2: Roisin Conaty

Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 12:02 a.m.

b"Roisin\\xa0is a brilliant and multi-talented comedian and actress. Having won the Foster\\u2019s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 for Best Newcomer,\\xa0Roisin\\xa0is now one of the nation\\u2019s favourite comic faces on television, appearing regularly on\\xa0hugely popular entertainment shows such as\\xa0Have I Got News\\xa0For You\\xa0(BBC One),\\xa08 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown\\xa0(Channel 4),\\xa0Would I Lie To You\\xa0(BBC One), and the new Channel 4 edition of\\xa0The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice, having been a series regular on the BBC2 series.\\xa0In March 2018, she also\\xa0appeared on the\\xa0Stand Up to Cancer Celebrity Bake Off\\xa0edition.\\xa0Roisin\\xa0Conaty\\u2019s sitcom\\xa0GameFace, which she created, writes and stars in, aired its first series on E4 in late 2017, quickly followed by a\\xa0US release on Hulu.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWe sat down with\\xa0Roisin\\xa0at Nordic Bar nr Oxford Circus to chat all things BLANK. We talked at length about the different aspects of performing live stand-up and how\\xa0Roisin\\xa0has used meditation as a way of focusing her creativity. We also chatted about her processes when writing her brilliant Channel 4 series Gameface and how that has changed as she's been writing series 2. Giles fails to get to grips with saying season and series and Jim gets some much needed stand-up advice as he looks to try out some new material live again.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nOur wonderful pod music is by the amazing Paul Pilot and you can hear more from him here:\\xa0http://paulpilot.com\\n\\n Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theblankpodcast.\\n\\n \\n\\xa0\\nSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"