Tristan Savage is a young man born in Maryborough and grew up in Townsville. He attended James Cook University and was awarded a Bachelor of Creative Arts, majoring in Theatre and a Bachelor of Theatre (Honours). Since graduating in 2010, Tristan has gone from strength to strength. In 2011 he won first place at a national stand-up comedy competition at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival; in 2012 he toured his one-person theatrical comedy show Australian Ghost to audiences across the country. Outside of writing and performing comedy, Tristan likes reading, watching movies, riding his scooter, playing Tetris and jogging to keep fighting fit.