Welcome to the Berlin New Stand-Up Award,
now in its 6th year!
We had nearly 110 signups last year! Congratulations to last year’s winner Andrej Ivanov, runner up Daisy Dick and all amazing competitors and attendees.
We will be opening applications for the 2025 competition on 18th November 2024. Stay tuned!
Prizes
- Winner receives > 1000 Euros (depending on kickstarter!) + a handmade plush trophy + glory!
- Second prize is 300 Euros
- All finalists get a certificate & a mug
Key Dates
- Submissions collected Nov 2024 – Jan 6th 2025
- Heats announced Jan 13th
- Heats Feb 2nd – Mar 19th
@ Cosmic Comedy Kookaburra Mitte
Winners decided by audience vote - Semi-Final 1: Fri Mar 14th
Semi-Final 2: Fri Mar 21st
@ Refugio
Winners decided by audience vote - Final – Sat Apr 12th
@ Heimathafen
Winners decided by panel of judges + Audience vote
Rules – it’s Germany after all 😉
- You should not have performed more than 10 stand-up comedy shows before 20 May 2022, in any language, paid or unpaid. There may be exceptions, please get in touch
- You must be a current resident of Germany, and have been for at least 3 months
- Your material must be in English
- You must be available for 1 heat, 1 semi-final and the finals, don’t assume you won’t do well!
- You must not be considered a professional act. If you regularly do solo shows & tours, this might not be for you. Please get in touch
- You must have not previously have placed 1st or 2nd in the Berlin New Stand-Up Award
- Your material must be completely original
- You must have 5 minutes of material for the heats, 6 for the semis and 7 for the finals. It’s fine to re-use material per round
- Organisers have the right to refuse entry to the competition for any reason