Damien Power

“Delivered with the forceful swagger of a bar-room philosopher" - Chortle
WINNER, Melbourne Comedy Festival Pinder Prize, 2017

2021 Melbourne Comedy Festival Opening Night Allstars Supershow

2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala

2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival

On Tour!

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, returning soon to the Brisbane Powerhouse.

Television
Live Shows
Other Notable Live Work
Awards
Radio/Podcasts
Additional Writing

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

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