Podarooney

This week I took my Zoom ( I need sponsorship!) recorder to the Vodafone Dublin Comedy Festival in The Iveagh Gardens. I performed with The Dublin Comedy Improv on Friday and The Comedy Improv Allstars and Phil Jupitus on Saturday. There’s a clip here of the DCI live and interviews with Andy Smart, Stephen Frost […] La entrada Episode 17 – Various (at the Vodafone Comedy Festival) se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I was put in contact with Shanne Bradley by some friends of mine in London who told me of her relationship with Shane MacGowan and the songs he had written for her and the fact that she was the founding member of The Nipple Erectors which included Shane on vocals. I met her on a […] La entrada Episode 16 – Shanne Bradley se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’ve met Katherine Lynch over the years here and there around Dublin before and after her success on RTE. She has always been down to earth and friendly. Katherine has come through a different route to most Irish comedians. She developed her own characters and show without setting foot once in any stand up comedy […] La entrada Episode 15 – Katherine Lynch se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finbar Furey is without doubt a legend of traditional folk music. I met Finbar on the set of a film we were both acting in a few weeks ago. He was constantly telling stories about his travels and experiences over a long and varied life recording and playing live traditional music around the world. He […] La entrada Episode 14 – Finbar Furey se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I met John Connors first when we were “celebrity” judges in a Strictly Ballroom night in Santry. I hadn’t seen the 5th season of Love/Hate then so wasn’t aware of his sudden rise to fame. Since then bizarrely we have ended up acting on two very different and equally strange film projects together. He is […] La entrada Episode 13 – John Connors se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I first met Mundy in Dublin airport as we were both heading off to Vienna for a St Patrick’s Day festival over there. It turned out he was a big fan of Killinaskully which was running at the time. Maybe because he grew up in a country pub environment he could appreciate the nonsense banter […] La entrada Episode 12 – Mundy se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luan Parle has been singing publicly since she was six and writing/recording songs not long after. She appeared on The Late Late Show singing her own song at the age of twelve and was offered a recording contract not long after. Considering she had such an early brush with fame you would imagine by now […] La entrada Episode 11 – Luan Parle se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Colleary was a latecomer to comedy but he was quick to make an impression with strong clever material, being a natural at accents and impressions and a charismatic understated stage persona. His writing and acting skills particularly came to the fore on radio and TV where he is extremely sought after. He is the […] La entrada Episode 10 – John Colleary se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I first saw Al Porter at a gig in a sparsely attended comedy gig in a bar near Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. Immediately I was aware that he was something special. At a time when a lot of new stand ups are influenced by acts like Bill Hicks or Louis CK, Al was coming from a […] La entrada Episode 9 – Al Porter se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Savage Eye is the best, if not the only, satirical comedy on Irish TV in the last decade. Although it is written by a team of writers surely it is David’s anger and resentment that is the driving force behind it. I first met David McSavage down in the old Laughter Lounge when it […] La entrada Episode 8 – David McSavage se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first time I saw Cáit O’ Riordán in the flesh was at a Pogues gig in Leisureland, Galway sometime in the 80’s. I can’t remember the year but it must have been early on in their career because it was by no means a sell out. I was in awe of her. The Pogues […] La entrada Episode 7 – Cait O’Riordan se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eleanor Tiernan has been on the stand up comedy scene for quite a while now and I have performed with her on a fairly regular basis but never really got to know her so it was great to have her as a guest on Pod-a-Rooney and find out more about what makes her tick. I […] La entrada Episode 6 – Eleanor Tiernan se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I met Steve Wall and his brother Joe many years ago when they were hanging around Dublin and talking about starting a band. Since then he has had tremendous success with The Stunning and The Walls. Over the years we have occasionally crossed paths but never had a chance to sit down and have a […] La entrada Episode 5 – Steve Wall se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I met Malachy McCourt in The Village Underground Comedy Club in Manhattan. He was on before me doing his first ever stand up gig at the age of 82. He rocked the house and was by far the most edgy and controversial act on on the night. It’s just one more feather on the cap […] La entrada Episode 4 – Malachy McCourt se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 3 of Pod-a-Rooney I talk to Fred Cooke. Fred is one of the all round nice guys in stand up comedy.He has a unique vulnerable charisma both on and off stage. His physicality and commitment to silliness is not contrived in any way and is laced with an emotional intelligence that gives you […] La entrada Episode 3 – Fred Cooke se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second episode of Pod-A-Rooney I talk to Patrick McDonnell.Patrick played Eoin McLove in Father Ted and wrote and acted in Naked Camera and The Savage Eye. He also acted in Moone Boy, Stew and onstage in John B Keane’s Moll. Patrick and me go way back and we have similar experiences in getting […] La entrada Episode 2 – Patrick McDonnell se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the very first episode of Pod-a-Rooney I meet Stephanie Roche who’s October 2013 goal in the WNL for Peamount United was the runner-up for the 2014 FIFA Puskas Award for the best goal of the year. Since then she has signed for Houston Dash and has been invited to the White House by Barack […] La entrada Episode 1 – Stephanie Roche se publicó primero en Headstuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices