Jacob Machin

Jacob’s career started in regional pantomimes before finding a brief but successful calling in stand-up comedy. After winning the 2007 Melb. International Comedy Festival’s ‘Class Clowns’ competition, Jacob went on to various theatre productions such as ‘Death Of A Salesman,’ ‘Next To Normal,’ ‘Young and Jackson,’ directed by Wayne Harrison, ‘August: Osage County,’ and ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ with Melbourne Shakespeare Company. Moving permanently to Vancouver, Jacob has appeared in ‘Big Sky,’ ‘Supernatural,’ and ‘Twilight Zone,’ as well as on-stage in Shakespeare>After Dark and Exact Resemblance’s production of ‘Constellations,’ by Nick Payne.

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