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Class Clowns is an annual search for Australia's funniest high school student. This competition runs as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and is one of the major events of the festival.
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 had been held in the Melbourne Town Hall every year until 2010 when it made the switch to the Malthouse Theatre. Professional comedians who have hosted the grand final are such big names in comedy as Tom Gleeson, Raymond J Bartholemuez and special guest comedians perform a headline set (in previous years comedians such as Peter Helliar, Tripod, Ross Noble, and Judith Lucy have performed).
Notable comedians who have performed as entrants in Class Clowns include, Tom Ballard, Jack Druce, Danny McGinlay, Mia Timpano, Michael Connell, Tully, Paul Jones and Imaan Hadchiti.
Winner's of the competition
- 2002- Goibon Hanastende
- 2003- Fred Sterer
- 2004- Stephen brooks
- 2005-Imaan hadchiti and Tobey Duncan
- 2006- Adam Knox
- 2007-Sara Stockdespoia
- 2009-Neel Kolhatkar
- 2010-Matthew Ford
2008 National Finalists
(in order of appearance)
- Lukas Blom - NT
- The South Estonian Acting Troupe (David Bucknell, Ross McKinnon, Drew Modern) - VIC
- Catherine Hall - VIC - Runner up
- The Magical Typewriter (Daniel Archer, and Zack Munday) - VIC - Runner up
- Aaron Nobes - SA - Winner
- F.O.B. (Sarah Le, Mystery Tat) - VIC
- Freneche Banovich - TAS
- Mitch ‘n’ Max (Sarah McCreanor, Alexandra Mitchell) - QLD
- The Gleesom Threesome (Paris Burns, Cymatha Heather, Tess Stapleton-Clark) - WA
- Ella Reed - NSW
- Toby Silcock - ACT
- Emily Beeton - QLD
See also
External links
Categories:- Australian student comedy
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