Jack Druce ' is an Australian standup comedian, and comedy writer

Comedy career

Jack Druce began his comedy career in the Melbourne Comedy Festival's Schools program Class Clowns

Class Clowns

Class Clowns is an annual search for Australia's funniest high school student. This competition runs as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and is one of the major events of the festival....

 in 2006. After winning the NSW State Finals, and the runner up in the National finals, Jack was invited to perform on the NRL Footy Show.

In 2007, at age 16, Druce won the NSW state final of Raw Comedy

Raw Comedy

Raw Comedy is an Australian competition for emerging stand-up comedians, established in 1996 and held annually since.Heats take place in major Australian cities through January, February and March. State semi-finals and finals are held in the state capitals in March...

 before going on to win the Raw Recruit award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is the third-largest international comedy festival in the world and the largest cultural event in Australia. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks in April typically opening on or around April Fool's Day...

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In 2008, he was one quarter of The Comedy Zone at the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival with the fellow Comedians Tom Ballard

Tom Ballard

Tom Ballard is a tall, blond, fast-talking, openly gay, Australian radio presenter and comedian.-Early life:Thomas Colin Ballard grew up in Warrnambool, Victoria and attended Brauer College Warrnambool, graduating in 2007 where he was dux with an ENTER of 99.80, and was consequently named as the...

, Jacques Barrett, and Lila Tillman.

At subsequent comedy festival shows he performed Set Sail for Adventure in 2009, Wild Druce Chase in 2010, and " Too Short to be a Storm Trooper" in 2011

Jack has performed in a support role for such comedians as Adam Hills

Adam Hills

Adam Hills is an Australian comedian and television presenter. He has appeared on Australian and British television and is best known for his role hosting the Australian ABC music trivia show Spicks and Specks...

, Mathew Keneally and Tony Woods.

Personal life

Jack Druce was born and grew up in Cultus Lake

Cultus Lake

Cultus Lake may refer to:*Cultus Lake, British Columbia, Canada*Cultus Lake , United States*Little Cultus Lake, Oregon, United States...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and moved to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 in 1999, due to the appointment of his father MIke Druce as coach of the Australian White Water Canoe team for the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

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Jack lives in the Gerringong on the South Coast of NSW

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

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