Maeve Higgins at Black Box

Maeve studied photography in college then worked in a clothes shop until 2004. Then, one magical March morning, she discovered her dream life as a stand-up comedian! Her favourite parts are 1. eating in garages late at night and 2. telling strangers personal things and 3. forcing her music choices on trapped audiences before her shows. She has written and performed various shows for festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Melbourne International Festival, the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Kilkenny Comedy Festival, the New Zealand International Festival.

She worked on RTE’s wildly popular hidden camera show Naked Camera for three series. She feels conflicted about it because although it was very funny, it also involved a lot of strangers days’ being ruined. Maeve made her own comedy series for RTE with her sister Lilly called ‘Fancy Vittles’. It was a cult hit! ‘Fancy Vittles’ is the work she is most proud of to date.