BIO

Aidan Fitzmaurice is a comedy and children's writer, and a workshop facilitator for all ages. He runs a unique programme of workshops in schools, libraries, and youth clubs around Dublin. He is a 3 time recipient of the Art’s Council “Children and Young People’s Arts Bursary”, for which he runs comedy workshops in DEIS schools around Dublin 7. He also runs a gaming programme called ‘Gaming is a Gateway’, with An Síol Youth Club in Stoneybatter, for which he received an Arts Council Children and Young People’s Arts project award. He is on the panel of facilitators for Dublin City Council Culture Company, South Dublin Libraries, and runs regular STEAM workshops with young people and adults in Richmond Barracks for DCCCC, as well as a podcast programme for Digital Hub, as well as various schools, youth clubs, and libraries. Aidan previously worked in Science Gallery’s Makeshop, and for Camara Education.

He has written several children series for radio and podcast, including ‘GALAXY FEST’ (2 seasons & Xmas Special) and the Speakie Award nominated ‘STORYTIME TAKEOVER’ (3 seasons), for RTE Radio Jr. For UK radio station ‘Fun Kids’, he has written 3 series of the award nominated podcast RANGER RAE AND THE WILDLIFERS, 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 a regular contributor to RTE Radio 1’s ‘The Business’, 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.