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Tracy Harvey

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Tracy Harveyis a comedian, TV presenter, actor and writer fromMelbourne,Australia.

Biography

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Harvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series,The Comedy Company,[1]The Gillies Report,[2]The Big Gig,Hey Hey It's SaturdaySmallest Room in the House,Bert Newton Midday Show,The Pack of Women,COPP This!,Waterfront(a miniseries),Dead Gorgeousand TVC's for Sussan, Myer and Pfizer.

Harvey was a weekly co-host on theDerek Guilleprogram on774 ABC Melbourne.

Harvey was a member of thealternative comedybreakfast panel radio showPunter to PunterwithTrevor Marmaladeand Dr Turf. The show was aired on 3XY and3RRRon Saturday mornings after theCoodabeen Championsduring the 1980s.

Harvey played Tammy in The Whittle Family, touring nationally and at Melbourne's Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant.[3][4]

Harvey has written, 'Dear Mum, I'm on the Telly' published byPenguin Booksand a weekly column forThe Age.[5]

Harvey wrote and appeared in PRICK the Musical[6]andCall Girl the Musical[7][8]

In 2006 she appeared in the panel discussion "Are women funny?" along with Denise Scott and Shaun Micallief as part of the Williamstown Literary Festival.[9]

In 2015, Harvey composed and directedOut of the Blue,a swimming musical.[10]She also played Lois Pickett inThe Dressmaker,directed byJocelyn Moorhousethe same year.[11]

In 2019, Harvey composed and directedGalapagos,a musical[12]that attempted to discuss the discovery of evolution on the island of Galapagos. The show opened at the Melba Spiegeltent,[13]Collingwood as part of the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[14][15] [16]

References

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  1. ^Moran, Albert; Keating, Chris (2009).The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television.Scarecrow Press. p. 102.ISBN9780810870222.
  2. ^"INSIDE STORIES THE ALMOST MAX GILLIES SHOW".Canberra Times (ACT: 1926 – 1995).10 November 1985. p. 48.Retrieved28 August2018– via Trove.
  3. ^Peter Milne."The Comedy Alternative -Fools' Paradise".ABC TV.Retrieved20 April2009.
  4. ^Cook, Virginia (24 October 1985)."the good times".The Canberra Times.p. 1.Retrieved28 August2018– via Trove.
  5. ^Elliot, Helen (27 May 1995)."Please stop showing off, Don".The Canberra Times.p. 58.Retrieved28 August2018.
  6. ^Standish, John (8 April 2013)."Martin Hughes, Simon Munnery, Tracy Harvey, John Wood".Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Retrieved28 August2018.
  7. ^Fiona Scott-Norman (24 October 2008)."Taking Time to answer the call".The Agenewspaper.Retrieved9 April2009.
  8. ^Drouyan, Coral."TRACY HARVEY".Stage Whispers.Retrieved28 August2018.
  9. ^Money, Lawrence; Carbone, Suzanne (16 May 2006)."Tracy bares her naked ambition".The Age.Retrieved28 August2018.
  10. ^Burgin, Ellen (13 December 2013)."Out of the Blue".Theatrepeople.Retrieved28 August2018.
  11. ^"Tracy Harvey".BFI.Archived fromthe originalon 29 August 2018.Retrieved28 August2018.
  12. ^"Galapagos! the Musical | Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019".comedyfestival.au.Archived fromthe originalon 11 July 2019.
  13. ^"Shows – Melba Spiegeltent | Galapagos! The Musical".themelbaspiegeltent.Archived fromthe originalon 11 July 2019.
  14. ^"MICF: Galapagos! The Musical".2 April 2019.
  15. ^https:// comedyfestival.au/2019/funny-tonne/rachel-hyland/reviews/galapagos-the-musical-1Retrieved 2019
  16. ^https:// sbs.au/yourlanguage/filipino/en/audiotrack/filipino-actor-villain-galapagos-musical,Retrieved 2019
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