Danielle Galligan is an actress, theatre-maker and poet. On television, she is known for her role in the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone. In 2022, she was also nominated for an IFTA for her performance in the film, Lakeland (due for release this coming May). A graudate of The Lir, Danielle's other notable credits include, Kin (RTE), Obituary (RTE), Game of Thrones (HBO), The Train (Abbey Theatre), Lyrics (Theatre Upstairs), and Gym Swim Party (Dublin Fringe), All Honey (New Theatre) and much, mu...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Niall Breslin is one of Ireland’s most formidable and inspiring mental health advocates and public speakers. An active polymath, he is also a bestselling author, podcaster, musician, philanthropist, and a former professional athlete. Niall’s personal experience has informed his journey to becoming a leading figure in mindfulness for individuals and organisations. He works alongside and shares his expertise with a diverse range of clients and audiences, including Apple, Google, international NGOs...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 24 min
FELISPEAKS is a Nigerian-Irish Poet, Performer, Playwright from Co. Longford; currently based in Dublin City. FELISPEAKS has been nominated ‘Best Performer’ by Dublin Fringe Festival September 2018 and went on to win ‘Best Performer’ in 2022. As well as being a Member of the Poetry Ireland Board of Directors appointed June 2020, Felicia is a member of the Poetry Collective, WeAreGriot. FELISPEAKS is an Artist-in-Residence with Axis Ballymun and Visual Carlow, in addition to being an Associate Ar...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Justine Stafford is a comedian, actor and writer from Co. Meath, the comedian has performed in venues across Ireland as well as in 2019 and 2020 being a semi-finalist in the UK Funny Women Competition and a finalist on RTE’s Stand Up and Be Funny Competition. Justine is also known for her online comedy content creation with over 220k followers on tik tok and over 100k followers across her Twitter and Instagram accounts where she regularly posts comedy shorts. Justine most recently starred in the...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Sarah graduated from the Lir Academy in 2015, she was last seen playing Kate O'Callaghan in ANU's production of Staging The Treaty; A Whistle in the Dark by Tom Murphy at the Abbey theatre and Constellations by Nick Payne at Gate Theatre. For Druid Theatre Company Sarah has appeared in Three Short Comedies (A Pound On Demand, Bedtime Story, The End Of The Beginning) by Sean O' Casey and DruidGregory (The Gaol Gate, Hyacinth Halvey, Kathleen Ní Houlihan). Other previous work includes, Walls and W...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Michael is a comedian, actor and content creator from Navan, living in Dublin. He is best known for his satirical sketches and musical renditions of viral videos on Twitter and Instagram which have led to appearances at festivals and on radio and television in both Ireland and the U.K., recently appearing in Channel 4’s Derry Girls and ITV’s Holding Tour Dates (An Evening with Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann): 9th of March- Monroe's, Galway 10th of March- Set Theatre, Kilkenny 14th of March- ...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 12 min
Roe McDermott is a writer, journalist, and Fulbright scholar with an MA in Journalism; an MA in Sexuality Studies from San Francisco State University, where she wrote a thesis on Irish women’s experiences of abortion; and an MFA in Creative Writing from UCD, where her creative thesis was supervised by Booker award winning writer Anne Enright. Roe has taught in SFSU, UCD and the Irish Writers Centre. Roe is also a columnist for The Irish Times, the film editor for Hot Press magazine, and has carv...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Patrick Freyne spent most of his twenties trying to be a rock star before turning to the much more stable and secure world of journalism. He is a features writer at the Irish Times. OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea is his first book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Jade Jordan is a mixed race Irish actor and author of “Nanny, Ma & Me”. She studied screen acting at Dublin’s Bow Street Academy. Jade’s television credits include roles in ITV drama-No Return, ITV/Virgin Media drama Redemption, Channel 5 drama Witness No 3, RTE1 Kin, Channel 4’s The Virtues and BBC’s Doctors. Upcoming projects to be released Channel 5’s The Catch, TG4/ Lionsgate Northern Lights, RTE’s Harry Wild. Jade’s film credits include roles in Roddy Doyle’s Rosie, Kate Dolan’s You are...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Emmet Kirwan is an Irish Actor, Playwright and Screenwriter. He is a veteran actor of the Irish and English stage having worked in The Abbey, The National, Donmar Warehouse, The Gate and Project Arts. His play 'Dublin Oldschool' won the Stewart Parker award for writing and has been performed around the world before transferring to the Dorfman in The National Theatre in London. The play was adapted into a feature film which Emmet wrote and starred in and was released in cinemas nation wide to cri...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 20 min
After a three year hiatus, Personality Bingo is back. It's the same format, the same questions, just with a fresh lick of paint. 60 Minutes. 60 Balls. 60 Corresponding Question. Have you ever seen a ghost? Do you believe in love at first sight? What's your most treasured relationship with someone over the age of 65? Our guests for season two include; Emmet Kirwan, Jade Jordan, Roe McDermott, Michael Fry, and lots lots more, released every second Tuesday. Our first episode drops on Tuesday 14th o...
