AIDAN FITZMAURICE

Aidan is a comedy/children’s writer and workshop facilitator based in Dublin

“A man clearly very much at home with the absurd” – Nomoreworkhorse

BIO

Aidan Fitzmaurice is a comedy and children’s writer, and a workshop facilitator for all ages. He has written several children series for radio, including ‘GALAXY FEST’ and ‘STORYTIME TAKEOVER’ (2 series), for RTE Radio Jr. For UK radio station ‘Fun Kids’, he has written 2 series of RANGER RAE AND THE WILDLIFERS (2 series), a collaboration with the National Trust, as well as ‘THE GIRL AND THE SUITCASE’, a 10-part drama series about the Windrush generation of immigrants. He is currently developing 2 pilot scripts as part of a collaboration with Fun Kids and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He writes for BBC Radio 4 shows (‘NOW SHOW’, ‘NEWS QUIZ’, ‘THE SKEWER’), and was a writer on RTE Radio 1’s long running topical sketch show CALLANS KICKS for 8 seasons. Aidan is a script writer for RTE children’s science TV shows ‘BODY BROTHERS’ and ‘LET’S FIND OUT. His theatre credits include ‘ARACHNOPHILIA’, which ran at Dublin Fringe 2018.

Aidan also runs a unique programme of workshops in schools, libraries, and youth clubs around Dublin. These include a programme of experimental comedy workshop with Stanhope Street Primary School, as part of an Arts Council YPCE Bursary award, and a ‘Gaming is a Gateway’ programme with An Síol Youth Club in Stoneybatter, for which he received an Arts Council YPCE project award. He is on the panel of facilitators for Dublin City Council Culture Company, South Dublin Libraries, and runs regular workshops with primary schools in Digital Hub.

Get in touch

If you would like to get in touch with Aidan for anything writing or workshop related, you can reach him at aidanjfitzmaurice@hotmail.com