Lou Wall
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| birth_place = Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
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| alma_mater = Victorian College of the Arts
| occupation = Comedian
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Lou Wall is an Australian comedian known for their multi-media musical comedy. Wall debuted with the solo show, A Dingo Ate My Baby, created for the Victorian College of the Arts's 2016 FRISK festival and later picked up by the Malthouse for the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Early life
Wall grew up in Cooma in New South Wales, Australia. They studied at the Victorian College of the Arts on an acting scholarship.{{Cite web |last=Herborn |first=Daniel |date=2025-03-22 |title=Comedian Lou Wall |url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/comedy/2025/03/22/comedian-lou-wall |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=The Saturday Paper |language=en}}
Career
Wall made their debut with the solo show, A Dingo Ate My Baby, created for the Victorian College of the Arts's 2016 FRISK festival. The show was picked up by the Malthouse for the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Wall created their second solo show, It’s Not Me, It’s Lou, as part of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival, and premiered the show at the Melbourne Fringe Festival,{{Cite web |last=Osborne |first=Emily |date=2024-05-07 |title=Comedian Louisa Wall: ‘You don’t need people to want you’ |url=https://finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/about-us/news/comedian-louisa-wall-you-dont-need-people-to-want-you |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Faculty of Fine Arts and Music |language=en}} where it was nominated for Best Cabaret.{{Cite web |title=Festival News #11: Complete Nominations |url=https://melbournefringe.com.au/news/festival-news-11-full-nominations/ |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Melbourne Fringe |language=en-AU}}
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Wall began incorporating audio-visual elements into their work. Wall joined 84 Facebook groups in attempts to infiltrate Illuminati conspiracy groups, an experience that informed their show, That One Time I Joined The Illuminati, which premiered in 2021.{{Cite news |last=Yussuf |first=Ahmed |date=2021-10-12 |title=How Aussie comedian Lou Wall tried to join the Illuminati during lockdown |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-13/how-comic-lou-wall-tried-to-join-the-illuminati-in-lockdown/100532454 |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} In 2022, their show, Bleep Bloop, which Wall billed as a 'live pop album, premiered.{{Cite news |last=Peard |first=Anne-Marie |date=2022-04-17 |title=Review: Lou Wall: Bleep Bloop |url=https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/comedy/lou-wall-bleep-bloop |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=Time Out}}
In 2023, Wall worked as a writer and presenter on WTFAQ on ABC. Their 2023 show, Lou Wall Vs The Internet won a Moosehead Award.{{Cite web |title=Moosehead Retrospective – Moosehead Awards |url=https://themoosehead.com.au/about/moosehead-retrospective/ |access-date=2025-06-16 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Grant |date=2023-04-07 |title=Lou Wall vs. The Internet {Melbourne International Comedy Festival} – Comedy Review |url=https://www.lilithia.net/lou-wall-vs-the-internet-micf2023/ |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=LILITHIA REVIEWS |language=en-AU}} Wall's The Bisexual’s Lament was shortlisted for the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award{{Cite news |last=Logan |first=Brian |date=2024-08-13 |title=Lou Wall: The Bisexual’s Lament review – diary of despair with a list of 69 things to laugh about |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/aug/13/lou-wall-the-bisexuals-lament-review |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} and won Best of the Fest at the Sydney Comedy Festival.{{Cite news |last=Story |first=Hannah |date=2024-05-20 |title=Sydney Comedy Festival award winners announced |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-20/gina-rinehart-colbert-taylor-swift-billie-eilish-cannes/103868748 |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} They co-created Flat Earthers: The Musical with Jean Tong.The comedic musical had its premiere as a co-production with Hayes Theatre Co. and Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney in 2024.{{Cite news |last=Tongue |first=Cassie |date=2024-10-22 |title=Flat Earthers: The Musical review – what happens when a ‘Flattie’ and a sceptic fall in love? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/oct/22/flat-earthers-the-musical-theatre-review |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Their 2025 show, Breaking the Fifth Wall was directed by Zoë Coombs Marr{{Cite web |last=Finlay |first=Veronica |date=2025-03-07 |title=Breaking the Internet: Lou Wall on their new show |url=https://festmag.com/2025/03/07/breaking-the-internet/ |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Fest |language=en-US}} and nominated for the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show.{{Cite news |last=Neill |first=Alexandra |date=2025-04-17 |title=Lou Wall: Breaking the Fifth Wall review – a silly and profound standup masterpiece |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/apr/17/lou-wall-breaking-the-fifth-wall-review-a-silly-and-profound-standup-masterpiece |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Jessi |date=2025-04-08 |title=Comedy reviews: Lou Wall: Breaking the Fifth Wall, Eddie Pattison: Dad Genes, MICF 2025 |url=https://www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews/comedy-reviews-lou-wall-breaking-the-fifth-wall-eddie-pattison-dad-genes-micf-2025-2787579/ |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Arts Hub |language=en-AU}}
Personal life
Wall identifies as queer and non-binary. They were in a relationship with playwright Jean Tong.{{Cite news |last=Story |first=Hannah |date=2024-10-16 |title=With Flat Earthers: The Musical, Lou Wall combines online conspiracy theories with musical theatre |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-17/flat-earthers-the-musical-lou-wall-jean-tong-griffin-hayes/104479280 |access-date=2025-06-16 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}
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