Keara Murphy

Keara Patricia Murphy is a stand-up comedian, actor and playwright from Glasgow, Scotland. She has named Billy Connolly as an early influence.

Biography Her father was an optician from Scotland and her mother came from Belfast. She lived and worked in Central and Eastern Europe from 2003 to 2005, She has written three plays about Robert Burns and presented three programmes about him on BBC Radio Scotland.

In 2012 Murphy's show at the Glasgow Comedy Festival focused on her unsuccessful relationships. It was called Flypaper for Freaks. In 2013 her comedy series, The Shark's Mouth, was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland. Mistress MacKenzie and Friends, a spin-off series, followed in 2014.

Plays Mice and Women The Bard and I The Secret Sex Life of Robert Burns

Documentaries The Secret Sex Life of Robert Burns The Secret Tax Life of Robert Burns The Secret Rock 'n' Roll Life of Robert Burns