Connolly meets The Vagina Monologues.”

“I enjoyed it so much I went a second time and brought the husband. He had tears streaming down his face with laughter. And he learned a thing or three. Go everyone when you can. And bring all the men and women in your life too. They’ll love it.”

‘This is the funniest, most honest and real show I have ever been to! Every woman should see it for really good information on menopause and to have genuine belly laughs! … I will go again!’ 'Amazingly funny and really accurate– I loved it!' -Dr. Deirdre Lundy, menopause specialist. ‘Anne Gildea’s show is one woman genius. Hilarious and educational in equal parts. A must see! I laughed out loud so much my face hurt.’ - Loretta Dignam, Founder, Menopause Hub.

‘This is the funniest show I've ever been to, so well researched, I learnt loads; some of it even a bit shocking.” June Caldwell, writer.