‘It’s not the real world we get... it’s the fluffy one’

Would author Cecelia Ahern’s first play, Mrs Whippy, impress ardent fan Niamh Hennessy and critic Marc O’Sullivan? We sent both along to find out if Ahern has made a successful leap into the world of theatre.

GIRL is upset, her guy has left her and run off with a young one — what does she do?

She turns to ice-cream, of course, dusts off her Celine Dion CD and lies on the couch in her dressing gown and furry slippers.