Adam Burke

Adam Burke from Co. Armagh (by way of Australia and England…long story), is a regular panellist on NPR’s popular comedy quiz show Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, former writer for WGN’s Man of the People with Pat Tomasulo and was voted Best Standup by readers of The Chicago Reader. He is also the winner of Second City’s Up Next Comedy Competition. He has appeared at numerous festivals including Bridgetown Comedy Portland OR, Just for Laughs Chicago (four years running), and the local stage of Funny Or Die’s Oddball Comedy Festival. Burke released his debut album Universal Squirrel Theory on A Special Thing Records in 2012