Claire Hooper

Stand up comedian / writer 

Claire Hooper is best known for her role as team leader on Network Ten's Good News Week. She has performed stand up routines on Rove Live, had regular segments on ABC TV´s The Sideshow, and made several appearances on The Comedy Channel´s Stand Up! Australia. She was a member of the negating team with Stephen K Amos and Greg Fleet in the 2007 Melbourne International Comedy Festival´s Great Debate which aired on Network Ten. 

Claire´s comedy career began in 2004 when she won the Western Australian finals of Triple J´s Raw Comedy. In 2005, she was selected to perform in The Comedy Zone, Melbourne International Comedy Festival´s new acts line-up and won Best and Fairest at the National Improvisation Championships in Sydney.

Claire scored a Best Newcomer nomination at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2006 and a place in Scotland on Sunday´s top five comedy picks of the Edinburgh Fringe.

Since then she has written and performed two brilliant solo shows, Showgirl and Storybook.

Claire Hooper has also written for several TV shows, newspapers and magazines, acted and written for theatre, and directed a not particularly funny version of Hamlet in a co-production with Perth Theatre Company. In 2010 she released her first book through ABC Books, Love Bites.

Claire Hooper performs:

Stand up comedy - Claire Hooper performs stand up routines tailored to your audience and your event.

Good News Week - Claire Hooper and her Good News Week colleagues Paul McDermott and Mikey Robins are available to present Good News Week as a corporate event.  The structure of the show can be designed for your specific event, and can include the addition of musical performers, stand up comedians and more. Staging and production can be adjusted to suit your needs - from a basic set to a full blown TV production - the end result of which could be your own personalized version of Good News Week as a memento of your event for distribution to attendees, clients or staff.