Tracy Harvey is a comedian, TV presenter, actor and writer from Melbourne, Australia.
Biography
editHarvey appeared in 'Movement' a web series, The Comedy Company,[1] The Gillies Report,[2] The Big Gig, Hey Hey It's Saturday Smallest Room in the House, Bert Newton Midday Show, The Pack of Women, COPP This!, Waterfront (a miniseries), Dead Gorgeous and TVC's for Sussan, Myer and Pfizer.
Harvey was a weekly co-host on the Derek Guille program on 774 ABC Melbourne.
Harvey was a member of the alternative comedy breakfast panel radio show Punter to Punter with Trevor Marmalade and Dr Turf. The show was aired on 3XY and 3RRR on Saturday mornings after the Coodabeen Champions during 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 by Penguin Books and a weekly column for The Age.[5]
Harvey wrote and appeared in PRICK the Musical[6] and Call 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 directed Out of the Blue, a swimming musical.[10] She also played Lois Pickett in The Dressmaker, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse the same year.[11]
In 2019, Harvey composed and directed Galapagos, 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
edit- ^ Moran, Albert; Keating, Chris (2009). The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. Scarecrow Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780810870222.
- ^ "INSIDE STORIES THE ALMOST MAX GILLIES SHOW". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995). 10 November 1985. p. 48. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Trove.
- ^ Peter Milne. "The Comedy Alternative -Fools' Paradise". ABC TV. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- ^ Cook, Virginia (24 October 1985). "the good times". The Canberra Times. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2018 – via Trove.
- ^ Elliot, Helen (27 May 1995). "Please stop showing off, Don". The Canberra Times. p. 58. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Standish, John (8 April 2013). "Martin Hughes, Simon Munnery, Tracy Harvey, John Wood". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Fiona Scott-Norman (24 October 2008). "Taking Time to answer the call". The Age newspaper. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ Drouyan, Coral. "TRACY HARVEY". Stage Whispers. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Money, Lawrence; Carbone, Suzanne (16 May 2006). "Tracy bares her naked ambition". The Age. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Burgin, Ellen (13 December 2013). "Out of the Blue". Theatrepeople. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Tracy Harvey". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "Galapagos! the Musical | Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019". comedyfestival.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Shows – Melba Spiegeltent | Galapagos! The Musical". themelbaspiegeltent.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019.
- ^ "MICF: Galapagos! The Musical". 2 April 2019.
- ^ https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2019/funny-tonne/rachel-hyland/reviews/galapagos-the-musical-1 Retrieved 2019
- ^ https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/filipino/en/audiotrack/filipino-actor-villain-galapagos-musical, Retrieved 2019
External links
edit- Tracy on the Derek Guille Program Archived 17 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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