Demi Lardner Explained

Demi Lardner
Birth Place:South Australia, Australia
Occupation:Comedian
Years Active:2010–present
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Followers:9.3 thousand
Follower Date:21 August 2024

Demi Lardner is an Australian comedian based in Sydney. In 2013, she won Raw Comedy in Melbourne and went on to win So You Think You're Funny? in Edinburgh for her comedy set. She regularly streams on Twitch, and co-hosts the podcast bigsofttitty.png with her husband Tom Walker.

Early life

Lardner grew up in Adelaide, South Australia.[1]

Career

Lardner began performing in Adelaide at open mics at 15,[2] and won Adelaide Comedy's Rising Starr Award for Best Newcomer in 2010.[3] In 2013, she won the Raw Comedy national competition and earned a place in that year's So You Think You're Funny? competition at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which she won in a tie.[4] [5] Lardner co-wrote and performed in Wolf Creek, The Musical, which won BankSA's Best Emerging Comedy Show Award at Adelaide Fringe.[6] [7] That year she also won Adelaide Comedy's Out of Adelaide award and was nominated for their Adelaide Comedian of the Year award.

Lardner's comedy has been described as surreal and absurdist.[8] [9] She performed in Limbless Cagefighter in 2014,[10] and was nominated for Adelaide Comedy's Adelaide Comedian of the Year and Out of Adelaide awards. In 2015 she performed in her first solo show Birds with Human Lips,[11] as well as in Angus and Demi are: Best Good Show with Angus Brown.[12] She also began the podcast We Are Not Doctors with Bart Freebairn in 2015, which ended after its 100th episode in 2017.

Lardner's 2016 solo show Life Mechanic led to her receiving the Sydney Comedy Festival's Best Newcomer Award as joint winner[13] and being nominated for Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Best Newcomer award.[14] Her 2017 show Look What You Made Me Do, directed and co-written by Mark Bonanno,[15] received the Directors' Choice award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival[16] and the Underbelly Edinburgh Award at Adelaide Fringe.[17]

In 2018 Lardner's show I Love Skeleton won the Pinder Prize at Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She also began the podcast bigsofttitty.png with Tom Walker, which was picked up by Sanspants Radio Podcast Network later that year.[18]

Her 2019 solo show Ditch Witch 800 won Best International Show at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival,[19] and was nominated for Edinburgh Fringe's Best Show[20] and for Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Comedy Show.[21] Also in 2019, Lardner performed alongside Tom Walker in We Mustn't, which received Sydney Comedy Festival's Director's Choice Award.[22] Walker and Lardner began their second podcast We Have No Strong Feelings About Harry Potter that year, which was also on the Sanspants Radio Podcast Network. The podcast ended in 2020.

Lardner has collaborated with comedy group Aunty Donna.[23]

While she had previously occasionally streamed on Twitch, Lardner began to stream regularly in 2020 with COVID-19 restrictions preventing live shows.[24]

Personal life

A few years after beginning comedy, Lardner moved to Sydney.

