THE STICKY AWARDS 2010

Sticky was floored this year.
So with great pomp and ceremony we present the people that got wood this year.

SUMMARY 2010
Total shows - 313
Categories
Comedy      - 144
Impro          -   62
Movies        -   73
Music          -   18
Other           -   16
Travelling
Went out     - 251 days
At home      - 114 days
Average      -  4.8 days/week


BEST MALE 2010, considerations
Jeff Green(UK)      - comic
Dom Irrera (USA) - comic
Wil Anderson        - comic
Darren Sanders     - comic
Carlo Ritchie         - everything
Patrick Magee      - everything

WINNER - Darren Sanders
Had more head spin moments than anyone else.


BEST FEMALE 2010, considerations
Gina Yashere (UK)         - comic
Janeane Garofalo (USA) - comic
Amanda Buckley            - impro
Kitty Flanagan                - comic
Zoe Norton Lodge         - writer/performer
Alex Lee                        - everything

WINNER - Zoe Norton Lodge
Kitty is always very funny, but it was Zoe who had more appearances that hit 5, and with different material each time.


BEST OVERALL NIGHT 2010 (The night I laughed the most), considerations
19.02.10 : The Ronnie Johns Half Hour Goodtimes Campfire Jamboree Half Hour – Now On Tour : Riverside Theatre 5
09.03.10 : Jeff Green(UK) : Laugh Garage 4.5
10.03.10 : Project 52 - Story Club : Hermann's Bar 5
19.03.10 : Sydney Comedy Festival Preview Night : Factory Theatre 5
07.04.10 : Project 52 Story Club! and you know what? I'm the jerk : Hermann's Bar 5+
23.04.10 : Hing & Magee-Illustrious Physicians of Romance : Parade Theatre 5
28.04.10 : Dom Irrera (USA) : Comedy Store 5
09.06.10 : The Junior Tennis Academy : Hermann's Bar - impro 5
18.06.10 : Brad Upton(USA) : Laugh Garage Sydney 5
30.06.10 : Story Club and I Fought the Law : Hermann's Bar 5
03.07.10 : 10th year Gala : Laugh Garage CBD 5
08.07.10 : The Axis of Awesome: Songs In The Key Of Awesome : Roxbury Hotel 5
28.08.10 : Darren Sanders : Laugh Garage CBD 4.5
27.10.10 : Full Body Contact No Love Junior Tennis + Improv Explosion: Hermann's Bar 5

MOST LAUGHS WINNER - 5 way draw -
19.02.10 : The Ronnie Johns Half Hour Goodtimes Campfire Jamboree Half Hour - Now On Tour : Riverside Theatre
19.03.10 : Sydney Comedy Festival Preview Night : Factory Theatre
23.04.10 : Hing & Magee-Illustrious Physicians of Romance : Parade Theatre
08.07.10 : The Axis of Awesome: Songs In The Key Of Awesome : Roxbury Hotel
28.08.10 : Darren Sanders : Laugh Garage CBD
2 weeks of diliberation and I still can't decide between these 5, because the laugh level was the same for all, so I gave up.
MOST ENTERTAINING WINNER - 30.06.10 : Story Club and I Fought the Law : Hermann's Bar
I had to split it because Story Club stories are designed to be engaging rather than all out funny(even though they were), so with more entries than anyone else they were the most entertaining.


BEST SCRIPTED COMEDY SHOW 2010, considerations
19.02.10 : The Ronnie Johns Half Hour Goodtimes Campfire Jamboree Half Hour – Now On Tour : Riverside Theatre 5
23.04.10 : Hing & Magee-Illustrious Physicians of Romance : Parade Theatre 5
08.07.10 : The Axis of Awesome: Songs In The Key Of Awesome : Roxbury Hotel 5
22.07.10 : Princess Cabaret : Roxbury Hotel 4
29.07.10 : Fictionary : Studio 1, UNSW 4.25

WINNER - 3 way draw -
19.02.10 : The Ronnie Johns Half Hour Goodtimes Campfire Jamboree Half Hour – Now On Tour : Riverside Theatre
23.04.10 : Hing & Magee-Illustrious Physicians of Romance : Parade Theatre
08.07.10 : The Axis of Awesome: Songs In The Key Of Awesome : Roxbury Hotel
I just couldn't pick it because they were all kill shots. If you want an answer they are the best in each category, sketch, sketch/story/stand-up conglomerate, musical comedy.


BEST STANDUP - AUSTRALIA 2010, considerations
Simon Palomares
Mick Meredith
Jim Jefferies
Wil Anderson
Tom Gleeson
Darren Sanders
Jacques Barrett
Kitty Flanagan

WINNER - Darren Sanders
He has so much material he can alternate it's order so each show is different, and he's good at ad-libbing with audiences.


