Sunday, April 13, 2008

2008 Comedy Festival Wrap-Up

So, I saw 45 shows at the festival this year, laughed a lot, drank too much, caught up with friends, developed a new comedy crush, and generally had a fantastic time - albeit one it will probably take me a few days to recover from!

Last night witnessed the awards presentation at the festival club at the HiFi Bar. The winners are:

The Barry Award for Outstanding Show: a tie, for the first time ever in the festival's 22 year history, between Nina Conti and Kristen Schaal (who is a horse, apparently).

The Age Critics Award: Sammy J

The Golden Gibbo Award for Artistic Excellence: The Suitcase Royale

The Melbourne Airport Best Newcomer Award: Fear of a Brown Planet

That's all, folks!

1 comment:

par3182 said...

45 shows? you are a legend. i saw two (and they were both kristen schaal)