Nominess Announced For Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Barry Award

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is almost over for another year, but before the laughs come to a halt, one of the event's performers will be recognised with the prestigious Barry Award.

The award - named after the iconic Barry Humphries - will be presented to festival's most outstanding show this Saturday 19 April at The Hi-Fi. The nominees are as follows - and we've reviewed a number of them too:

Celia Pacquola: Let Me Know How It All Works
Denise Scott: Mother Bare
John Kearns: Sight Gags For Perverts
Kyle Kinane
The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape
Tim Key: Single White Slut
Trygve Wakenshaw: Kraken

Past winners of the award, which is celebrating its 17th year, include The Mighty Boosh, Ross Noble, The Pajama Men and Sammy J & Randy. There will be a number of other awards handed out on the night including The Golden Gibbo for best independent production and The Piece Of Wood for comic's choice.

Head here for 100+ reviews from this year's MICF.