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Woah, Alyssa! Woah, Alyssa! 3 The award for best show was previously called the Barry Award in  honour of Barry Humphries, but renamed in 2019 following comments the Dame Edna made about transgender people, and a growing sense that the award’s name should be more inclusive. The 2019 award went to James Acaster for his show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999. Winners will be announced on Saturday, alongside the recipients of the People’s Choice Award, the Directors’ Choice Award and the Piece of Wood, given to the comedians’ comedian. Published:

‘Disillusioned feminist’ wins next-gen comedy crown We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Age reviewers Save Normal text size Melbourne Town Hall, April 11 After 64 heats and finals and a record 1183 entrants, Australia’s largest open mic competition had finally whittled down the shortlist to 12 aspiring comedians to see who would join the RAW Comedy alumni such as Hannah Gadsby, Ronny Chieng and Celia Pacquola. Prue Blake, winner of RAW Comedy. Credit:Jim Lee Hosted by the jovial Dane Simpson, Mathew Hespe kicked things off...

Pandemics aren’t the only punchline in Melbourne The Melbourne International Comedy Festival returns. Performer Sam Taunton. Photo courtesy: Grant Gibbins April 11, 2021 For the past three weeks, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has heralded Victoria’s return to live arts. An array of local acts and international headlines have taken to the city’s stages in one of Australia’s first international events since the start of the pandemic. Local acts like Wil Anderson, Tom Gleeson and Gen Fricker were joined by international comics freshly out of quaran...

Aaron Chen’s “twisted ideas”, the human condition and why he’s ‘Sorry Forever’ Words by Andrew Brassington The show that sold “70 billion” tickets. Sydney-based comedian Aaron Chen makes his return to the stage for Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021, to share some of his “bad thoughts” and “twisted ideas”. His new show, titled Sorry Forever, sees the comedian reflecting more on himself, his interactions with other people and the objects that surround his life. “This is my most personal show yet”, says Chen. “As of today, I feel no ...

Meet Melbourne’s rising stars set to battle it out at the RAW Comedy National Grand Final Prue Blake Like superheroes, stand up comics have their own unique origin stories. For Prue Blake, it was two years ago when she was in a pizza cafe in Copenhagen, by chance listening to a Danish cover of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’, when a text came through. It was her ex-boyfriend, after they broke up only a few days earlier. “Something about that just clicked something in me,” she recalls. “We broke up on a Friday. I booked flights that day, left on the Sunday, went to Co...