George McEncroe
Stand up Comedian, Writer and Broadcaster
Stand up comedian and radio host George McEncroe has had an interesting journey. In 2008 she can be heard on Mix 101.1 FM’s Breakfast Show in Melbourne with Brigitte Duclos and Tom Gleeson.
She has also made many guest appearances on radio and television, including ABC TV’s Spicks and Specks, Mick Molloy’s The Nation, The Today Show and The Catch Up on Ch 9, and Tony Martin’s Get This on Triple M.
George is a mother of four kids under the age of ten. After juggling kids, work and play, she has plenty of real life experiences to share with her audiences. Her direct manner, quick humour, warmth and approachability have made her an audience favourite.
In previous years George has earned many awards including the Austereo Rising Star award, Brisbane’s Iron Comic award for stand up comedy and a Goldie award for Best On-Air Performance while co-hosting Triple M’s breakfast show The Cage in Brisbane. She was also a finalist in the 2004 Search for a Funny Bone Comedy Knockout and a Victorian finalist for Raw Comedy 2005.
George has written for The Age, The Australian, The Big Issue and sketch comedy shows, The Big Bite and Life Support. She has edited a collection of stories Listening to The Silences: Women and War, and also wrote a chapter about slow trips and excursions with kids in the book The Slow Guide to Melbourne.
George took a long time to find her 'true calling' of writing, public speaking and performance. She is able to deal with serious issues sensitively and has always been able to find humour in the darkest of circumstances.
Many of her previous jobs would be described as anything but funny. She has been an investigator for The War Crimes Tribunal, a bio-ethicist master’s student and researcher at The Mercy Hospital, an English Teacher in Melbourne and Istanbul, a Welfare Coordinator for teenage students and a carer for teenage boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Despite being very active she remains ‘big-boned’. She doesn’t iron, grow herbs or work out. But she’ll have a crack at just about anything else.
Friends have described George as ‘Geraldine Doogue meets Roseanne Barr’!
George is a versatile performer and is available as an MC, facilitator and for stand up performances.
George McEnroe was brilliant, she was funny and calm. She binded the whole night together, even when there were hiccups. There was so much laughter! I am extremely happy I chose George to entertain our evening. Marc Curtis,Vicdeaf Auslan and Interpreting Service
Upcoming Stand Up Gigs:
Wed 3rd Sept (MC)- The Comedy Lair, Hardiman's Hotel, 521 Macaulay Rd, Kensington, further info www.myspace.com/comedylair
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