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âDisillusioned feministâ wins next-gen comedy crown
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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.
Credit:Jim Lee
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