#222: Annie Louey - Your Funeral

Annie Louey is an award-winning comedian, TV and radio presenter,
writer and celebrant. She is known for her rapid-fire crowd work,
blunt delivery and cheeky charm that allows her to get away with
almost anything.


She has recently wrapped up her fifth solo show ‘Gold’ at the
Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2023. This comes after
Annie received a Moosehead Award for bold, innovative ideas to
support her show, Annie Louey is Flirting With Death, last
year.  She has also earned a spot touring around
Australia with the Comedy Festival Roadshow.


Annie also appears regularly on national television, having been
a presenter and writer on ABC TV’s China Tonight for the past
four seasons, and a comedian on the Melbourne International
Comedy Festival’s Opening Night Allstars Supershow. Her on-screen
charisma as the host of the travel show Rediscover Victoria led
to a nomination for ‘Personality of the Year’ at the 2021 Antenna
Awards for community television. The Rediscover Victoria series
will be coming to SBS in 2023.


Annie has also been recognised for her efforts behind the screen,
having written for the final season of Rosehaven (ABC TV and
Amazon Prime). More recently, she was one of six writers invited
to take part in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s First Stage
program, which culminated in a play reading by an ensemble of
professional actors. Annie is now working on debuting a
full-length play.


As a content creator, Annie’s web series, From the Hearse’s Mouth
was selected for the Sydney Web Festival. In the six-part series,
Annie interviews comedians and performers like Claire Hooper and
Dane Simpson about life and death, while driving in a vintage
hearse.


Now, Annie is an ambassador for the burns and trauma charity,
KIDS Foundation, while continuing to do weird and wacky things in
the name of comedy. 


We chat about post traumatic growth, being a burns survivor, her
many talents including being a wedding celebrant and funeral
assistant, loving life, death, growth, journaling, finding her
voice, trial and error, fear of failure and trying new
things.



The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day
after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael
Kahan

Check Annie out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annielouey/?hl=en

Website: https://www.annielouey.com/
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