The award winners at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival have been announced. Zoe Coombs Marr won the biggest  prize, the prestigious Barry Award, for her show Trigger Warning.

The other nominees were Luisa Omielan, Damien Power, David O’Doherty, Rhys Nicholson, Tom Ballard and Anne Edmonds .

Australian performer Coombs Marr
, who plays a politically incorrect male comic Dave in her latest show, also won the Golden Gibbo Award, which is given to  “a local, independent show that pursues the artist’s idea more strongly than it pursues any commercial lure”. The other nominees were Peter & Bambi (Asher Treleaven & Gypsy Wood), Lessons with Luis and Tommy Dassalo.

The other award winners are as follows:

Best Newcomer: Tom Walker


Best Newcomer Nominees: Demi Lardner, Guy Montgomery, Rose Matafeo

Pinder Prize: Tom Ballard 

Piece of Wood Award Winner: Chris Wainhouse 


Directors' Choice Award: True Aussie Patriots and Zanzoop 


People's Choice Award: Carl Barron



RAW Comedy Winners: Danielle Walker


Class Clowns Winner: Lauren Duong

Funny Tonne Winner (for doing the most shows during the Festival): Jeremy McPerson – 164 shows.