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Australia is entering a long and hilarious Raw-cession this month, as the Melbourne International
Comedy Festival declares registrations open across the country for Raw Comedy, Australia’s largest
and most prestigious open mic comedy competition.

With 59 gigs announced in every capital city and major regional centres across the country, rates of
interest in fresh new faces rose a milliony percent.

Undiscovered comic geniuses rushed to www.rawcomedy.com.au to sign up for their chance to
follow in the footsteps of past contestants including Peter Helliar, Adam Richard, Dave Callan, Adam
Spencer, Tom Gleeson and Chris Lilley, who in 2001 performed a character piece about an
obsessive drama teacher called “Mister G”.

Anyone who has earned less than $500 from performing comedy – frankly, pretty much everyone at
the moment – is eligible to try their luck at making it to the National Grand Final and winning a trip to
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where fame and fortune awaits, and the food is already depression quality.

Five minutes of new, original comedy material is all it takes to open up your account. Stand-up,
sketch, double and triple acts, musical comedy are all welcome – even insolvent mortgage lenders.
So swap the bread-line for a punch-line, and register now! Places in heats are strictly limited and are
allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

To find the raw comedy heats closest to you visit www.comedyfestival.com.au/raw/comedians/heats