The Giggler Treatment

Roddy Doyle is the author of 11 novels, two collections of stories, two books of dialogues and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He has written seven books for children and has contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Metro Eireann and several anthologies. He won the Booker Prize in 1993, for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Roddy has written for the stage and his plays include Brownbread and Guess Who’s Coming For The Dinner. He co-adapted with Joe O’Byrne his novel The Woman who Walked into Doors and he has written the stage adaptation for The Commitments. He also wrote the screenplays for The Snapper, The Van, Family, When Brendan Met Trudy and he co-wrote the screenplay for The Commitments.

Niall Gaffney is a comedy writer and performer from Dublin with a wealth of experience on stage, screen and behind the microphone too. A member of comedy troupe Diet of Worms, he starred in BBC sitcom The Walshes, RTɒs Dublin Stories, and has a number of hit web series including Puffincat and The Taste of Home. Niall enjoys voicing characters for animations, audio books, and the Baldur’s Gate video game series.