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Rebecca De Unamuno

From Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals to film (Dags and Muffled Love, Tropfest 2001, Tragic Love (2002 Tropfest finalist), radio and TV comedy, and theatre, Rebecca is favourite with all kinds of audiences. Two-time Theatresports ® Cranston Cup winner Rebecca was also a member of the winning World Improv Championship team (2001 Just For Laughs Festival, Montreal) and was named Player of the Tournament.

Rebecca is currently the star of Impro @ the store (The Comedy Store, Fox Studios), director/performer for Open Stage Productions (the Theatresports® in Schools company) and is preparing to take the show Crash Boom Bang Theory to the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

On radio Rebecca has been the voice-over artist for the Triple J Breakfast Show and for The Triple M Chaser. TV : 10:30 Slot (ABC TV), appearances on The Morning Shift (Channel 7), The Election Chaser (ABC TV) and The Glasshouse (ABC TV).

Benita Collings

Benita Collings, much loved presenter of ABC TV's Play School, is an actress whose career in radio, TV, Film and Television spans more than 30 years. Some of her TV appearances include Rafferty's Rules, A Country Practice, and The Restless Years, and she has worked on many corporate documentaries. For many years she was also a professional speaker and trainer in the corporate world, and still teaches presentation skills for television. An active Theatresports player, Benita has also worked with most of Australia's Symphony Orchestras and has yet another "gig" with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in June. Benita has recorded nine albums.

  Christina Davis

Christina Davis yes the Christina from the first Big Brother. Christina is a dancer/choreographer/actor/stand up comic/model. She had principal roles with the West Australian Ballet Company, has performed on radio/TV and was a featured actor in "Nine Days" Tropfest. She has co-hosted numerous TV and radio shows and performed in many of the stand up comedy venues in Melbourne and Sydney, Christina was a state finalist in Raw Comedy at the Melbourne International Comedy festival.

Lyn Pierse

Lyn Pierse graduated NIDA. Recently seen on SBS-TV's Going Home as Pam
Coughlan. Theatre credits include Measure For Measure, the Australian premiere of
Berkhoff's Greek, Paula Iland's one woman show Divinely Irresistible and last year's premier international performance of The Vagina Monologues. Her films include the Australian feature film Dags. As Sister Mary Leonard she has appeared at the Tokyo British Club, Harold Park Comedy Hotel, Cat and Fiddle, Last Laugh and on ABC TV¹s Big Gig and The Bert Newton Show.

Veteran Theatresports® player, Lyn captained the first Australian National
Champion Theatresports team and as National Coach pioneered Theatresports®
teaching across Australia, New Zealand and Japan. She has directed numerous
Theatresports seasons and events; Cranston Cup at the Opera House, Enmore,
Belvoir Street and National Champoinships Adelaide Festival and EXPO.

She teaches Improvisation at NIDA, Standup Comedy and directs Impro 2002;
the Theatresports® Teaching and Training program. Her text Theatresports®
Down Under is in its second edition.

Nicola Parry

Has most recently appeared in the Theatresports® Suburb of Origin and King of the Hill seasons at Belvoir Street, and was a finalist in the 2001 Cranston Cup. She trained and tutored at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and prior to her return to Sydney last year, was Associate Director at the Bush Theatre London. Some of her recent theatre credits include Twelfth Night, Hitting Town, Kvetch, and Chris and Nicholas.

John Knowles

John Knowles has performed in, produced and or directed live comedy
shows including, OH BROTHER!, Gods Cowboys - those meat worshipping singing
evangelists, IMPROZAC, The Funny Side of Sex & Crime, Theatresports® Improlympiad, Office Jerks at Darlighurst Theatre and Cops On Heat - the improvised TV Police Show parody and hit of the 2002 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. His comedy TV performances include, The Footy Show, Today Tonight, The Midday Show, and Channel V.

He is currently working on a one person show about the growing similarities between himself and his bronco-riding persian-carpet-selling cowboy of a father. John has been described as a cross between Don Knotts, Don Adams and Don Rickles.

James O'Loghlin

James O'Loghlin is one of Australia's leading comedians who has appeared on
pretty much every TV show that has guests on it who think they're funny. He
has hosted TV shows on the ABC and Foxtel but he really only got into TV to
try to break into radio. James now hosts the evening programme ABC local
radio in NSW and the ACT from 7pm to 10pm.

Ian Roberts (Legend)

Ian Roberts began playing football at school - because everybody else did.
By the time he left school he had a contract with South Sydney 1985-89. In
1989 he moved clubs to play for Manly. He sat 1996 out due to the Superleague bans. In 1997 he signed with North Queensland Cowboys retiring in 1999 with a knee injury.

Ian played Front Row for NSW Blues and the Australian Kangaroos 1990-1994 and
is one of our greatest Rugby League Champions. In 1994 he gained public notoriety and great respect when he 'came out.' Now training as an actor in the 3 year full time acting course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Ian is following the other career he has always been interested in. He will graduate NIDA 2003.

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Annette Shun Wah

Annette Shun Wah has played many diverse roles in both radio and TV including writer, producer and presenter. As the producer/presenter of SBS-TV's Eat Carpet and music program The Noise, Annette has consistently worked within cutting edge spheres. Radio highlights included being the first female announcer at Sydney commercial music station 2WS in 1980, and a four-year stint at 2JJJ - FM where her evening program featured in-depth music reports and artist profiles. Other TV credits include presenter of ABC - TV's weekly live music program Studio 22 & host of ABC's Media Dimensions. She is also a published author and actor. In 1996, Annette's first feature film performance in Floating Life, directed by Clara Law, garnered a nomination for an AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

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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.

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 and Fridays, as host of The Glass House ABC TV.

Adam Spencer

Adam started out studying Arts/Law and ended up with an honours degree in Pure Mathematics. He's a debating champion and a Theatresports(R) Champion. Adam was a member of the winning team from last year's Theatresports Celebrity Challenge (including Rob Carlton & Marty Lynes) He was host of ABC-TV's Quantum, presenting weekly stories with his unique slant on science (he told us science was sexy!). Adam also presents ABC Radio Triple J's breakfast show and was a regular guest on Good News Week.

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!

Jenny Hope

Actor, Writer, Director, Choreographer, Teacher and Theatresports legend!

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Marko Mustac

Marko is an improviser, writer, trainer, director and producer for theatre, television and corporate events. He became involved with Theatresports in its first days in Australia in 1985, when he was a young actor and writer. Since then he has won awards, travelled the world with improvised comedy shows and worked throughout the Entertainment Industry in Australia. He recently toured the Edinburgh Festival with 'The 3 Radicals' as well as return tours in 2001-2002 to Germany and Europe.

Monique Dykstra

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