The Comedy Collective
Michael Connell began getting laughs at the age of three in his back yard with the Hills Hoist acting as stage and curtain, and he hasn’t stopped performing since.
At the age of thirteen Michael added juggling to his already extensive talents and spent several years busking and touring with various small circuses, then in January 2000 Michael tried his hand at stand up for the first time at the legendary Star and Garter Hotel, and he hasn’t looked back.
Michael has won several comedy competitions such as the TREV Campus Comedy Competition, (an annual event which searches for the funniest university student), and the Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Class Clowns Competition (in which he won second place at the national grand final).
Over the years Michael has had great success within the Comedy Industry. He has performed several shows in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He has performed to capacity crowds at both the Melbourne Town Hall and Her Majesty’s Theatre, during a half time show at Telstra Dome, appeared on television and radio and regularly gigs at some of the best comedy clubs around Australia.
Michael has performed in the NZ Comedy Festival in Auckland and toured the North Island of New Zealand. He regularly travels to perform in various places around Australia and has performed in Hobart, Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, and all over Victoria from Warnambool and Elmore to Geelong and Bendigo.
When not performing Michael spends time at his home in Gladysdale (a small town in rural Victoria), where he enjoys reading and playing the Harmonica (badly).
