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comedy · Saturday 18 July 2026 · 8:00pm 
Owen Colgan - Futuristic Farmer
At Strule Arts Centre · Gortin Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone
At Strule Arts Centre · Gortin Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone
Owen Colgan made his name playing Buzz McDonnell in RTÉ’s Hardy Bucks - the cult Irish comedy that ran for four series and became a Universal Studios film. His stand-up tour, Futuristic Farmer, is a different animal entirely: a solo hour that turns the camera on himself, mapping what happens when a man who built a career on irreverence finds himself genuinely growing up. It suits anyone who has laughed at the Hardy Bucks lads and wonders how they turned out, and equally anyone who simply wants sharp, personal comedy from a performer with a track record of selling out venues across Ireland.
The show is billed as an honest look inside the mind of a man who has matured beyond his wildest dreams - Colgan’s words, delivered with the wry self-awareness that runs through his work. He covers artificial intelligence, getting older, starting a family, and the general topics people are actually talking about. It is observational and confessional rather than sketch-based, with the off-beat, slightly surreal edge that Hardy Bucks fans will recognise. Colgan also hosts the podcast The Owen Colgan Experience and is due to appear in The Spin, an upcoming film that was partly shot in Omagh itself - so he has something of a connection to this town. The Strule Arts Centre main theatre seats 384, which gives the room a proper comedy-gig feel without being cavernous.
Strule Arts Centre sits on Gortin Road on the edge of Omagh town centre, a short walk from the main shopping streets. Omagh is on the A5 dual carriageway, which connects it directly to Aughnacloy and the south, and to Derry/Londonderry to the north-west. From Belfast, the A29 via Cookstown is the standard route - roughly an hour and a quarter by road. Bus Éireann and Translink both serve Omagh; the town’s bus station is a five-minute walk from the arts centre. Parking is available on site and there is additional street parking nearby in the evenings.
The town sits on the River Strule where it meets the Camowen, and the surrounding Sperrin Mountains are worth a look if you are making a day of it. There is more to see in Omagh and across Co. Tyrone.
Heading to Strule Arts Centre in Omagh? Tyrone has plenty more to see. Read the Omagh area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.