Lardner is openly bisexual. She has been involved in LGBT+ awareness initiatives, such as a Triple J interview about her parents' responses when she came out to them,[25] and creating a satirical public service announcement in October 2018, addressing recent national debate about the rights of religious schools regarding LGBT+ employees and students.[26]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Demi Lardner. live. 18 September 2021. So You Think You're Funny?. https://web.archive.org/web/20210228063412/https://soyouthinkyourefunny.co.uk/contestants/demi-lardner-4/ . 2021-02-28 .
  2. Web site: Demi Lardner. live. 19 September 2019. Chortle. https://web.archive.org/web/20200611143920/https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/d/34475/demi_lardner . 2020-06-11 .
  3. Web site: The Accolades. live. 18 September 2021. Adelaide Comedy. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804135948/https://www.adelaidecomedy.com/accolades/ . 2020-08-04 .
  4. News: 2 May 2013. Raw Comedy winner now has to fathom Scots. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 September 2021.
  5. Web site: SYTYF? Past Winners. live. 18 September 2021. So You Think You're Funny?. https://web.archive.org/web/20161013215424/http://soyouthinkyourefunny.co.uk/winners/ . 2016-10-13 .
  6. News: Noble. Kelly. 18 March 2013. Adelaide Fringe 2013 Award Winners. Glam Adelaide. 19 September 2021.
  7. News: Wray. Tyson. 28 March 2014. Wolf Creek The Musical. Herald Sun. 19 September 2021.
  8. News: Thompson. Hannah. 23 December 2019. Podcasts that we recommend (that aren't our own). Triple J. 19 September 2021.
  9. News: 23 August 2019. Fest's Edinburgh 2019 Round-Up: Best of Comedy. Fest Magazine. 19 September 2021.
  10. News: Ozog. Kasia. 15 March 2014. Adelaide Fringe review 2014: Demi Lardner - Limbless Cagefighter. Adelaide Now. 19 September 2021.
  11. News: McDonald. Patrick. 19 February 2015. Adelaide Fringe review 2015: Demi Lardner — Birds with Human Lips. Adelaide Now. 19 September 2021.
  12. News: McDonald. Patrick. 13 February 2015. Adelaide Fringe review 2015: Angus and Demi are: Best Good Show. Adelaide Now. 19 September 2021.
  13. News: 16 May 2016. Sydney Comedy Festival Unveil 2016 Award Recipients. The Music. 19 September 2021.
  14. Web site: Lisa. Clark. 17 April 2016. Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award Winners for 2016. live. 19 September 2021. Squirrel Comedy. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512085820/https://www.squirrelcomedy.com/?p=10183 . 2021-05-12 .
  15. News: Brookfield. Joanne. 2017. Demi Lardner: Look What You Made Me Do. Beat. 19 September 2021.
  16. Web site: 2021. Awards. live. 19 September 2021. Melbourne International Comedy Festival. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305230711/https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/about-us/awards . 2017-03-05 .
  17. News: 1 August 2017. Adelaide comes to Edinburgh Fringe 2017. The Skinny. 19 September 2021.
  18. ep 24 - bub feat. ZAMMIT and DUSCHER. bigsofttitty.png. Sanspants Radio Podcast Network. Demi. Lardner. Tom. Walker. Joel. Zammit. Joel. Duscher. 19 June 2018. 19 September 2021.
  19. News: 27 May 2019. NZ International Comedy Festival announces Billy T, Fred winners. The New Zealand Herald. 19 September 2021.
  20. News: Simpson. Peter. 21 August 2019. Edinburgh Comedy Awards: The 2019 nominees. The Skinny. 19 September 2021.
  21. Web site: Best Comedy Show. live. 19 September 2021. Edinburgh Comedy Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20160617123236/http://www.comedyawards.co.uk:80/best-comedy-show . 2016-06-17 .
  22. News: Karay. David. 19 May 2019. Sydney Comedy Festival Announces Its 2019 Award Winners. Sydney Arts Guide. 19 September 2021.
  23. Web site: Better together: why stand-ups join forces . . 15 March 2017 . 4 July 2024.
  24. Web site: Blake. Elissa. 16 September 2020. 'I go out to the beach to dance': Australian artists contemplate their lives – and careers – post Covid. live. 19 September 2021. Guardian Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916032801/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/sep/16/i-go-out-to-the-beach-to-dance-australian-artists-contemplate-their-lives-and-careers-post-covid . 2020-09-16 .
  25. MARDI GRAS SPECIAL: How to be a good ally. The Hook Up. Triple J. Nat Tencic. 2 March 2020. 19 September 2021.
  26. Web site: Clift. Tom. 16 October 2018. Comedian Demi Lardner Brutally Mocks The Religious Freedom Debate With This Helpful PSA. live. 19 September 2021. Junkee. https://web.archive.org/web/20181016050918/https://junkee.com/demi-lardner-religious-freedom/178205 . 2018-10-16 .

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