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Australian stand-up comedy has been very successful on DVD; will it have the same success online?
23 Oct 2013
Richard Watts
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Photo: Comedian Carl Barron; image by Jim Lee.

Who is Australia’s most successful comedian? If you’re going on DVD sales, it’s quite possibly Carl Barron, whose first DVD has now gone platinum 15 times, his second 11 times, and his third DVD nine times (as per the ARIA definition of platinum being a DVD that has sold 15,000 units).

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

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