Maura Higgins to make acting debut in new feel-good Irish film

She will make her acting debut in The Spin, a road trip comedy from filmmaker Michael Head

The Spin, starring Brenock O’Connor, Owen Colgan, Maura Higgins, Kimberley Wyatt, will land in Irish cinemas on February 27. Picture: Tull Stories.

Irish television personality and model Maura Higgins is set to make her feature-length acting debut alongside Pussycat Dolls member Kimberley Wyatt in a feel-good Irish road-trip comedy.

Higgins rose to fame in 2019 when she was a finalist on Love Island, and most recently appeared on Traitors USA.

She will make her acting debut in The Spin, a feel-good road trip comedy from filmmaker Michael Head, known for Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire.

The Spin, starring Brenock O’Connor, Owen Colgan, Maura Higgins, Kimberley Wyatt, will land in Irish cinemas on February 27. Picture: Tull Stories.

The uplifting Irish road movie follows Dermot, played by Brenock O’Connor, and Elvis, played by Owen Colgan, two music lovers who run a struggling record shop in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

Facing an unpaid rent bill and their landlord, Sadie, played by Derry Girls’ Tara Lynne O’Neill, who’s eager to get them out of her building, the pair stumble across a deal too good to be true: rare, vintage records of blues legend Robert Johnson for sale in Cork at a knock-down price.

They figure that if they can make it to the other end of Ireland in time, maybe they could get the rare vinyl and save the shop.

With just two days to get there, the pair head off in a rusty Vauxhall as old as the hills, meeting locals and making new friends along the way.

Starring Brenock O’Connor, Owen Colgan, Maura Higgins, Kimberley Wyatt, and featuring cameos from Barry Devlin of Horslips and Steve Wickham of The Waterboys, The Spin will be released in cinemas on February 27.

The Spin, starring Brenock O’Connor, Owen Colgan, Maura Higgins, Kimberley Wyatt, will land in Irish cinemas on February 27. Picture: Tull Stories.

Speaking on the cinema release, Director Michael Head said: “The Spin is a feel-good buddy movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I hope everyone enjoys watching as much as we enjoyed making it.” 

Founder of Tull Stories, Jonny Tull, said: “We’re delighted that The Spin is our next Joy Of Cinema release. We started this strand to provide independent and world cinema fans with a fun time at the pictures, and we’ve had thousands and thousands of people enjoying our films together over the last year. I can’t wait to see how they embrace Michael’s lovely, funny film.”