The Playboy Of The Western World (Abbey, 2007) Co-written with Bisi Adigun

In this new version set in West Dublin, Christy Mahon is Christopher Malomo, a well-educated refugee from Nigeria, on the run after he ‘killed’ his father with a pestle for pounding yams. Adapted from JM Synge.

No Messin with the Monkeys! (The Ark 2005)

This is Roody’s first play for children. It’s a fast-paced, action-packed comedy, with puppets and actors, for 6-11 year olds. With a sense of fun and imagination. Bertie, Benny, Nidgy, Nikee-Hah Uncle Rasher, Uncle Jimmy and Auntie Mona are no ordinary monkey family. – they live a happy double life – by day monkeys in Dublin Zoo, by night, at the cinema with snack boxes and brilliant chases by the Garda Síochána.

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (Helix, 2003) Co-written with Joe O’Byrne

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors is the story of Paula Spencer ­– from schoolgirl to battered wife and alcoholic – and her love for the dangerous, charismatic Charlo. Paula struggles on the edge of deprivation but never gives up, always washes off the blood, and knows she must continue for her children’s sake.

Guess Who’s Coming For The Dinner (Calypso, 2001)

This play takes a light-hearted look at the different reactions within one Irish family to the arrival for dinner of Ben, a Nigerian asylum seeker. In particular the play focuses on the father, Larry Linnane. He considers himself a liberal until his eldest daughter brings home ‘the black fella’.

War (The Passion Machine, 1989)

This is the world of the Pub Quiz, where men are men and the questions sting like crazy. George knows the capital city of every country in the world. Bertie can sniff out a trick question from a hundred paces. George can tell you who played Barney in ‘Mission Impossible’ Bertie can tell you who played Barney’s mother. On the first Monday of every month, these two giants of the Pub Quiz lock eyes across the five feet of drink dampened carpet that divides them.

Brownbread (Dublin, The Passion Machine, 1987)

Three kids from Barrytown kidnap a bishop, because they accidentally find a gun and have nothing better to do that day. Almost immediately, the Corporation house they’re holed up in is under siege, first of all by the Gardaí, then by the U.S Marines who are sent in by the American President when it emerges that the bishop has an American passport.