Sunday, April 19, 2009

2009 Barry Nominees

Well, you heard it here first unless you heard it from someone else.

This year's top gong for Outstanding Comedy at the Melb. Int. Com. Fest. will be going to one of the following acts:


1000 YEARS OF GERMAN HUMOUR


SARAH MILLICAN



WILSON DIXON



TIM MINCHIN

THE PAJAMA MEN



ASHER TRELEAVEN




OTIS LEE CRENSHAW


Having seen all but one of these, I reckon it's a killer list. Given that six different countries are represented there (if you count Jesse Griffin's Kiwi origins), as well as a huge range of comic genres - character comedy, stand-up, musical comedy, absurdism, physical comedy etc. it's also probably the most diverse nominee line-up ever. One week to go.

1 comment:

richardwatts said...

Damn - I haven't seen any of 'em yet! Looks like it's going to be a week of trying to squeeze in some extra shows.

On the other hand, I have seen about half the shows nominated for the Golden Gibbo, which is also a great list of local talents...