Feb 08, 2023•3 min
The time has come for this chapter of Personality Bingo to close. In this episode, I provide a little context as to why now feels like the right time to end the podcast in its current state and move onto a new chapter. While it's never nice saying goodbye, I hope this episode will give you a completely honest insight into the decision and please know that, should you ever miss your weekly dose of Personality Bingo, there are 139 other episodes to go back to, again and again. Thanks for all your ...
Jul 24, 2019•23 min
Hugh Travers is a Dublin-based screenwriter and playwright. His credits include the recent feature film, Your Mother Should Know, the TV miniseries Trial of the Century as well as Election 18 and Red Rock. His theatre credits include Lambo, Clear the Air and the upcoming play These Stupid Things (Smock Alley 16th to 21st of July). He is a founder member of the White Label theatre collective and a former participant of Rough Magic SEEDS. His plays have been longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, the...
Jul 17, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Children's TV Presenter, Actor, and Youtuber John Sharpson has worked with National Broadcasters RTE, RTEJr. & TG4. A renowned and engaging presenter and YouTuber he can also be seen on • 'Facts' • 'The TRY Channel' • and his own child-friendly youtube channel 'Sharuf!' As an impressionist and voice over actor John can be heard on TG4 cartoons including Spongebob Square Pants, Scooby Doo, and Dot. His hobbies include Music, GAA, and acting the maggot! Instagram: johnsharpson Twitter: @johnsh...
Jul 08, 2019•1 hr 25 min
Dan Duffy is a 23-year-old DJ and is currently one of the busiest DJs on the island of Ireland who seems to be involved across a range of different parties. Having featured on lineups in Dublin, Belfast, Ibiza, Amsterdam, New York, Toronto, Vancouver and many more ranging from hip-hop to dance music with some of the biggest artists in the world it seems like the sky is the limit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 02, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Aoife Spratt is an actor. She has appeared in theatre shows such as “Pulp Injection” “Blackcatfishmusketeer” (Malaprop Theatre) “Recovery” (onetwoonetwoproductions) “Kinsey one through 5” ( RTE Radio ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 9 min
A Dublin native, Tony Doyle is a graduate of the Full Time programme in Bow Street. He was the lead alongside Salma Hayek in Jim Sheridans short 11th Hour which just screened at Tribecca Film Festival. This year he also has supporting roles in Rebellion Series 2: Resistance, Micheal Inside directed by Frank Berry and Maria Doyle- Kennedys directorial debut short A Different Kind of Story which will have its premiere at this years Galway Film Fleadh. He has also appeared in John Carneys Sing Stre...
Jun 16, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Leah Moore has a degree in drama from DIT has been involved in theatre and film from a very young age. Screen projects include; The End of The Reel (Blinder Productions), Whole in the Head (IFB), Battle (Winner of best film at the Portland International Film Festival), Dub Daze (Story Creative Artists) which premiered in the Dublin International Film Festival and most recently shot Restoration by Shaun Dunne. Leah devised and directed her first original play 8 Chairs which debuted in Smock Alley...
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Brian Gilligan is an actor who has appeared in the Commitments in the West End. He is currently performing on Britain's Got Talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 30, 2019•1 hr 9 min
John Bucchino's songs have been performed and recorded by renowned pop (Art Garfunkel, Judy Collins), theatre (Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald), cabaret (Barbara Cook, Michael Feinstein), and classical (Yo-Yo Ma, Deborah Voight, Nathan Gunn), artists as well as The Boston Pops, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in venues including Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center, The Syd...
May 20, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at our Patreon. If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Juliette Crosbie is a graduate of The Gaiety School of Acting . Juliette has just wrapped production on The Other...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at our Patreon. If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Gallagher is an accomplished stand up comedian, originally from Limerick, now based in Dublin. He is a regular ...
May 08, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Dylan Coburn Gray is a playwright based in Dublin. His sole authored work includes Boys and Girls (winner of the Fishamble Best New Writing Award, nominated for the Stewart Parker Trust award) and Citysong (winner of Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate Award 2017). Collaborative work with MALAPROP Theatre includes Love+ (winner of the Spirit of Fringe award 2015) and Everything Not Saved (winner of the Georganne Aldrich Heller Award 2017, The Guardian's Best Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2018). Both stran...
Apr 28, 2019•1 hr 38 min
Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David is the Artistic Director of the famous Bewley’s...
Apr 21, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here.](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2) If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meg Healy graduated from DIT with a BA Hons degree in Dr...
Apr 14, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Roxanna Nic Liam is an Irish actor who has worked in Ireland a...
Apr 07, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Erin McGathy is a comedian, podcast host, performer and writ...
Mar 31, 2019•1 hr 21 min
**Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at our [Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2).** **If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! ** **As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lauren Larkin is an actor from Dublin. Her rec...
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Support Personality Bingo and become a patron at [our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liz Alper is a TV writer and producer based in Los Angel...
Mar 17, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Support Personality Bingo and become a patron [at our Patreon here](https://www.patreon.com/personalitybingo?alert=2). If a contribution of a couple of Euro wouldn’t make a massive difference to your life, just know it makes a gigantic one in ours! As Blindboy says, “it’s a model based off soundness”, so if you CAN support, please do on behalf of someone who can’t! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kwaku Fortune holds a Bachelor in Acting degree from Th...
Mar 10, 2019•1 hr 20 min
