Maeve Higgins

Maeve Higgins
Maeve Higgins

Maeve Higgins in 2007
Born March 24, 1981 (1981-03-24) (age 30)
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. 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 humorous advice to listeners' questions.

She currently has her own radio show on Today FM titled "Maeve Higgins's Amusing Notes" which airs at 7pm every Sunday night.

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Early life

Higgins was born in Cobh, County Cork. She has one brother and six sisters. One of her sisters, Lilly, appeared with Maeve at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006. The two sisters appeared together in the 2009 television series Maeve Higgins's Fancy Vittles.[citation needed]

School

Higgins attended Walterstown National Primary School and Saint Aloysius' College, Carrigtwohill. She later studied photography in Colaiste Dhulaigh, Dublin, finishing her studies in 2004. After that she began doing stand-up comedy.

During an appearance on RTÉ 2fm's Countdown to 606 (which aired on 8 June 2007), she spoke of having completed her Leaving Certificate in 1998. In the Leaving Cert Memory Lane feature, she claimed she "still can't count her change" after doing Foundation Maths. She did Honours Irish, despite panicking on the day, and also liked English. She chose German over French, but wished she had done Spanish (which was not available in her school). She did Home Economics and, on the show, successfully answered one of the questions that had appeared on the 2007 examination paper that day. She said she had no idea she was going to be a comedian at the time. She advised students not to worry.[citation needed]

Personal life

Higgins is a close friend of fellow comedian, Josie Long, who appeared in several episodes of Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles.

Comedy

Higgins started her 'comedic' career 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]

Maeve regularly performs and tours around Ireland and sometimes in the UK and Australia.

In 2005, Maeve took part in the hidden camera show Naked Camera' with fellow comedian and friend, PJ Gallagher, and landed her own television show, Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles, in 2009.

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. Maeve performed this skit with David 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

As writer

Radio

References

External links


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