Welcome to the Berlin New Stand-Up Award,
now in its 5th year!
We had nearly 110 signups this year so we’re bursting at the seams.
The competition is over for 2024. Thanks very much to the winner Andrej Ivanov, runner up Daisy Dick and all amazing competitors and attendees. This website will be updated with the details soon.
Prizes
- Winner receives 1000 Euros + a handmade plush trophy + glory!
- Second prize is 200 Euros
- All finalists get a certificate & a mug
Key Dates
- Submissions collected Nov 2023 – Jan 7th 2024
- Heats announced Jan 12th
- Heats Feb 11th – Feb 28th
@ Cosmic Comedy Kookaburra Mitte
Winners decided by audience vote - Semi-Final 1: Fri Mar 15th
Semi-Final 2: Fri Mar 22nd
@ Pratchtwerk Neukoelln
Winners decided by audience vote - Final – Sat Apr 6th
@ Refugio Kreuzberg
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