He Huang is best newcomer

New Zealand  comedian Guy Montgomery has won the top prize at the Sydney Comedy Festival.

Also known for his Kiwi panel show Guy Mont-Spelling Bee and the podcast The Worst Idea of All Time,  Montgomery ’s stand-up show My Brain Is Blowing Me Crazy won the Best Of The Fest award.

Read our review from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival here

Chinese-born Sydney-based comedian He Huang won Best Newcomer,  having previously been nominated for the prize at Melbourne (Review)

And Melbourne sketch duo Hot Department – aka Honor Wolff and Patrick Durnan Silva– won Director’s Choice for their show Wet Heat.

All three categories are worth $1,500, or about £800.

Montgomery told the Sydney Morning Herald his plan for the money  was to ‘put it straight back into the Australian economy. I’ll buy 10 coffees and it will be gone’

Published: 22 May 2023