A three-time nominee for Most Outstanding Show of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Damien Power is the most exhilarating voice on the Australian comedy circuit, racking up numerous awards, nominations and rave reviews, and selling out rooms across the country.
Damien toured his raw, assured I Can’t Believe I Cared to audiences around Australia and the world in 2015. He took the 2016 festival scene by storm with Sell Mum Into Slavery, which was filmed as part of ABC TV’s Comedy Next Gen series. Damien is also a member of the “True Australian Patriots” – winners of the Director’s Choice award at the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He stars in fellow True Australian Patriot performer Anne Edmonds’ show for ABC iView, The Edge Of The Bush, which is currently available to stream worldwide on Amazon Prime.
He also had his own segment – “Power to the People” – on The Project and featured in the ABC series Tonightly and Fancy Boy.
The 2017 Melbourne Comedy Festival saw Damien nominated for the Melbourne Comedy Festival Award for the third time in as many years, and win the Pinder Prize, an Edinburgh Fringe grant named in honour of legendary comedy impresario John Pinder. Utopia: Live in 3D played at the Assembly for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and at London’s Soho Theatre.
In the same year, Damien was selected to perform at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, appearing on All Access, hosted by Wyatt Cenac and filmed for the Comedy Network in Canada.
Damien returned to the stage with new shows Violent Chaos Anyone? (2018) Man Puts his Dreams in a Sock (2019), and 2021’s Regret Man, performing at all major Australian comedy festivals. He spent much of 2020 working on an pilot script for US production company Pretty Matches, loosely based on his family’s experiences in and around IndyCar (google Will Power) and recording the Neurotic News podcast with Dan Rath.
Damien is currently collaborating with multi-award winning beatboxer Tom Thum & rapper Sachém, on SPITSHINE, an old-school style late night live special, and bringing his new live hour Love Thy Neighbour? No Thanks. to Australian audiences in 2022.
2019 – ABC TV: Utopia – Actor. Episode “The Ghost of Christmas Future”
2016-19 – Channel Ten: The Project: desk guest and “Power to the People”, occasional segment
2019 – ABC TV: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Oxfam Gala – Comedy Spot
2018 – ABC Comedy: Tonightly with Tom Ballard (Contributor & Stand Up Spot)
2017 – ABC TV: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Oxfam Gala – Comedy Spot Comedy Canada JFL All Access
2016 – Comedy Channel: JFL Stand Up Series – comedy spot
2016 – ABC TV: Fancy Boy – actor, December Media
2016 – ABC iView: The Edge Of The Bush – actor
2016 – Channel 9: Fish Centre – Voice Over
2016 – ABC1: The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – guest appearance, True Australian Patriots
2016 – ABC1: Comedy Up Late – Comedy spot
2015 – Comedy Channel: Just For Laughs Australia – comedy spot
2015 – ABC1: Comedy Up Late – comedy spot
You can download a full list of Television credits below
2022 – Love Thy Neighbour? No Thanks.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2021 – Regret Man
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2019 – Man Puts His Dreams In A Sock
Fringe World Perth, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Canberra Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Darwin Festival
2018 – Violent Chaos Anyone?
Fringe World Perth, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Canberra Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2017 – Utopia: Now In 3D!
FringeWorld Perth, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Canberra Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Soho Theatre London, YACK Festival
2016 – Sell Mum Into Slavery
FringeWorld Perth, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Store
2016 – True Australian Patriots (with Anne Edmonds + Greg Larsen)
Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
2015 – I Can’t Believe I Cared
Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, ComedyTrain Amsterdam.
2014 – Keit
Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival
You can download a full list of Live Show credits below
2017: Just For Laughs Montreal – Spots
2016: Dave Hughes – Support Melbourne
2016: Just For Laughs Sydney – Stand Up Series – Spot
2016: Maz Jobrani – support Sydney & Melbourne
2014-5: Fancy Boy Variety Show – ongoing guest
2014: Doug Stanhope tour – support Adelaide & Brisbane
2013: Tenacious D national tour – (Australian support)
2013: Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase – Australian Tour (spot)
2013: Sydney Comedy Festival Gala – Spot
2012: Sydney Fringe Festival showcase – Spot
2012: The Best in Live Comedy – Sydney Comedy Store (spot)
2019: NOMINATED Best Comedy Performer – Helpmann Awards
2017: WINNER Pinder Prize – Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2017: NOMINATED Barry Award – Most Outstanding Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2016: NOMINATED Barry Award – Most Outstanding Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2016: WINNER Director’s Choice Award – Melbourne International Comedy Festival (True Australian Patriots)
2015: NOMINATED Barry Award – Most Outstanding Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2013: NOMINATED Best Newcomer Melbourne International Comedy Festival (Monkeys in Space)
2013: NOMINATED Best Comedy Sydney Fringe Festival (Monkeys in Space)
2008: FINALIST Village Idiot Comedy Competition Bangalow Comedy Festival
2007: WINNER Legends of Laughter Comedy Competition Gold Coast Arts Centre
2007: STATE FINALIST Raw comedy competition Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2020 – The Grub: Co-Host
2013 – Triple J: Debate night with Tom and Alex
2013 – Tractor Monkeys: Episodes 4 – 6