Maddie + Triggs
Isn’t it amazing what you hear when you really take the time to listen?
A little girl and her doggy best friend find music and adventure in the sounds of the everyday by really listening to the world around them.
52 x 7’
2D Animation & Audio Podcast
4-7s, Family
In Production (2024)
Maddie is a 7-year-old girl who loves music and adventure, and just so happens to have a vision impairment. Triggs is her doggy best friend who loves doggy biscuits and mischief!
They live together with their mum and dad in a colourful town of Higgledy-Piggledy, and here they find music and adventure in the sounds of the everyday by really listening to the world around them.
The goal of Maddie + Triggs is to create a show whereby if two kids (one sighted and one vision impaired) sit down side by side to ‘watch’ the show, neither will have a lesser experience.
You can listen to full episodes of Maddie + Triggs on RTÉjr Radio, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
Meet Maddie
This is Bonnie O’Meara, the star of Maddie + Triggs speaking about her experience working on the show..
This short piece was filmed and produced by James Beattie for RTÉ News.
“Inclusion is a word that we hear quite a lot of these days but meaningful inclusion actively seeks solutions to barriers and sends a powerful message to children with sight loss that opportunities for full participation in society exist. So we absolutely commend Turnip + Duck for their inclusive and positive approach and look forward to more exciting adventures for Maddie + Triggs!”
— Mary Byrne
NCBI – Helping People with Sight Loss
“All kids need to feel represented in media and the care that’s been taken with this programme in casting, in scripting and in planning has been a dream collaboration. In the gentlest way possible and without fanfare, Maddie is a hero whose vision impairment doesn’t hold her back but instead becomes a sonic superpower.”
— Nicky Coghlan
Producer, RTÉjr Radio
