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RAW Comedy Announce MCs For 2013
0 Comments. 533 Views. Posted 4 Jan 2013 @ 11:34am.
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is on the hunt again for new funny faces to join Australia’s largest and most prestigious open mic comedy competition in 2013. MICF has been inviting emerging comics to comedy stages around the country as part of RAW Comedy annually since 1996, with entrants having to have earned less than $500 from comedy and have a short set of jokes ready to go for... Read More
Raw Comedy
0 Comments. 787 Views. Posted 11 Dec 2012 @ 10:17am.
Woody Allen once explained that the only philosophy that hasn’t failed him throughout his life is that “Eighty percent of success is showing up”. With heats in all capital cities and regions such as Geelong, Newcastle, Byron Bay, Wollongong and Cairns, and a prize that includes a trip to perform in Edinburgh, RAW Comedy is simply begging to discover the next Chris Lilley, Tom Ballard, Tim Minchin... Read More
Raw Comedy
0 Comments. 1,382 Views. Posted 7 Feb 2012 @ 12:36pm.
  Chris Dewberry has tough times ahead. He’s jumping between two jobs. One involves cracking jokes as a stand-up comedian, while the other is being editor of Comedy Beast, a monthly mag that reviews comedy shows and showcases comedy news. As a RAW Comedy contestant for the second year in a row, Dewberry will be competing against other up-and-coming comedians in this well-known open-mic... Read More
RAW Comedy 2012 registrations open!
0 Comments. 2,712 Views. Posted 22 Nov 2011 @ 9:12am.
Fancy yourself a bit of a comedian? This one's for you! You can find yourself on the same stage that produced comedic greats such as Chris Lilley, Peter Helliar, Claire Hooper and Tim Minchin.  Before becoming some of Australia's most recognisable names in comedy, they all spent their time fine-tweaking their routines, taking on RAW Comedy, Australia's biggest and most prestigious annual... Read More
Steele Saunders performs Comedian?
0 Comments. 1,043 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 8:12am.
Steele Saunders is something I’ll never be. And that’s talented, funny, smart, successful...   Steele Saunders is something I’ll never be. And that’s talented, funny, smart, successful...   How did you get your start in comedy? And what keeps you coming back? “My first gig was through Raw Comedy. After not making it through to the next heat in my ever first gig, I had to keep coming... Read More
The Raw Comedy Preliminary Final
0 Comments. 2,147 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2011 @ 12:37pm.
Comedy festival is on the horizon and a bunch of Raw comedy hopefuls have already been through the heats. It's time to run preliminaries and weed out the best for the state final, before we send off our VIC contestants to nationals to kick Adelaide's ass. For all you non-ball-sports fans out there, something we can get passionate about.   Adam Rozenbachs is MC for the night,... Read More
Raw Comedy
0 Comments. 980 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
“ Ever since I found out about fun-size Mars bars, I’ve completely stopped worrying about the size of my penis because it’s not disappointing, it’s ‘fun-size’!” Tom Ballard jokes as he recalls a one-liner he performed during his 2006 RAW Comedy spot, also “the only joke anyone remembers, which is... Read More
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