Raw Comedy Heat Winners 2023

Aussie Comedy School Boasts 11 Through to Raw Comedy Semis

NEWS FLASH: Five of the 11 graduates have made it through to the state finals of the raw comedy; three from Victoria, and two from NSW and Ginny Hollands from Victoria has made it into the National Grand Final of Raw Comedy! The Hard Knock Knocks comedy school, founded by Melburnian Morry Morgan, has announced it has 11 graduates through …

Delhi Buoy - Raw Comedy - Hard Knock Knocks Comedy School Graduate

Hard Knock Knocks Alumni, Delhi Buoy, makes 2022 RAW National Finals

Delhi Buoy, the comedic alias of Indian-born, South Australian Chetan Singh, took out Runners Up at the Raw Comedy National Finals at the 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Alexandra Hudson from New South Wales and Bron Lewis from Queensland were awarded joint-winners, in a Raw Comedy first. He may not have won, but it was a hell of a journey, …

Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022

7 grads with shows at the 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival in the world, and the second-largest international comedy festival on the planet. Typically running for four weeks from March through April, it plays host to thousands of the best local and international comedians. A good chunk of those comedians are alumni from our very own Hard Knock Knocks …

Comedian Katie Burch

100: Katie Burch – Avoiding the waffle and being cruel

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Comedian Katie Burch didn’t want to work at NASA or work towards world peace. She wanted to be a comedian, and a dark comedian at that. In this 100th episode of the School of Hard Knock Knocks podcast, host Steve Davis chats with former National RAW Comedy Finalist Katie Burch about what it takes to be a successful comedian, her …

Comedian Fady Kassab

Comedian Fady Kassab – Winning Raw Comedy from the back of his head

The audio interview of this transcript with comedian Fady Kassab is available here. Steve D.: Comedian Fady Kassab, welcome to the School Of Hard Knock Knocks podcast. Fady Kassab: Thanks for having me. Excited to be here. Steve D.: Now I’m told that you started standup in 2017 but originally, you came to Australia to study web design. Obviously you’re a …

087: Fady Kassab – Winning Raw Comedy from the back of his head

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Comedian Fady Kassab has a secret to winning Raw Comedy. The 2019 Raw Comedy winner used advice from John Lennon and George Carlin, even though he thought he’d be disqualified in the first heat. He spoke from the ‘back of his head’, and performed what he wanted to say, rather than thinking what people would find funny. In this School …