Damien Power
Who Damien Power is
Damien Power is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer and actor, a three-time nominee for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and winner in 2017 of its Pinder Prize, a grant to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe. His show Sell Mum Into Slavery was filmed for ABC TV's Comedy Next Gen series in 2016, Utopia: Live in 3D played the Edinburgh Fringe and London's Soho Theatre, and in 2017 he performed at Just For Laughs in Montreal on All Access, hosted by Wyatt Cenac.
On television he had his own segment, Power to the People, on The Project and appeared in the ABC's Tonightly and Fancy Boy, and he created and starred in the comedy series Expanded Minds Only with Mel Buttle, Becky Lucas and Sam Campbell. He has nearly ten full-length specials free online, released the albums Alone in the Crowd (2023) and Not So Funny Now, Is It? (2025) on 800 Pound Gorilla Records, and co-hosts the podcast Neurotic News with Dan Rath; his track Hypersexual Environmentalists was played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel in December 2024.
At a glance
- Stand-up specials
- Sell Mum Into Slavery
- Albums
- Alone in the Crowd and Not So Funny Now, Is It?
- Podcasts
- Neurotic News
- On screen
- The Project, Tonightly, Fancy Boy and 3 more
- Official site
- damienpower.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: damienpower.com ↗.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
Stand-up specials
- Sell Mum Into Slavery ABC TV's Comedy Next Gen, 2016
Albums
- Alone in the Crowd 800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2023
- Not So Funny Now, Is It? 800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2025
On screen
- The Project 'Power to the People' segment
- Tonightly ABC
- Fancy Boy ABC
- The Edge of the Bush ABC iView
- Expanded Minds Only creator and star
- Just For Laughs: All Access Comedy Network, 2017
Podcasts
- Neurotic News co-host, with Dan Rath
Comedians like Damien Power
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Darryl Lenox also in Just For Laughs: All Access
- Eddie Della Siepe also in Just For Laughs: All Access
- Melanie Bracewell also in The Project
Career timeline
- 2016Sell Mum Into Slavery (ABC TV's Comedy Next Gen, 2016) Special
- 2017Just For Laughs: All Access (Comedy Network, 2017) On screen
- 2023Alone in the Crowd (800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2023) Album
- 2025Not So Funny Now, Is It? (800 Pound Gorilla Records, 2025) Album
Questions and answers
Where is Damien Power performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: damienpower.com ↗.
What stand-up specials have they released?
Sell Mum Into Slavery.
What podcast do they host?
Neurotic News.
What TV shows and films are they in?
The Project, Tonightly, Fancy Boy, The Edge of the Bush, Expanded Minds Only and Just For Laughs: All Access.
Who are some comedians like them?
Darryl Lenox (also in Just For Laughs: All Access), Eddie Della Siepe (also in Just For Laughs: All Access) and Melanie Bracewell (also in The Project).
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- Improv · improv.com ↗ Club page: a three-time nominee for Most Outstanding Show of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival; I Can't Believe I Cared toured in 2015; Sell Mum…
- The Laugh Factory ↗ The same bio, with the ABC series Tonightly and Fancy Boy (as of 8 October 2026)
- Official site ↗ Comedian, writer, actor; nearly 10 full-length comedy specials available free online, dating back to 2015; Expanded Minds Only, a comedy series created by…
- New York Comedy Club ↗ Club page under his name; the photo (as of 8 October 2026)
- Apple Music catalogue (iTunes lookup) ↗ Alone in the Crowd, 14 November 2023, (P) 2023 800 Pound Gorilla Records, track 2 'Hypersexual Environmentalists'; Not So Funny Now, Is It?, 8 August 2025,…
- xmplaylist - Raw Comedy recent plays (Internet Archive capture, 16 December 2024) ↗ Hypersexual Environmentalists, Damien Power, played on Raw Comedy on 16 December 2024 (20:34 UTC) (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026