David McSavage


David Andrews, Jnr known professionally as David McSavage, is an Irish comedy writer and performer. He has performed at national and international comedy festivals such as the Kilkenny Comedy Festival.

Early life

He is the son of an Irish politician, David Andrews, brother of former Fianna Fáil politician Barry Andrews and first cousin of Irish television and radio presenter Ryan Tubridy, and also cousin of Sinn Féin TD Chris Andrews.

Career

He is known for street performance on streets in Dublin city centre. His routine consists of improvised songs often predicated on speculation about the lives of those passing by.
In 2008, McSavage devised and featured in Headwreckers, an episode of Channel 4's Comedy Lab show.
In 2009, he created his own show on RTÉ Two called The Savage Eye.
In 2014, he played a bishop in the film Calvary, starring Brendan Gleeson and Chris O'Dowd.

Awards