When Michael Shafar graduated from high school with a teriary entrance score of 99.95, a world of study options lay before him. The Mount Scopus College alumnus choose a challenging route: a dual degree in Law and Biomedical Science. For a period it looked as if a conventional career as a lawyer or doctor beckoned. But a deeper passion for stand-up comedy – first ignited during high school debating – was calling Shafar elsewhere.
In 2016, Shafar reached the Grand Final of the prestigous RAW Comedy National. The following year he sold-out his show, Jewish-ish, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Soon Channel 10's The Project offered him a gig writing jokes for the popular daily TV show.
In recent years this rising star of Australian comedy has survived two bouts of cancer and turned 30. Performing for the first time in over 12 months, he's desperate to make up for lost time.