Female double acts | FESTIVAL FEATURES
Katie’s pay for a job I had nothing to do with into my bank account. I had to return it in the end which seems unfair because as her wife I am entitled to half her earnings. What’s the worst thing about working with the other one? Kate: When we get writers block and then drink too much wine resulting in either a massive row or a horrii c sexual encounter. Sinead: Sadly not with each other but I live in hope.
Sinead: Are you ill? Am I ill? I did think I had herpes recently, but it was actually just a trapped hair follicle but apart from that I think I’m i ne? Kate: Apart from mentally . . . Sinead: If you are planning on leaving me I think it’s important that you give me some warning. Kate: Can you please shut the fuck up, I want to watch Love Island now. RÓISÍN & CHIARA (Róisín O’Mahoney and Chiara Goldsmith)
If your comedy partner hadn’t become part of a double act, what do you think she would have done with her life? Sinead: Katie would become the mother of four boys. She would ban vulnerability and they would all grow up to be sociopaths just like her. Kate: It’s a toss-up between a law conversion course or a stint in an asylum. If your current comedy partner was suddenly unable to work with you ever again, which famed comedian would you headhunt to replace them? Kate: I long for this day, but sadly due to Sinead’s severe abandonment issues I know this will never be the case. If my prayers were answered I wouldn’t bother replacing her as I would happily go solo. Sinead: What’s going on? Why wouldn’t we be working together? Katie, where are you going? Are we OK? Kate: Cheers, The List . . .
What one thing do you remember most about how you met each other? Róisín: Chiara is two years older than me: ten years ago this felt like 15 years. I thought she was effortlessly chic and dangerously continental. Chiara: Róisín’s clothes.
What’s the best thing about working with the other one? Róisín: She’s my best friend. Chiara: Saves my bacon. What’s the worst thing about working with the other one? Róisín: She has a very loud and irritating voice. Chiara: Eats my bacon.
If your comedy partner hadn’t become part of a double act, what do you think she would have done with her life? Róisín: The star of an Italian mai a drama where she plays a smooth-talking, cargo pant-
wearing, nymphomaniacal criminal lawyer. Chiara: Exhibiting sculptures at the MoMA. If your current comedy partner was suddenly unable to work with you ever again, which famed comedian would you headhunt to replace them? Róisín: Someone who’d be willing to go method: Adrien Brody in drag? Chiara: Paul Currie because of the physical resemblance.
Lazy Susan: Forgive Me, Mother!, Assembly George Square Theatre, 3–27 Aug (not 14), 4.20pm, £9.50–£10.50. Previews 1 & 2 Aug, £6.50.
Lola & Jo: Focus Groupies, Underbelly Cowgate, 4–26 Aug (not 13), 4pm, £9–£10 (£8–£9). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £6.50. Maddie Campion: 20 Uses for a Lovedoll, Just the Tonic at The Caves, 4–26 Aug (not 13), 6.15pm, £5 (£4). Previews 2 & 3 Aug, £4 (£3). Pay in advance or donation at the venue.
Norris & Parker: Burn the Witch, Pleasance Courtyard, 5–26 Aug, 10.45pm, £8–£9.50 (£7–£8.50). Previews 1–3 Aug, £6. Róisin & Chiara: Back to Back, Heroes @ Boteco, 3–26 Aug (not 8, 15, 22), 2.40pm, £5 in advance or donation at the venue.
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