 In 2011 she played Miss Shepherd in "The Lady in the Van" at Hull Truck Theatre.In 2012, McAuliffe, a winner in 2001 for her performance in "A Bed Among the Lentils" was again named best actress (the only person to win the nomination twice) in the Stage Awards for Acting Excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.She subsequently wrote and appeared in a comic play, "Maurice's Jubilee", staged at The Pleasance, which tells the story of an elderly man at the end of his life who is preparing to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.