Raw Comedy
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Raw Comedy is an Australian competition for emerging stand-up comedians, established in 1996 and held annually since.
Heats take place in major Australian cities through January, February and March. State semi-finals and finals are held in the state capitals in March. The final is held as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April and televised on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
The winner of Raw Comedy is sent to the So You Think You're Funny competition at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Two Raw Comedy winners, Drew Rokos and Nick Sun, went on to win So You Think You're Funny.
Raw Comedy is supported by youth radio station Triple J.
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[edit] Past Winners
- 1996 Anthony Menchetti, Western Australia and Stephen Head
- 1997 Subby Valentine, New South Wales
- 1998 Chris Franklin, New South Wales
- 1999 Chris Wainhouse, Queensland
- 2000 Drew Rokos, Victoria
- 2001 Emily O'Loghlin, South Australia
- 2002 Dave Elvins, New South Wales
- 2003 Nelly Thomas, Victoria, and Steve Sheehan, South Australia
- 2004 Nick Sun, New South Wales
- 2005 Josh Thomas, Queensland
- 2006 Hannah Gadsby, South Australia
[edit] 2006 Finalists
- Hannah Gadsby, South Australia (winner)
- Michael Williams, Victoria (runner-up)
- Dylan Bennett and Kadek Hobman are Separated At Birth, Northern Territory (runner-up)
- Celia Pacquola, Victoria (Raw Recruit Prize)
- Bart Freebairn, Queensland
- Bec Hill, South Australia
- Tom Ballard, Victoria
- Jeff Hewitt, Western Australia
- Danii Johnstone, New South Wales
- Paul Ayre, New South Wales
- Matt Burton, Tasmania
- Ben Jenkins, New South Wales
- Selina Jenkins as “Beau Heartbreaker”, Victoria
[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
- Raw Comedy page at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival site
