Personality Bingo with Tom Moran

Paul Howard is an Irish journalist, author and comedy writer. He is best known as the creator of the cult character, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly a fictional rugby jock whose exploits have been the subject of eighteen novels and two other books that have sold over one million copies in Ireland. He was named National Newspapers of Ireland Columnist of the Year in 2013 for his weekly column in The Irish Times on Saturday written under the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly pseudonym. He is the author of four plays – The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger in 2007, and Between Foxrock and a Hard Place in 2010, and Breaking Dad in 2014 and Postcards from the Ledge in 2017 – as well as the hugely successful 2012 puppet-based Anglo the Musical and a second musical Copper Face Jacks: The Musical in 2018.

His first non-Ross-related venture into fiction: Triggs – The Autobiography of Roy Keane's Dog – was a #1 Bestseller in 2012, and short-listed for an Irish Book Award. He is a four-time Irish Book Award winner, collecting the Best Popular Fiction prize in 2007 for Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade, in 2010 for The Oh My God Delusion, in 2013 for Downturn Abbey (each parts of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series) and Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 2016 for the biography of Tara Browne, "I Read the News Today, Oh Boy". He wrote comedy for radio and television and was part of the writing teams for two series of two RTÉ comedy sketch shows in the autumns of 2012 and 2013, Irish Pictorial Weekly and The Mario Rosenstock Show.

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Caitríona Daly is a playwright from Dublin. She is a graduate from both The Lir's MFA in playwriting and the Royal Court's Young Playwright programme. Her plays have been produced in Ireland, England and Scotland. She was most recently nominated for the Fishamble New Writing Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival for Normal and an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best New Play for Test Dummy. She also runs the theatre collective We Get High with her artistic partner Caitríona Ennis.

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Karl Harpur is a professional Actor, Writer and Director from Dublin Ireland.

Having returned from LA, Karl has just finished directing the summer smash hit Copper Face Jacks: The Musical by Paul Howard.

He has worked professionally in Ireland over the last 16 years and has performed in the country’s most prestigious theatres in comedies such as I, Keano – the most commercially successful show in Irish theatre history – to the World Stage Premier of Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption where he starred alongside Reg E. Cathey (House of Cards), Keir Dullea (Golden Globe Winner – 2001 A Space Odyssey), Kevin Anderson (Tony Nominee) and John Earl Jelks (Tony Nominee).

Not just a theatre actor, Karl has also appeared numerous times on Irish television in various drama’s and commercials including the award winning Love/Hate and Ireland's longest running TV Show - Fair City.

As well as being an established actor, Karl is also the leading writer and director of the family entertainment genre of Panto. He has written and directed over 10 professionally produced shows for both Theatreworx Productions and the UK based Jendagi Entertainment Ltd., with whom his critically acclaimed productions have played to over 100,000 people. He also has a number of original titles he has penned that have been staged by numerous Youth Groups and Stage Schools as well as the hilarious play 'The Golden Gang' and the heart-warming One Act, 'Doris'.

In Los Angeles Karl has attended the world renowned UCB Theatre where he studied Improv and Sketch Comedy. He has worked with acting coaches Margie Haber, Tess Kirsch and Myra Turley as well as the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin.

Currently Karl has been commissioned by a London based Producer to write Men? – The Musical. A large scale production to be staged in London’s West End.

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Thommas Kane Byrne (TKB) graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting last year. He was awarded The 2017 Gaiety Theatre Bursary. Thommas is artistic director of The Breadline Collective. The first part of his St Mary's Mansion Trilogy, SAY NOTHIN' TO ONE was nominated for this year's Stewart Parker Trust Awards and won the first ever Stewart Parker Special Development Award. The second part of the trilogy WELL THAT'S WHAT I HEARD premiered at Theatre Upstairs in June to critical acclaim. As an actor Thommas' screen credits include Conor McMahon's 2013 feature film STITCHES (Tailored Films, Netflix). His theatre credits include Kian Harris in SAY NOTHIN' TO NO ONE and Otto Lammermeier in SPRING AWAKENING. Thommas will next appear in THE FATTEST DANCER AT ST. BERNADETTE'S in Dublin Fringe and SAY NOTHIN' TO NO ONE (Project Arts Centre). He is currently in development for Wayne Jordan's THE HAIRCUT (The Ark)

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John is an actor and writer. He has a BA in Drama & Performance from DIT Conservatory Of Music and Drama.

