11 April,
Fiction / In Conversation /
Roddy Doyle in Conversation
Friday, 11 April 2025, 5:30pm
Town Hall Theatre / €22.00 | €18.00
Book NowAs part of our Cúirt 40 celebrations, we’ve invited Roddy Doyle, as one of our best-loved writers, to join our reflective mood and look back on his career.
A Friday evening with Roddy Doyle is hard to beat. Join us as he reflects on his prolific career, from his bestselling debut The Commitments in 1987 to last year’s The Women Behind the Door.
Roddy Doyle’s work captures the spirit, humour, and resilience of Irish, and particularly Dublin, life. His sharp wit, incisive social commentary, and deeply human stories have made him a household name, both in Ireland and around the world. He has written novels for adults and children, short stories, plays, screenplays and memoirs, and has won numerous prizes including the PEN Ireland Award and the Booker Prize for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Last year’s The Women Behind the Door returns to Paula Spencer, his beloved character from The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, for a story of mother and daughter untangling the ghosts of the past
Roddy Doyle is the author of thirteen novels, including the The Commitments, The Snapper, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1993; The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, and, most recently, The Women Behind the Door. He has also written three collections of short stories, eight books for children, the Two Pints series, and memoir of his parents, Rory and Ita. He co-wrote The Second Half, with Roy Keane, and Kellie, with Kellie Harrington.
He co-wrote the screenplay for The Commitments, and wrote the scripts for The Snapper and The Van. His most recent screen work was the script for Rosie, released in 2018. His four-part TV series, Family, was produced by the BBC in 1994. He has also written for stage, including the book of the Commitments musical.
He is a co-founder of Fighting Words, which was set up to help and encourage children and young people throughout Ireland to write creatively. He lives in Dublin.
Event Location
Town Hall Theatre
1 Courthouse Square, Galway, H91 VF21
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The main auditorium is step free with accessible seating and
accessible toilet facilities. Please let the box office know of any
requirements so that they can assist with seating. There are two
accessible parking spaces on Waterside immediately by the
venue and a further two spaces on Corrib Terrace. There is a
Loop System in every auditorium. There is a Fresh Air Distribution
System. All events at the Town Hall Theatre will be captioned.
