The Groggy Squirrel Readers’ Award
The results are in. The readers of The Groggy Squirrel have voted for their favourite shows of the Melbourne Comedy Festival and amongst top honours are Comedian Sandwich Delicious featuring Bec Hill, Matt Kenneally and Rob Hunter, Justin Hamilton with his trilogy Three Colours Hammo; and Josie Long in her first appearance in Melbourne with her show Kindness and Exuberance. The ultimate honours however went to this year’s Barry Award winner Daniel Kitson with his show It’s the Fireworks Talking.
The top twenty shows as voted by readers were dominated by local acts. The list runs as follows:
Daniel Kitson – It’s the Fireworks Talking
Comedian Sandwich Delicious
Justin Hamilton in Three Colours Hammo 3: Hamilton and His Sisters
Justin Hamilton in Three Colours Hammo 2: Laugh and Death
Justin Hamilton in Three Colours Hammo 1: Melbourne
Josie Long – Kindness and Exuberance
Adam Hills – Joymonger
Sammy J in Cyclone
Lawrence Leung Learns to Breakdance
The Debutante Diaries (Kate McLennan)
Tim Minchin – So F##king Rock
Justin Kennedy – Ladies…?
Jason Byrne – Sheep for Feet and Rams for Hands
Sam Simmons and the Sex and Science of Boredom
Charlie Pickering – Impractical Jokes
Michael Chamberlin – Buddha & Bluey & Me
Tripod – How to Train an Attack Dog From Scratch
Andrew McClelland’s Somewhat Ambitious Solution for Making the World a Better Place (in general)
Josh Earl is a Librarian
Stephen K Amos – More of Me
The Groggy Squirrel Critics’ Award, as previously announced, went to Justin Hamilton, with an honourable mention to Lawrence Leung.