Deadly Funny 2011: Deadly Finals
Deadly Funny 2011
NOTE: This post was first published on theangle.org on 20/04/2011
Saturday saw the finals of Deadly Funny for 2011.
It saw more amazing comedic talent emerge from Australia’s Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander communities.
In the lead up to these finals there were workshops and previews. There were also a bunch of heats and state finals to get through. And after spending a year travelling Australia, the Deadly Funny crew managed to find some awesome talent.
And they had to in order to compete with the talent drawn to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
In its fifth year, Deadly Funny were able to again showcase some of the most…well…deadly talent from around Australia. Each comedian drew laughs and explored different topics with a great variety styles. No two acts were the same.
We had a great performance from last year’s winner Denise McGuiness. Plus we were treated to a wonderful and personal performance from
From the variety of the acts it was always going to be a tough decision. Performances from Auntie Rio, Warren Milera and Daniel Kearney were solid and very enjoyable, as well as very over the top in places. And who doesn’t love that combination!
This year we saw more Queenslanders, and after the kind of summer they had, they clearly needed some laughs. And Queenslander, Sam Conway was again on the playbill after representing the state in last year’s finals. It was amazing to see how much work he had put into his act since it was entirely different from last year’s.
However, this year wasn’t to be his year either.
But the eventual winners had some stand out material as well as a sense of the crowd. Coming in third was Justin Mulcahy from Victoria using some of his great stuff from his win in the Victorian finals. In second place, Derek Nannup from Western Australia telling a great story with an hilarious ending.
You’ll have to see it.
And the winner [drum roll please] was Tristan Savage from Queensland. He had a quick witted style that pulled some great laughs as he quipped about what he observed standing in the shoes he does. With any luck if you can
I said it last year, and I’ll say again this year; you have to see Deadly Funny at the Melbourne International Comedy Festive. If you don’t book tickets you won’t see it. I’m serious! There were problems for people finding tickets with the performance being sold out.
If you did miss it, then you can probably catch it on NITV since it was recorded for broadcast.
Get more information about Deadly Funny by visiting the website. It includes details about how to enter.
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