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Class Clowns
Class Clowns is Melbourne International Comedy Festival's development program for young people around the country. Description After a competition has been held across the country, heats, semi-finals and then finals are run in each Australian state and territory, with the winners of the state finals competing in the Grand Final in Melbourne. The Grand Final is held during Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the Forum Theatre (previously held at Melbourne Town Hall and Malthouse Theatre). Professional comedians who have hosted the grand final include Tom Gleeson and Nath Valvo. Special guest comedians perform a headline set; in the past, these have included Peter Helliar, Tripod, Ross Noble, and Judith Lucy. Notable comedians who have performed as entrants in Class Clowns include, Josh Thomas, Tom Ballard, Joel Creasey, Rhys Nicholson, Aaron Chen, Velvet Winter, Lauren Duong, Mia Timpano, and Imaan Hadchiti. Class Clowns National Grand Finalists See also * Melb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the second-largest international comedy festival in the world. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks, typically starting in March and running through to April. The Melbourne Town Hall has served as the festival hub, but performances are held in many venues throughout the city. The MICF plays host to hundreds of local and international artists; in 2018 the festival listed over 550 shows, 6,700 performances (including more than 160 free performances) by 3,500 artists. Although it is mainly a vehicle for stand-up and cabaret acts, the festival has also included sketch shows, plays, improvisational theatre, debates, musical shows and art exhibitions. The televised Gala is one of the festival's flagship event, showcasing short performances from many headline and award-winning comics. Other popular events include The Great Debate, a televised come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Lucy
Judith Mary Lucy (born 25 March 1968) is an Australian comedian and actress, known primarily for her stand-up comedy. Lucy joined the team of the ABC's ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' in 2019. Early life Lucy's adoptive parents emigrated from Ireland to Perth in the early 1950s, and she was born and raised in Perth. She is the sister of Australian writer and scholar Niall Lucy. Lucy attended Curtin University and studied theatre, moving to Melbourne at the age of 20. At 25, she discovered she was adopted and later made contact with her biological mother. Lucy is quoted as saying they have a good relationship. Career Live comedy After arriving in Melbourne, Lucy embarked on a career as a stand-up comedian, leading to a series of highly successful one-woman shows, including ''No Waiter I Ordered the Avocado'' (1991), ''King Of The Road'' (1995), ''An Impossible Dream'' (1996), ''The Show'' (1998), ''The Show 2'' (1999), ''Colour Me Judith'' (2000), ''I'm Going to Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused COVID-19 pandemic cases, more than cases and COVID-19 pandemic deaths, confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history, deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from Asymptomatic, undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, Nocturnal cough, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imaan Hadchiti
Imaan Hadchiti is an Australian comedian and actor of Lebanese descent. Born in Mylor, South Australia, Hadchiti and his sister Rima Hadchiti are the only two known cases of "Rima Syndrome", a genetic condition causing small stature yet retaining normal proportions. Hadchiti stands tall, and many of his comedy routines focus on the way people of normal stature react to him. Starting his stand-up career at the age of 15, he won Triple J's ''Class Clown'' comedy contest in 2005, and has since performed on '' The NRL Footy Show'', the Adelaide Fringe Festival and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Hadchiti's first television role was a possum in the cult SBS series '' Wilfred''. Hadchiti has his name in Guinness Book of World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Timpano
Mia, MIA, or M.I.A. may refer to: Music Artists * M.I.A. (rapper) (born 1975), English rapper and singer * M.I.A. (band), 1980s punk rock band from Orange County, California * MIA., a German rock/pop band formed in 1997 * Mia (singer) (born 1983), Lithuanian singer and television presenter Songs * "Mía" (Armando Manzanero song) * "Mia" (Bad Bunny song) (2018) * "Mía" (Paulina Rubio song) * "Mía" (Tito El Bambino song) * "M.I.A" (Cher Lloyd song) (2019) * "Mia", a song by Aerosmith from ''Night in the Ruts'' * "M.I.A.", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from '' City of Evil'' * "Mia", a 1967 song by Sergio Bruni * "Mia", a song by Chevelle from '' Point No. 1'' * "Mia", a song by Emmy the Great from '' First Love'' * "M.I.A.", a song by the Foo Fighters from '' There Is Nothing Left to Lose'' * "Mia", a 1992 song by Gorki from ''Gorky'' * "Le Mia", a song by IAM * "Mia", a song by IU * "M.I.A.", a song by M.I.A. from ''Arular'' * "MIA", a 2013 song by Travis Scott from '' Owl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Chen
Aaron Chen (born 1995) is a Chinese-Australian comedian from Sydney. Early life Aaron Chen was born in 1995. He went to North Sydney Boys High, where he started doing stand-up. Career In 2012, aged 15, Chen won Melbourne International Comedy Festival's " Class Clowns", a national competition for high-school children, and after this started performing in pubs around Sydney. In 2014 Chen appeared at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in its "Comedy Zone" section. In 2017, Chen's performed his debut solo show ''The Infinite Faces Of Chenny Baby'', appearing at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals and touring nationally, earning good reviews and selling out his shows and earning Best Newcomer awards at both. In the same year, he unintentionally caused controversy in the Australian soccer world by appearing as an unconventional interviewer at a football game, a friendly between English Premier League club Liverpool F.C. and Sydney F.C.. In the same year, ''Aaron Chen Tonight' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhys Nicholson
