 Jennifer Wong is a writer and stand-up comedian from Sydney, Australia.
In 2011 she was one of five Australian comedians selected to perform in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s new talent showcase, Comedy Zone, and included in The Sydney Morning Herald’s list of top ten new comics to watch in 2011.
She performs often at the Sydney Comedy Store, and indulges her
bookishness as a former bookseller and journalist at Late Night Library
shows, bookshop gigs, and corporate events and community fundraisers.
Offstage, she was a writer on the series return of Good News Week
(2008), web editor of RoveDaily (2009), and researcher on Can of Worms
(2011), all on Network Ten.
She is a B.Asian Studies graduate from ANU, and first became involved
with Performance 4A in 2010 as a performer in About Face - An
Asian-Australian Variety Hour at Belvoir St Theatre Downstairs. She
performed her first solo show, “Battle Hymn of the Swan Luck Club”, at
the Sydney Fringe Festival in 2011.
In 2012, Jennifer will be performing her solo show on First Aid, “Ouch
& Other Words”, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival,
Sydney Comedy Festival, and Perth International Comedy Festival.
www.jenniferwong.com.au
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