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"BEAUTIES
"BEAUTIES
AND THE BEASTS" Tara Moss Lyn Pierse Lyn Pierse graduated NIDA in
1983 and is currently seen on SBS-TV's Going Home.
Theatre credits include Measure For Measure, Divinely
Irresistible and The Vagina Monologues. Her films
include Dags and she has appeared internationally as 'Sister Mary
Leonard'. Lyn captained the first Australian National
Championship TheatreSports teams and pioneered TheatreSports
teaching across Australia, New Zealand and Japan. She teaches
improvisation at NIDA, stand up comedy at The Actors' Centre and
her book, TheatreSports Down Under, is in its second edition. Steve Johnston Comedy writer in radio, theatre and TV
including Network Ten (Good News Week, Totally Full Frontal) and
Theatresports legend! Ewan Campbell Film, commercials and live TV
comic, Ewan is one of Australia's top comedy improvisors with
credits including four (count them!) Cranston Cup wins,
New York International TheatreSports Festival, Hamlet
Improvised, The Unspeakable Mockbeth, Really Silly Cafe,
Bonds Have More Fun and the long running Completely
Lost in Space. Ewan was the resident funny guy on the Midday
show and appears on many other current televisions programmes
including the Footy Show. TOP OF
TOP OF
THE BILL Clive "Cliffy"
Wedderburn The Bill's
PC Gary McCann. Rebecca de Unamuno From Melbourne and Sydney
Comedy Festivals to film (Dags and Muffled Love,
Tropfest 2001), radio and TV comedy, Rebecca is favourite with
all kinds of audiences. Two-time Cranston Cup winner and regular
at Impro @ the Comedy Store, she is a director of the
Theatresports in Schools company, Open Stage Productions. Daniel Cordeaux Star teacher, actor-director
and Theatresports champion! SATIRED
SATIRED
& EMOTIONAL Peter Berner Star of the sharply incisive
ABC-TV satire Backberner, Peter is a
veteran of the media and comedy scene. A former member of the
Andrew Denton radio breakfast show team on MMM-FM, he's performed
at many international comedy venues and all major spots around
Australia. Wil Anderson Wil Anderson
is one of Australia's most popular stand-up comics and media
personalities. A political journalist for the Financial Review
until he decided to get a real job - in comedy - he's had
audiences in stitches from Edinburgh to Good News Week and now on
ABC Radio where he appears each morning on Triple J as presenter
of the breakfast show. Steve Bastoni Star of The Matrix 2, Steve's is
well known as the heart-throb star of Police Rescue as
well as for major roles on GP, Wildside and Heat.
Film credits include 15 Amore and Jekyll & Hyde.
His stage appearances include Rock Horror Show & Wogs
Out of Work also at the Enmore Theatre! Adam Couper Head writer ABC-TV Backberner,
actor, comic and Theatresports legend! AUNTIEAUNTIE'S AGONY! Benita Collings Benita is an
actress with 36 years experience in stage, film, TV and radio. Richard Glover ABC 702 Radio drivetime
presenter, author, playwright and Sydney Morning Herald
columnist, Richard Glover is one of the most
familiar voices in Sydney. Dan Lloyd Dan is currently (with Andrew O'Keefe) the
holder of the Theatresports Cranston Cup. He hasn't let this fact
- or that he's also won the Sydney Uni competition about 10 times
- go to his head at all. It's not as if he was at uni for that
long or anything... ahem. During his spare time, he is a
telecommunications and IT lawyer with Gilbert & Tobin. Mark Streeter Actor, comic, writer and
Theatresports legend SAINTS
SAINTS
AND SINNERS Adam Spencer Host of ABC-TV's Quantum,
presenting weekly stories with his unique (alright, 'whacky'!)
slant on science. Adam also presents ABC Radio
Triple J's breakfast show and has been a regular guest on Good
News Week. Adam started out studying Arts/Law and ended up with
an honours degree in Pure Mathematics. He's a debating champion
and a Theatresports veteran. Marty Lynes Martin Lynes
playes Dr Luke Forlano on the hit TV drama All Saints. Hailing
from Perth, he moved to Sydney to study at NIDA and graduated in
1994. He has worked in stand-up comedy and stage roles includes
roles for Marian Street Theatre and the Stables as well as
numberous gigs, writing, directing and acting in film. Rob Carlton The man in the ads for Yellow pages and
Toohey's New (you know, with the 'guide dog' in the pub...).
