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The Melbourne International Comedy Festival wants to knowÖ
Can they crack The Funny Tonne?
It's the Amazing Race of comedy, the world's premier competitive audience challenge, it's a race to see 100 shows in the 2006 Melbourne Comedy Festival.
In early February, we put the call out for anyone who reckoned they had the cojones to sit through an average four shows a night, every night, for four weeks. After sifting through literally some applications, we've selected these three hard-core laughers to take on the challenge:
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Erin Davidson
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Erin Davidson is a 21 year old from Altona North, who works in computer graphics and studies Auslan part-time. She enjoys going to restaurants, movies, footy, live theatre, concerts and of course… live comedy!
100 reviews / 100
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Stephen Mathew
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Stephen Matthew, 56, is a veteran Comedy Festival attendee. He’s looking forward to discovering the new and unheralded acts this year.
100 reviews / 100
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Liz Christie
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Liz is from Brisbane. When she grows up, she wants to be a crazy old spinster with a family of feral cats doing her bidding.
74 reviews / 100
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At the end of the Festival the contestant to have proof of attendance at the most number of Festival shows wins a coveted (really) second hand netball trophy and the awesome respect of comedians worldwide.
Check the leaderboard and read their daily reviews on the Comedy Festival website. Winners announced at the Awards night at the Festival Club, May 6.
10 Most Recent Reviews
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Eye Candy - Starring Dave Thornton, Dan Carmody, Monty Franklin, Troy Kinne & Tom Siegert Erin Davidson read » |
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Dan Willis : Radiohead Erin Davidson read » |
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Daniel Townes - And that... Erin Davidson read » |
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Score Reloaded Erin Davidson read » |
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Anthony Morgan Erin Davidson read » |
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Corinne Grant - Faking It Erin Davidson read » |
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A Porthole into the Minds of the Vanquished Erin Davidson read » |
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Come With Me - Matt Black Erin Davidson read » |
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Adam Vincent Erin Davidson read » |
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Scrabble Unscripted Liz Christie read » |
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