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While born and raised in Dublin city Ireland, MarieAnn Mc Loughlin Dwyer is a Donegal based storyteller, songwriter, and playwright. Her publishing credits include the novellas "Magpie" and "How To Trap A Starfish" and a self-published book of poetry entitled “My Invisible Rhymes”.  She released an album “Stolen Hearts” in 2016, working with producer PJ Curtis for which Hot Press Ireland published a favorable review. 

She is the creator/producer of a new web series "Behind The Truth" which premiered on the 8th January at the Behind The Truth dedicated YouTube channel.

MarieAnn was born in 1966, is one of seven children, and is a mother and grandmother.

Maureen O'Connell is a professional actor and filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland. She trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and received her BA in Acting in 2012. She also has a Higher National Diploma in Film Production from Ballyfermot College, Dublin. She has co-written, acted in and directed the comedy feature Spa Weekend and is the director of the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival on the 3rd and 4th December www.dublininternationalcomedyfilmfestival.com (http://www.dublininternationalcomedyfilmfestival.com/)

Julia is an Estonian-born theatre artist living in London. Winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at Edinburgh Fringe 2019. Most recently, her show "Legs" had an extended run at Soho Theatre. Julia's show "We Must Live" with The Pushkinettes was nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award for best production at Voila Europe Fest 2019. She is a frequent performer at New International Encounter, having toured "We Come from Far Far Away" - a show that won the Hedda Award for best performance for young audiences in Norway, and "Spynet" - an interactive performance that toured Cambridgeshire.

Isa Bonachera started doing comedy during her time at the University of Cambridge,  where she was a cartoonist for the satirical magazine The Porter’s Log.

Since she moved to London, she became a member of the Soho Theatre Young Company, and an improv student at the Free Association.

Originally from Spain Isa, now a UK resident, has performed critically acclaimed shows at the Edinburgh Festival. 

"A distinctively offbeat way of thinking, generating off-kilter punchlines that are hard to see coming” (Chortle).

This week on PODAROONEY, Joe chats to Mary O'Connell. 

Mary O'Connell is a comedian, writer and North London socialite. Her stage presence is dangerously aloof and despite her two degrees she's always been too cool for school. Her left field view makes for hilarious and absurd material. O'Connell was longlisted in the Thousand Films Female Writing Competition.

Erika’s razor-sharp, dark and visceral writing paired with precise delivery makes her one of the most exciting young comedians on the circuit. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Erika now lives in the UK after completing the Comedy Writing and Performance Program at Salford University.

In 2019, she was crowned winner of the Chortle Student Comedy Award, was the recipient of the Mike Craig Comedy Award, and the Hot Water Roast Battle Champion. She has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, Latitude Festival, and the Toronto Sketch Festival. Erika has recently written for the upcoming fourth series of Comedy Central’s Roast Battle.