COMEDY WRITER
Val Troy
How I Arrived In Comedy
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My name is Val Troy and I am a comedy writer. I didn’t always write comedy, back in the day I was an accountant (I suppose I still am) and while debits and credits are great, they aren’t much craic.
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From Page To Screen
Orla Doherty and I met in Writers Ink, our online writing group in April 2021. As a fellow comedy writer, it's unsurprising I suppose that we gravitated toward each other. After lengthy Covid restrictions and an even lengthier WhatsApp back and forth, we met in person...
Comedy Debut
When you tell people that you do standup comedy the most common reaction is “Oh my God, I could never do that”. Truth be told, I used to think that too…but I did it anyway. Why? As a comedy writer, I felt that the best way to figure out if my writing was funny or not...
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
“What could possibly go wrong?” a phrase I say all the time, usually before I’m about to do something slightly questionable. I reckoned it would be a good title for a novel so I decided to write one. But how? I’d never written a novel before and I needed help. In...
ChatterBoxx Podcast
Orla and I have lots of ideas, not all of them are stellar but we rigorously filter out anything that doesn’t make the cut. But every now and then we get an idea and it feels like an itch that must be scratched (or is that just an annoying rash, hard to say...
ChatterBoxx – Funny Women Live In Dublin
Emboldened by the success of my debut comedy gig in April 2023, my comedy co-writer, Orla Doherty and I got in touch with Lynne Parker, founder of Funny Women, the leading UK comedy community. We wondered if there were any upcoming Funny Women gigs in Dublin and we...
What Is ChatterBoxx?
When Orla Doherty and I started together we realised very quickly that we had a very similar sense of humour although one of us has slightly fewer filters than the other (Orla…I’m looking at you!) But we needed a name, a proper legitimate comedy duo handle. ‘Orla and...
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