BEST STANDUP - O/S 2010, considerations
17.02.10 : Stewart Francis (Canada) : Laugh Garage 4
09.03.10 : Jeff Green(UK) : Laugh Garage 4.5
24.04.10 : Jason Byrne(IRE) 2010 : Enmore Theatre 4.5
28.04.10 : Dom Irrera (USA) : Comedy Store 5
04.05.10 : Gina Yashere (UK) : Factory Theatre 4.5
12.05.10 : Greg Behrendt : SOH 5
18.06.10 : Brad Upton(USA) : Laugh Garage Sydney 5

WINNER - 28.04.10 : Dom Irrera (USA) : Comedy Store
Got to love the wise cracking older American comics


BEST IMPRO 2010, considerations
21.03.10 : Spank the Musical : Roxbury Hotel 4.5
26.03.10 : Ultimate Board Game Unscripted : Hermann's Bar 4.5
26.04.10 : Improv Explosion! : Roxbury Hotel 4.5
25.05.10 : Full Body Contact No Love Tennis 4 Cancer Research : Roxbury Hotel 4.5
09.06.10 : The Junior Tennis Academy : Hermann's Bar 5
15.06.10 : Full Body No Contact No Love Tennis : Roxbury Hotel  4.5
27.10.10 : Full Body Contact No Love Junior Tennis + Improv Explosion : Hermann's Bar 5

WINNER - 27.10.10 : Full Body Contact No Love Junior Tennis + Improv Explosion : Hermann's Bar


BEST IMPROVISER 2010, considerations
Amanda Buckley
Carlo Ritchie
Jon Williams
Grant Davies
Tom Dunstan
Jordan Raskopoulos

WINNER - Amanda Buckley
Jon may have been funnier sometimes, but Amanda did more shows this year and was pretty close in laugh value, so because it's harder being funny in more shows she wins.


BEST UNIVERSITY SHOW 2010, considerations
10.03.10 : Project 52 - Story Club-Where I went wrong : Hermann's Bar 5
07.04.10 : Project 52 - Story Club! and you know what? I'm the jerk : Hermann's Bar 5+
14.04.10 : Hermann's Heroes: Glorious Return of Stand Up Comedy : Hermann's Bar 4.5
23.04.10 : Hing & Magee-Illustrious Physicians of Romance : Parade Theatre 5
09.06.10 : The Junior Tennis Academy : Hermann's Bar - impro 5
30.06.10 : Story Club and I Fought the Law : Hermann's Bar 5
28.07.10 : Hermann's Heroes, Tom Ballard Kills Quentin Bryce (A National Treasure) With His Bare Hands:Hermann's Bar 4.5
29.07.10 : Fictionary : Studio 1, UNSW 4.25
25.08.10 : Make Way For Ducklings on ice(the drug, not the solid state of water) : Hermann's Bar 4
02.09.10 : Story Club and When We Were Young : Verge Festival Tent 4.5
27.10.10 : Full Body Contact No Love Junior Tennis + Improv Explosion: Hermann's Bar 5

WINNER - 2 way draw -
23.04.10 : Hing & Magee-Illustrious Physicians of Romance : Parade Theatre
30.06.10 : Story Club and I Fought the Law : Hermann's Bar
How do you pick it. The Story Club series was new and the hit of 2010 and ranged from good to blistering, but had a lot of contributors. Hing & Magee was blistering, but has only 2 contributors. So I call it a tie because they are the best, but in different ways.
Best Comedy     - 23.04.10 : Hing & Magee-Illustrious Physicians of Romance : Parade Theatre
Best Story Club - 07.04.10 : Project 52 - Story Club! and you know what? I'm the jerk
Best Impro        - 27.10.10 : Full Body Contact No Love Junior Tennis + Improv Explosion
Best Stand up    - 28.07.10 : Hermann's Heroes, Tom Ballard Kills Quentin Bryce (A National Treasure) With His Bare Hands
Best Sketch       - 25.08.10 : Make Way For Ducklings on ice(the drug, not the solid state of water) : Hermann's Bar
Best Play           - 29.07.10 : Fictionary : Studio 1, UNSW


BEST COMEDY ORGANISATION or VENUE 2010, considerations
1st - Project 52 : Hermann's Bar
2nd - Laugh Garage CBD
3rd - Roxbury Hotel
4th - Comedy Store

WINNER - Project 52 : Hermann's Bar
I put them in order. It's always going to hard to beat these guys with their variety and amazing audience.


BEST MOVIE 2010, considerations
02.03.10 : The Blind Side - movie 4.5
30.03.10 : How to Train your Dragon - movie 4.5
30.03.10 : The Hurt Locker - movie 4
06.04.10 : Clash of the Titans - movie 4
04.05.10 : Iron Man 2 - movie 4
29.06.10 : Grown Ups - movie 4
02.07.10 : Twilight : Eclipse - movie 4
23.07.10 : Inception - movie 4
17.09.10 : The Sorcerer's Apprentice - movie 4
26.09.10 : Easy A - movie 4
16.11.10 : Machete - movie 4

WINNER - 26.09.10 : Easy A
I'm always going to be biased toward comedy, but these are my favourites in order.
Best Rom-Com             - Easy A
Best Animation              - How to Train your Dragon
Most Fun                      - Machete
Best Drama                   - The Hurt Locker, The Blind Side
Best Fantasy                 - Twilight : Eclipse
Best Sci Fi                    - Inception
Best Blockbuster action - Iron Man 2
My Guilty Pleasure        - Grown Ups


BEST OTHER SHOW 2010, considerations
24.01.10 : Six Characters in Search of an Author : Seymour Centre 4.5
24.02.10 : Storytelling at Performance Space's ClubHouse : Carriage Works 4
29.07.10 : Fictionary : Studio 1, UNSW 4.25

WINNER - 24.01.10 : Six Characters in Search of an Author : Seymour Centre
This one was visually impressive for someone that doesn't even specialise in plays.


BEST MUSIC 2010, considerations
04.03.10 : Porcelain : Oxford Art Factory - music 4
15.04.10 : Porcelain : Oxford Art Factory - music 4.5
12.06.10 : The Beatnix : Oatley Hotel - music 4
26.12.10 : The Led Zeppelin Show : St George Leagues - music 4.25

WINNER - 15.04.10 : Porcelain : Oxford Art Factory
They have energy and excitement, which makes them more impressive than your normal stuff.


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