Rhys Nicholson (born 22 April 1990) is an Australian comedian and known for being a judge on ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under'' from 2021 onwards. Career In 2014, Nicholson featured in the ABC documentary ''GayCrashers'', alongside Joel Creasey, in which the duo travel to the small town of Colac and perform a stand-up show. Creasey had been the subject of a homophobic attack on an earlier visit to the town. In 2016, to highlight the importance of marriage equality in Australia, Nicholson publicly married lesbian and fellow comedian Zoe Coombs Marr at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. That year Nicholson and Coombs Marr were also both nominated for the Barry Award for Best Show, which Coombs Marr won. In 2021, Nicholson served as a judge on ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under'', alongside RuPaul and Michelle Visage. Since 2022, they have played Doctor Sarkov in Netflix's '' The Imperfects''. Live solo shows *''Social Liability'' (2011) *''Almost a Person'' (2012) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Creasey
Joel Creasey (born 11 August 1990) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. Creasey has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, as well as performing at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2013 and 2014 and the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015. In September 2020, Creasey joined Nova FM's national radio show ''Kate, Tim & Joel'' as a co-host with Kate Ritchie and Tim Blackwell. Early life Creasey was born in the Sydney suburb of Baulkham Hills and moved to Perth at a young age. His father, Terry, worked as a model while his mother, Jenny, was a singer. The couple met on the set of '' Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back'' in which they both appeared as extras. His father was also the "Solo" man in the iconic 1985 advertisement for the soft drink and currently owns several McDonald's restaurants in Perth. Creasey has two sisters. Creasey is openly gay. He came out to his family and friends in 2007, when he was sixteen. He att ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Ballard
Thomas Colin Ballard (born 26 November 1989) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. Early life Ballard was born to parents Judy and Neil Ballard and grew up in Warrnambool, Victoria. He attended Brauer Secondary College, graduating in 2007 as School Captain and Dux and achieving an Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank of 99.80 in his Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). He was consequently named as the dux of the South West Region. He then briefly studied law at Monash University. He was also awarded the VCAA's 2007 VCE Achiever's Award. During his VCE year, Ballard competed in and won the VCAA's Plain English Speaking Award with a speech titled " bullying.com". He went on to place second in the national competition to Daniel Swain, with the two being chosen to represent Australia in the International Public Speaking Competition held in London in May 2008. His success in the public speaking competition and his activism with school and loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Thomas (comedian)
Joshua Michael Thomas (born 26 May 1987) is an Australian comedian, actor and writer. In 2005, he won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Raw Comedy Competition. He has since appeared on television numerous times, including as a regular and Generation Y team captain on Network Ten's ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation''. In 2013, Thomas created the award-winning ABC2 and Pivot television series ''Please Like Me'', which he also co-wrote and starred in. ABC2 Homepage for 'Please Like Me' TV series Early life Thomas was born in , the son of Rebecca and Mike Thomas. He lived in |
Ross Noble
Ross Markham Noble (born 5 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor. Noble rose to mainstream popularity through making appearances on British television, particularly interviews and on panel shows such as '' Have I Got News for You''. He has also released DVDs of several of his tours. In 2007 he was voted the 10th-greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's ''100 Greatest Stand-Ups'' and again in the updated 2010 list as the 11th-greatest stand-up comic. In 2012, Noble made his film debut in the fantasy comedy horror movie '' Stitches''. In 2015 he made his musical theatre debut in '' The Producers'' and in 2018 was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in ''Young Frankenstein'' in the West End. Early life Noble was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and brought up in Cramlington, Northumberland. Both of his parents were teachers. Stand-up performance Noble's stand-up routine is a largely improvised and surreal performance with a stream of consciousness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian State And Territory
The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing polities with incomplete sovereignty (having ceded some sovereign rights to federation) and have their own constitutions, legislatures, departments, and certain civil authorities (e.g. judiciary and law enforcement) that administer and deliver most public policies and programs. Territories can be autonomous and administer local policies and programs much like the states in practice, but are still constitutionally and financially subordinate to the federal government and thus have no true sovereignty. The Federation of Australia constitutionally consists of six federated states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia) and ten federal territories,Section 2B, Acts Interpretation Act 1901 out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
