Gráinne Maguire

Gráinne Maguire is an Irish stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster.

Early career

Maguire was a finalist in the 2007 Laughing Horse new act competition and a finalist in the 2008 Funny Women competition.^[1]

Career

At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2016 Maguire had a show entitled Great people making great choices.^[2] At the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Maguire had her one woman show Gráinne with a Fada.^[3] as well as a panel show on at the Cabaret Voltaire entitled What Has The News Ever Done For Me?^[4] Maguire returned to the Edinburgh Festival in 2018 performing at the Gilded Balloon with her show I forgive you, please like me.^[5]

Gráinne Maguire has appeared on BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy The Now Show, More Money Than Sense and Breaking The News as well as Stewart Lee’s The Alternative Comedy Experience.^[6][7]

Maguire has been a writer for comedy shows The News Quiz, Newsjack and Dead Ringers on BBC Radio 4 as well as television shows The Last Leg and 8 out of 10 Cats for Channel 4.^[8] Maguire has also written columns for The Guardian.^[9]

Maguire has been a panellist on the BBC 1 flagship debate show Question Time.^[10][11] Maguire has been a guest on BBC 2 programme Daily Politics,^[12][13] and BBC current affairs investigative programme Panorama.^[14][15] Maguire produces a podcast with Marie Le Conte called Changing Politics.^[16]

Personal life

Maguire was born in Ireland but now lives in London.^[17] A Labour supporter, she opened at the Labour Party Conference for then leader Ed Miliband.^[18] In 2016 Maguire used Twitter to live-tweet her menstrual cycle to Taoiseach Enda Kenny in protest at Ireland’s abortion laws, the coverage of which appeared major international newspapers, and Maguire was interviewed on BBC Worldwide, and BBC World Service.^[19][20][21] Maguire has spoken of her respect for Michelle Obama.^[22]

References

1. "Grainne Maguire, comedian tour dates". Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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3. "Grainne Maguire". The Edinburgh Reporter. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
4. British Comedy Guide (2017-08-27). "Gráinne Maguire: The News - Edinburgh Fringe 2017 - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
5. Green, Emrys. "Interview with Gráinne Maguire - Interview - Voice Magazine". Voicemag.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
6. "Little Wander Comedy: Grainne Maguire - Great People Making Great Choices". Chapter. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
7. Lee, Stewart (2013-07-08). "The elite have 'stitched up' comedy". Stewart Lee. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
8. "The Spread Eagle Ale & Pie House - Fuller's Pub and Restaurant Croydon".
9. "Grainne Maguire". The Guardian. 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
10. "Comedian Grainne Maguire on Question Time - YouTube". M.youtube.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
11. Heather Saul (2016-01-22). "BBC Question Time: Irish comedian Grainne Maguire attacks Northern Ireland's 'state sanctioned homophobia'". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
12. "Comedian Grainne Maguire on The Daily Politics". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
13. "BBC Two - Daily Politics, Should there be humour in a party conference speech?". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
14. "Gáire - Irish Comedy Special: Grainne Maguire". The Irish World. 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
15. "Comedian Grainne Maguire discussing Jeremy Corbyn on BBC's Panorama". YouTube. 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
16. "The podcast that hopes to change the world : News 2018". Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
17. Green, Emrys. "Gráinne Maguire: Gráinne with a Fada - Review". Voice Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
18. "BBC Three - Free Speech, Series 2 - Grainne Maguire". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
19. Grainne Maguire (2015-11-16). "Grainne Maguire: 'Why I decided to live tweet my menstrual cycle to Enda Kenny'". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
20. "Irish comedian's period tweet to the Taoiseach makes front page of Buzzfeed".
21. Henry Austin (2015-11-06). "Irish women are tweeting about their periods to Taoiseach Edna Kenny to protest abortion laws". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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