Barry Award (for comedy)
The Barry Award is an annual prize presented to the most outstanding comedy act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It has been awarded since 1998, when it was introduced as the Stella Award, and was renamed in 2000 in honour of Barry Humphries, one of the festival's founding patrons. The Barry is generally regarded as the most prestigious award of the festival, and the winner receives a trophy and cash prize.[1][2]
Winners
- 1998: Linda Haggar and Fahey Younger – Miss Itchy's Crème De Menthe Breakfast Show (Australia)
- 1999: Sue-Ann Post - G Strings and Jockstraps (Australia)
- 2000: The Boosh - Arctic Boosh (UK)
- 2001: Brian Munich - Brian Munich & Friends (Australia)
- 2002: Ross Noble (UK)
- 2003: Mike Wilmot (Canada)
- 2004: Maria Bamford (USA)
- 2005: The Drowsy Drivers - Keating! The Opera (Australia)
- 2006: Demetri Martin - Dr Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin (USA)
- 2007: Daniel Kitson - It's the Fireworks Talking (UK)
- 2008: Nina Conti - Complete and Utter Conti (UK) and Kristen Schaal - As You Have Probably Never Seen Her Before (USA) (Shared)
- 2009: The Pajama Men - Versus vs Versus (USA)
- 2010: Sammy J and Randy (Heath McIvor) - Ricketts Lane (Australia)
- 2011: Russell Kane - Smokescreens and Castles (UK)
- 2012: Dr Brown (USA)[3]
- 2013: Rich Hall (USA)[4]
- 2014: Denise Scott - Mother Bare (Australia)
- 2015: Sam Simmons - "Spaghetti for Breakfast" (Australia)
- 2016: Zoe Coombs Marr aka Barry Johnson - "Trigger Warning" (Australia)[5]
References
- ↑ Staff writer (2005-01-18). "8th annual Barry Awards announced". State of the Arts. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ↑ "Award Winners - Melbourne International Comedy Festival". Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Corporate Site. 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ↑ "Barry Award goes to strong, silent type". SMH. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Rich Hall wins Barry Award at Melbourne International Comedy Festival". Herald Sun. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Zoe Coombs Marr wins Barry Award for most outstanding show at Melbourne International Comedy Festival". Herald Sun. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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