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.

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, anything by John Cleese, Blackadder, Nighty-Night, Black Books, Peep Show, Green Wing and, most recently The Flight of the Conchords (along with a shameless 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),Wow! (Ireland's foremost entertainment review site...err...now sadly defunct) and, as an eater and drinker: The List’s Eating and Drinking Guide.

Rosy lives in Edinburgh with a her very own Uber-Geek (and his space-consuming collection of electronic gadgetry), an energetic border collie (and his space-consuming collection of tugtoys and squeaky balls) and a lot of general rubbish that inconsiderately refuses to tidy itself away. Her ambition is to make enough money that if things get too messy, she can just move house. (With another house for the squeaky balls.)

In a film of her life she’d like to be played by Jack Black.