Maeve Higgins

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Maeve Higgins

Maeve Higgins in 2007
Born (1981-03-24) 24 March 1981
Cobh, County Cork, Ireland
Medium Stand-up, television
Years active 2004–present
Genres Observational comedy, Sketch
Notable works and roles Naked Camera
Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles
Website MaeveHiggins.com

Maeve Higgins (born 24 March 1981) is an Irish comedian, from Cobh, County Cork. She was a principal actor/writer of the RTÉ production Naked Camera, as well for her own show Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles. She has a regular, Tuesday morning, slot on The Ray D'Arcy Show on Today FM called "What would Maeve do?",[1] which provides tongue-in-cheek advice to listeners' questions.

Higgins hosts her own radio show on Today FM titled "Maeve Higgins's Amusing Notes".

Early life

Higgins was born in Cobh, County Cork, and attended Walterstown National Primary School and Saint Aloysius' College, Carrigtwohill. She later studied photography in Colaiste Dhulaigh, Dublin, finishing her studies in 2004. Soon after that she began doing stand-up comedy. Higgins is a close friend of Irish comedian David O'Doherty.

Career

Higgins started up in comedy in 2004 and has written and performed at many festivals and shows. She began her comedy career on national radio station Today FM after auditioning on The Ray D'Arcy Show in February 2004. She failed to win.[2]

In 2005, she took part in the hidden camera show Naked Camera with fellow comedian and friend PJ Gallagher. She landed her own television show, Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles, in 2009. Since 2010 she's occasionally been performing with Josie Long and Isy Suttie.

2006
  • ‘Ha Ha Yum’ with sister, Lilly, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2007
2008
  • ‘Ha Ha Yum’ with Claudia O’Doherty at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • ‘Kitten Brides’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  • ‘I Can’t Sleep’, a children’s play written by David O'Doherty. Higgins performed this skit with O'Doherty at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.[3]
2009
  • ‘Kitten Brides’ at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • ‘I Can’t Sleep’ at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • ‘Kitten Brides’ at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival
2010
  • 'A Rare Sight' at the Brisbane Comedy Festival. Performed with Nick Coyle.
  • 'A Rare Sight' at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Performed with Nick Coyle.
  • 'A Rare Sight' at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Nick Coyle could not attend due to surgery on shoulder.
  • 'Personal Best' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Television

As herself

Acting work

  • 2005-2007 Naked Camera - Various characters
  • 2006 Magic - Chloe
  • 2010 "Moone Boy"

As writer

Radio

References

  1. ↑ "What would Maeve do?"
  2. ↑ Hynes, Liadan (28 May 2006). "'Bridezilla' and the art of making people laugh". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 26 December 2008. 
  3. ↑ The List: "I can't Sleep"

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