The finalists in this year’s Musical Comedy Awards have been announced today. They are Rebecca Humphries, DW, Gatis Kandis, Luke Courtier, Baron Fingolfin and Peter Bazely.

This year's final takes place at the Bloomsbury Theatre on April 10. Special guests at the final will be Cassetteboy and Rachel Parris and Rob Deering will compere. Humphries (pictured) is probably the best known of the finalists. Her Edinburgh show Dizney Rascal played to full houses and received consistently favourable reviews.

The prizes will be £500 for the winner chosen by a panel of judges, £300 for the 'audience favourite’, plus £200 for the WeGotTickets Best Newcomer. It is possible that the judges favourite (MCA winner) and audience favourite are the same act.

Previous winners of the Musical Comedy Awards, which started in 2009, include Abandoman and Adams and Rea. Last year’s winner was David Elms, who has recently been acclaimed for his wordless short film Swag.

The Best Newcomer winner has also been announced today. Faye Treacy, who is a graduate of the Brit School of Performing Arts and went on to study trombone at The Royal Academy of Music. A finalist in the Reading Comedy Festival 2014, Treacy  brings a unique, frank, silly and raw perspective into the world of ‘making it’ on a near extinct instrument. Treacy will also be doing a short set at the Bloomsbury on April 10.

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