Declan Fay
Declan Fay is an award-winning writer, producer, director and podcaster, who has worked with everyone from Ronny Chieng to Russell Crowe to Rove McManus.
Meet the Speaker
Declan co-created the award-winning TV comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student which screened all over the world. He has written for Rove, Dirty Laundry Live, The Great Debate, Fancy Boy and You’re Skitting Me. He has also worked on feature films such as Standing Up for Sunny, How to Make Gravy and the upcoming Sooshi Mango feature film.
He's made podcasts for itunes, Spotify, ABC and Hawthorn Football Club. He co-created the ABC narrative comedy podcast, Crossbread, which won an AWGIE, was nominated for an ARIA and was featured in Apples Best of the Year 2020. On radio, Declan has hosted shows on ABC, Triple M, Triple J and Triple R.
He's also directed many award-winning comedy festival shows by comedians such as Felicity Ward, David Quirk and Greg Larsen. While his writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Age, and The Herald-Sun, and many other publications.
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Sessions
Don’t Wonder What If - Motivational Speech - High School
Declan gives a speech about his own experience at school, when he had no idea what he was doing or where he was going,...
How To Be Heaps Funny - Comedy Writing for Students
Comedy Writer Declan Fay helps young people use comedy to tell their own stories. Using examples from shows he’s written such...
One Story Ends, Another Begins - End of Year Speech - High Schools
Declan uses his own experience of finishing high school and having no idea what he would do next, before a friend dragged him...
Finding the Funny - Comedy Writing - All Ages
This workshop is ideal for comedy lovers, comedy writers, or people who've always thought they were funny but didn't know...
Learn to Podcast - All Ages
Back in 2010 when most people didn't even know what a podcast was, Declan Fay started The Sweetest Plum Podcast. The...
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