2008 Comedy Festival award winners.As is traditional, the shortlist for this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival Barry Award (for the most outstanding show) and the Golden Gibbo (awarded to a local, independent show that bucks trends and pursues the artist's idea more strongly than it pursues any commercial lure) were announced late last night, the second last Saturday of the festival.
The 2009 Barry Award nominees are:
The Pajama Men - Versus vs Versus
1000 Years of German Humour
Sarah Millican - Sarah Millican's Not Nice
Wilson Dixon Rides Again
Otis Lee Crenshaw featuring Special Guest Rich Hall
Tim Minchin - Ready for This?
Asher Treleaven - Open Door
The 2009 Golden Gibbo nominees are:
Wes Snelling - Kiosk
Randy's Postcards from Purgatory
The List Operators
Rob Hunter - Moosecow
Tom Ballard Is What He Is
Vigilantelope - Tale of the Golden Lease
The awards proper - together with the comedian-voted award The Piece of Wood, The Age Critics Award for the Best Local Comedian, and The Melbourne Airoprt Best Newcomer Award - will be announced next Saturday night, April 25th.
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