National Secondary school comedy competition
Class Clowns is a national comedy competition and workshop program that has been running since 1996, and each year hundreds of high school students participate, nationally. Everyone involved in Class Clowns has a unique experience, discovering or refining their skills in writing and performing for the public. Taking a workshop or performing in the competition is an exciting, illuminating and hilarious experience, and for some it’s the start of a serious adventure in comedy.
At a Class Clown gig, students who have prepared up to 5 minutes of stand-up, comedy, a group sketch, musical parody, or something else inbetween, participate in a rehearsal with a professional, practising comedian, before presenting their act at a real, live, public performance.
The performance is judged – and the winners of these local heats go forward into state finals, and the winners of each state are flown to Melbourne in September to perform at the National Grand.
To download a registration form for a Class Clown heat near you – right here!
CLASS CLOWNS VIDEO
We can send you a documentary that takes the viewer through the whole Class Clowns process form audition to National Filmed in 2002.
We also have copies of the 2009 National Final for sale, if you want to see more of the kind of work presented as part of this programme.
We charge $16.50 for each of these titles, to cover duplication and postage costs. The recordings are on DVD.
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