Fring female comedy duos: Róisín and Chiara

Brian Donaldson
4 August 2018

Róisín O'Mahoney and Chiara Goldsmith imagine alternate lives to their comedy duo, as sculptors and Italian Mafia actors

Best mates who deliver improv, sketches, and stream-of-consciousness comedy tell us all about their love of each other's clothes and which one is a bacon thief.

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. She was wearing a 1940s navy wool suit and I gazed at her across the room with furtive admiration.

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 Mafia 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?