by Val Troy | Jun 16, 2025 | ChatterBoxx, Val Troy Comedy, Val's Blog
I’m delighted that my article about women in comedy was published in the Irish Daily Mail’s ‘You’ magazine on Saturday, 14th June 2025. I write about women in comedy, the issues we face and the importance of comedy in our lives. See below. Did...
by Val Troy | Jun 2, 2025 | ChatterBoxx, Val Troy Comedy, Val's Blog
The deadline has now passed for entries into three categories of the annual Funny Women Awards: The Stage Award, The Comedy Writing Award and The Comedy Shorts Award. This year the awards are sponsored by BBC Studios’ digital comedy channel, Funny Parts. It’s...
by Val Troy | Aug 1, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
Last March, on International Women’s Day, Orla Doherty and I chewed the ear off (not literally) journalist Sophie Grehnam for a few hours. Luckily for us, Sophie can talk for Ireland too, so we were in good company. We met in the Westbury Hotel off Dublin’s Grafton St...
by Val Troy | May 27, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
Is there anyone better in pop culture than Madonna in terms of reinvention? Surely, she is the queen. Her reinventions over the years inspired the name of the panel discussion we’re taking to Listowel Writers Week in Co Kerry. Listowel Writers Week is Ireland’s oldest...
by Val Troy | May 27, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
Is there anything better than a good belly laugh? And why not laugh your socks off on a Monday night to get your week off to a flying start? Well, that was the plan for last Monday, 20th May 2024. Orla Doherty and I, as comedy duo ChatterBoxx, co-hosted another...
by Val Troy | Apr 23, 2024 | ChatterBoxx, Val's Blog
I’m giddy. Why? Because I got to chat on air this morning with DJ Declan Meehan on The Morning Show on East Coast FM. Now, that’s not something I do every day and I’m very grateful for the opportunity. I wasn’t alone though, there’s strength in numbers, Orla Doherty...
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