Film and TV work includes the lead role in the award winning feature film Locus Of Control, Two Cats (Mycrofilms), The Professor and The Madman (Fastnet/Icon), Fading Away (Filmbase), Daffney Molloy And Other Catastrophes (Mycrofilms), Love/Hate (Octagon Films/RTÉ), Swerve (Mycrofilms), Tobias and The Tree (IADT), Zenith (IADT), Republic Of Telly (RTÉ) and Old Fangs (Cartoon Saloon).

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Michele is a Singer, Actress and TV presenter from Skerries, Co.Dublin.

Recently she played Malnificent in the Cheerios production of Sleeping Beauty (Tivoli Theatre). Previous theatre roles include; ‘Belle’ in Beauty & The Beast (Tivoli Theatre) ‘Jill’ in Jack & The Beanstalk (Tivoli Theatre), Good Queen’ in Cinderella (Tivoli Theatre)‘Snow White’ (Liberty Hall) , Tv credits include The Tudors (BBC) Camelot (BBC) Damo & Ivor (RTE) Eircom Commercial, Discover Ireland Commercial, Tayto Commercial. Michele was a member of Irish pop group INDUSTRY alongside TV chef Donal Skeehan, Morgan Dean and Lee Hutton. They enjoyed two number 1 hits in the Irish charts and toured with The Pussycat Dolls and JLS. Michele has worked as a professional model for the last 12 years and has been featured in many international campaigns. Michele is a regular fashion Corespondent on TV3’s Ireland AM. 

Michele is very excited to be playing the part of Gretchen in Coppers the musical this summer!

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Dermot was born in Athlone, but is currently based in Dublin. He took an interest in acting when, as a child, it dawned on him that it was the only viable avenue available to achieve his goal of becoming either a Ghostbuster, Indiana Jones, or Spider-Man. Having grown up a bit, he’s explored a variety of roles in theatre, film, television, and radio. These have included RTÉ's Pure Mule and The Rumour Room (which he has also written for). You may also know Dermot from his work on the FACTS and TRY YouTube channels.

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Toni is currently filming the role of Lisa Devers in Joe Murtagh’s CALM WITH HORSES directed by Nick Rowland for Film 4 / DMC films.

She recently appeared as Bridget Cleary in a new play by Margaret Perry PORCELAIN directed by Cathal Cleary for the Abbey Theatre. Further recent credits include Runt in Enda Walsh’s DISCO PIGS for Reality Check Productions (Best Ensemble Irish Times Theatre Awards 2018) and Robin in WE WERE MONSTERS presented as part of the Bram Stoker Festival 2017.

Previous stage appearances include Donal Ryan’s SPINNING HEART directed by Paul Brennan at the Gaiety Theatre, BUG directed by Jed Murray for The Corps Ensemble and CLOSE TO THE SUN written by Stephen Darcy, staged at Smock Alley theatre as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2017.

Recent film credits include action/drama CARDBOARD GANGSTERS directed by Mark O’Connor for Five Knight Films and short films TWELVE written by Tracey Martin (RedBear Productions), SMITHY & DICKIE-BOY by writer/director Hannah Quinn for Savage Productions and psychological horror short film HEN directed by Janna Kemperman.

Further film and television appearances include Lucy O’Loughlin in RTE’s acclaimed medical drama THE CLINIC (Parallel) directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, Zara in renowned feature drama WHAT RICHARD DID directed by Lenny Abrahamson for Element Pictures and Angela in NOBLE written and directed by Stephen Bradley for Destiny Films.

Toni also plays diva “Eva Valentine” in Amanda Bunker audio novels CHAMPAGNE KISSES & CHAMPAGNE BABES.

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Holly Shortall is 29, lives in Dublin City centre, works in marketing for a not-for-profit and is on the board of a charity called Carline. She also does personalized illustrations and blogs on the side. She adores twitter, prosecco and saying things I might later regret. Twitter: @hollyshorthall

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Holly Shorthall is 29, lives in Dublin City centre, works in marketing for a not-for-profit and is on the board of a charity called Carline. She also does personalized illustrations and blogs on the side. She adores twitter, prosecco and saying things I might later regret. Twitter: @hollyshorthall