Yawp Mag ISSUE 20: The Festival that Was | Page 36

Deadly funn
The competition was hosted by the legendary
Kevin Kropinyeri, who initially made a splash
on the comedy scene winning the competition
in 2008, in only the second year since it began.
Kropinyeri has since established himself as
a fully professional performer on the national
circuit and has been described as a “natural”
2014 was ‘Deadly Funny’s’ 8th year to run in the whom the crowd adores.
festival and is the only dedicated Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander program for the community. ‘Deadly Funny’ was also supported by Sean
The program involves a series of workshops and Choolburra who won the New South Wales
‘Deadly Funny’ is a national competition run to
search for those Australians who are “cheeky
and loud, black and proud” throughout the counbourne International Comedy Festival to see who
is H