Welcome to the Berlin New Stand-Up Award,
now in its 6th year!
We had 115 signups this year! Wowzers!
Applications are now closed for 2025 :'(
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Prizes
- Winner receives > 1000 Euros (depending on kickstarter!) + a handmade plush trophy + glory!
- Winner also gets an opening spot at the Berlin Fringe 2025
- 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 – Fri Apr 4th
@ 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 18 May 2023, 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
- 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