Actor and Theatresports legend. HOME AND
HOME AND
HOSED Susie Rugg Teenage star of Home and Away as
Brodie Hanson - who is a walking accident magnet... or is that a
'klutz'?. Of course Susie herself is nothing
like that. Even so, if she gets a little too
close to the edge of the stage, feel free to call out.... Kimberley Cooper Kimberley Cooper is a self
confessed party animal who plays the appallingly nasty Gypsy Nash
in Home and Away. She's also an award-winning dancer and
loves a little kickboxing. Look out rival teams! Murray Fahey Film and programme maker (Dags,
Encounters, Sex is a Four-letter Word, A Change of Heart)
film actor (Phar-Lap, Anzacs, My Brother Tom) , writer,
director and comic, Murray is a Theatresports legend who has
performed in just about about every impro hit show and won the
Cranston Cup 6 times! John Knowles Actor, Writer Director and
Theatresports legend, John has featured in such comedy combos as
"The Bouncing Sheep" and as the mad evangelist Billy in
"God's Cowboys". He has made films and starred in the
long-running Theatresports spin-off "Improzac". He's
currently playing The Rookie in "Cops on Heat", fresh
from the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Standup and Be Counted Standup and Be Counted Max Sharam Gary Eck A regular MC and feature comic at the
Sydney Comedy Store, Gary has worked all over
Australia and overseas, including the Edinburgh, Melbourne &
Adelaide Comedy Festivals, Sydney Casino, New Zealand, Ireland,
San Francisco and The London Comedy Store. Starting out by
winning Starseach, Gary has since performed stand up on Tonight
Live, Hey Hey It's Saturday, The Footy Show and co-hosted Candid
Camera on Channel Ten. He's now seen regularly on
thecomedychannel's 50 Foot Show. David Callan Star of SBS Going Home,
Dags, actor, writer comic and Theatresports legend! Jenny Hope Actor, Writer, Director, Choreographer,
Teacher and Theatresports legend! PLUS GUEST
PLUS GUEST
APPEARANCES FROM Sleek the Elite Star of the cult SBS comedy
series, Pizza and Enmore Theatre hit Wog Story! Guest Celebrity MC With
Timekeeper, ref and factotum extraordinaire... MONIQUE
DYKSTRA. Guest Judges include: Liz Jackson & VOICE OVER
KING SBS-TV News, "Scared
Scriptless" and Theatresports legend Return to home
Best-selling author, model, actress, and media
'personality', Tara Moss has it all! Born in
Canada, she now calls Australia 'home'. Her thriller
"Fetish" raced to the top of the best-seller list last
year and her work has been published in newspapers and magazines
and internationally. Tara has lectured at international
conferences, MC-ed numerous major media and fund-raising events
and appeared on countless television programmes, including a
popular regular gig on Beauty and the Beast! Her work as model
and actress has taken her across Europe and the US and she has
won major awards for her writing. Her second novel
"Split" will be published by Harper Collins this year.
Check out her website... www.taramoss.com.au
Having trained at East 15 Acting School, Clive worked in
the West End Theatre and major rep companies as well as landing
roles in television and radio. He also featured in the David
Puttnam film "Knights and Emeralds" before joining
"The Bill" in 1992. In in spare time, he's a bit of an
all round sportsman, playing 'football' (alright... soccer)
regularly as well as enjoying horse riding and sailing. He also
likes writing in his spare time. Check out more at ... www.thebill.com
For 31 years she has been a TV presenter, many of them with the
ABC's Play School. Some of her TV appearances include Rafferty's
Rules, A Country Practice, and The Restless
Years, and she has worked on many corporate documentaries.
Benita has also recorded nine albums and worked with the Sydney,
Tasmanian, West Australian and Queensland Symphony Orchestras."
And he loves a bit of impro!
Oh yeah, she has also appeared in All Saints.
With an international
reputation (Europe, Japan) before hitting headlines in her native
Oz, Max's humour and musical have attracted wide audiences and
critical acclaim . Signed by Warner Music in 1995, her first EP Coma
was a warped celebration of revenge, humor, and post-modern genre
blending. It hit the top ten nationally and was voted the eighth
most popular song of the year by Australia's JJJ Network. Her
follow-up album, A Million Year Girl , went platinum and
has been nominated for a record eight ARIA awards.
JULIA
ZEMIRO
Guest
Celeb MC "Best Actress" Tropfest 2001, Star of Totally
Full Frontal, Good News Week and Theatresports Legend!
Host of
ABC-TV's Four Corners, Liz is a qualified lawyer and four-time
Walkley Award winner. She has also been awarded two UN Peace
Prizes and two Logies - for stories on the Blackhawk disaster and
HIV transmission from a doctor's surgery.
RICHARD MASON
