Rosy

Rosy’s Website

Blog: Mock Duck

Particular reviewing interests: comedy, quirky or unconventional fiction and ideas-based non-fiction.

Rosy studied Fine Art and English Literature at Exeter University and then went on to the University of East Anglia to obtain an MA in Theatre Directing. There she discovered her complete lack of talent at theatre directing, but discovered something of a penchant for writing instead.

After university she set off intrepidly to Dublin where she formed a theatre company with two friends. She did everything from administration, costume and poster design to building full-size sets in her kitchen. Finally she persuaded them that they really should produce one of her plays and Bimbo – a comedy for puppets and actors – was born, touring Ireland and Scotland to much audience and critical acclaim.

Her comic radio play The Dog House (produced by RTE, Ireland’s main broadcaster) was shortlisted for the PJ O’Connor award and was even exalted to the dizzying heights of being chosen as the RTE Times’ Pick of the Week.

She has worked as a script-reader for theatres, a workshop leader and a visual arts curator. None of this compares to her short-lived experience experience of trying to teaching thirty-five 5-year olds how to draw sharks – for which she discovered she had no talent either.

Comedy loves include: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (naturally); Marina Lewycka; The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad; most things by John Cleese, Blackadder; Nighty-Night, Black Books,  Peep Show and Green Wing; Festival and The Book Group (stuff by Annie Griffin basically) and, most recently, the“Flight of the Conchordes” (along with a slightly incongruous love of Carry On films).

As an arts journalist and reviewer, Rosy has worked for The Irish Times, In Dublin Magazine, Irish Theatre Magazine, The Dubliner, The Express and Echo (Exeter), www.wow.ie and, as an eater and drinker: The List’s Eating and Drinking Guide.

Rosy lives in Edinburgh with her very own Uber-Geek, his space-consuming collection of electronic gadgetry and a lot of general rubbish that inconsiderately refuses to tidy itself away.

Her comic novel, Sadomasochism for Accountants,was published Feb 2009.

“Refreshingly irreverent…Echoing PG Wodehouse, Tom Sharpe and even Douglas Adams, Sadomasochism for Accountants is a fine comic novel.” The Scotsman

“If you dig films like Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, I predict you’ll love this…It’s anarchic and very British comedy tradition…but be prepared for parody as savage as Ricky Gervais or Rik Mayall.“  The Book Bag

Agent: Adrian Weston at Raft PR.

*Portrait by Leo Friel