Introducing Comedy Republic’s Replay Festival. Comedy Republic’s Replay Festival is rebooting a bunch of the best local comedy shows from recent times. Featuring Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021 best show nominees, Ivan Aristeguieta, Michelle Brasier, Nikki Britton, Luke Heggie and David Quirk, alongside a selection of this year’s brightest talents and sell out shows, the […]
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival reveals 2021 award nominees Ivan Aristeguieta, Luke Heggie and Geraldine Hickey
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After weeks of festivity and hilarity, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival award nominees are here.
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has just announced their 2021 award nominees, with shortlists for Most Outstanding Show, The Golden Gibbo and Best Newcomer awards now here.
What you need to know
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has revealed its 2021 award nominations
There are shortlists for Most Outstanding Show, The Golden Gibbo and Best Newcomer awards
The award winners will be announced on Saturday April 17
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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.
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Melbourne Town Hall, April 11
After 64 heats and finals and a record 1183 entrants, Australiaâs 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.
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Hosted by the jovial Dane Simpson, Mathew Hespe kicked things off and set the bar with material on a reciprocal problem-sharing psychologist and Tiger Woodsâ infidelity; Kelly Gulliver followed with more commonplace stories of the problems of being of a single mother; and Jayde OâBrien (one of two acts to receive a special mention from the judges) floored the room with a blistering set of growing up ignorant of her familyâs poverty, li