About Green Faces

Green Faces is a comedy competition conducted at The Canberra Irish Club every year. It is for new or budding comedians to enter with the only criteria being that the entrants CANNOT earn more than $150.00 average per week over one year from comedy.

Since it’s inception in 1997, Green Faces has had over 400 competitors, given away over $20000 in cash and has had over 12000 people attend!!! This is the 12^th season and we expecting it to be the biggest one yet!!!!!

There are 9 Heats. 3 from Sydney, 3 from Melbourne, 1 from Adelaide, 1 from Brisbane and 1 from Canberra.

Prize

1st Prize:
$2500.00 cash plus a weeks bookings (Thursday-Saturday) at the Sydney Comedy Store or Sit Down Comedy Club in Brisbane.

2nd Prize:
$750 Cash plus a minimum three Gigs.

3rd Prize:
$500 Cash plus five shows throughout various Sydney venues.

Structure

As a rough outline, this is how the evening will be run and the people who will be involved in the night:

1. The Host will be a professional comedian who will hold the whole night together.
2. Six contestants each Thursday night, except for the grand final where there will be Ten.

The Host will introduce the evening to explain what’s going on to the audience and hold the show together – perform for 8-10 minutes. Each of the contestants will then perform for up to ten minutes. In between each contestant the host will come back out and using his/her discretion will introduce the next contestant to the stage or rev the crowd back up before introducing the next contestant. There are two quick breaks – after the first three comedians (10 –15 minutes) and then while the voting forms are collected. After the second break the Host  will perform for 15-20 minutes and then introduce the winner for the night and close the show. The winner of each heat goes directly into the final which is to be contested on Thursday 4th September.

3.For their vote to count the audience simply mark one box.

4. As it is an audience voted competition if there are any discrepancies the Judges decision is final.

Time Guide Line (approximate times only)

8.00pm                        Doors Open

8.30pm                        Show Commences

8.30 – 8.40pm             Host to open the show

8.40pm                        Host introduces 1^st contestant who performs for up to 10min

8.50pm                         Host introduces 2^nd contestant who performs for up to 10min

9.00pm                         Host introduces 3^rd contestant who performs for up to 10min

9.10 – 9.25pm             Break

9.25 – 9.30pm             Host settles the audience and intros contestant 4 who performs for up to 10min

9.40pm                        Host introduces 5^th contestant who performs for up to 10min

9.50pm                        Host introduces 6^th contestant who performs for up to 10min

10.00pm                      Host advises audience to vote and hand in ballot forms to the  staff – who will be walking around the room to collect – there will be small break whilst votes are counted.

10.10 – 10.30pm                     Host performs and at completion of set announces the winner

Season 2008 Hosts

3rd July - Host Colin Lane from Lano and Woodley plus 6 acts from Melbourne.

10th July -Host Corinne Grant as seen on Rove Live plus 6 acts from Sydney

17th July - Host Fiona O'Laughlin as seen on the Melbourne International Comedy Gala plus 6 acts from Brisbane

24th July - Host Kitty Flannagan as seen on Good news week and The Sketch Show plus 6 acts from Adleaide.

31st July - Host Clint Paddison as seen on the footy show plus 6 acts from Canberra

7th August - Host Tommy Dean as seen on Good News Week plus 6 acts from Melbourne

14th August - Host Denise Scott as seen on Spicks and Specks and Rove Live plus 6 acts from Sydney

21st August - Host Steve 'The Sandman' Abbott plus six acts from Melbourne

28th August - Host Dave Callan The zany Irishman as heard on Tripple J plus 6 acts from Sydney

4th September - Grand Final