About Annie and Lena

LENA MOON

ANNIE LUMSDEN

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Annie Lumsden (she/her) and Lena Moon (she/her) are Melbourne/Naarm based performers, writers and comedians, who are all about farts, friendship, and feeling good. Lena has a background in improvised comedy and screenwriting, Annie is an actor and presenter. They’ve respectively worked on Neighbours, Adult Swim, and Aunty Donna (Various), among many others. 

Their debut show together, This Is Our Pilot was nominated for Best Comedy at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2019. Their second show This Is Our Show sold out its Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021 season, was nominated for a Green Room Award, and was turned into a Live Stream and On Demand comedy special titled This Is Our Show The Livestream via Stupid Old Studios Presents. Other SOS Presents acts include Double Denim, Jude Pearl, Xavier Michelides, Do Go On Live and many others. 

Their third offering Different Now received rave reviews in Adelaide Fringe Festival 2022 and MICF 2022, and is currently preparing to tour nationally. 


The pair also created self-titled comedic web series Annie and Lena  in collaboration with Stupid Old Studios, made possible with a City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grant.

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Press

Press
Chortle UK - ‘Different Now’ Review

Yet after their rare missteps, this joyful and assured duo always pick the mood up again – whether celebrating a cheesy joke or launching into an upbeat Spice Girls-inspired song about rejecting unsolicited advice. It really is a blast.

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Scenestr Review: ‘Different Now’ at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Sketch duo and best of friends Annie and Lena have great stage presence, confident delivery, and excellent timing in this well-crafted hour of sketches, songs, and improv.

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Annie and Lena are the next generation of duo sketch comedy - Time Out Melbourne

Annie and Lena deconstruct sketch tropes and make them their own. They reflect their lives and generation, but their work is supported by a much larger questioning of the world – especially about being a woman in our world – that reaches out honestly and widely.

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The Age - ‘Different Now’ at Melbourne International Comedy Festival
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It’s a spiritual booster shot, then, to catch a duo whose genuine friendship seems to spill off the stage.

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Need a laugh? Catch the rising stars of this year’s Comedy Festival

It’s likely these two abundantly talented multi-hyphenates will have a hit show on an international streaming service in a few years.

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‘Different Now’ Review - Collage Adelaide
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The show is simple and silly, a fun ride overall. I love it. - Review by Natalie Carfora | 04 March 2022

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ANNIE AND LENA x STUPID OLD STUDIOS WEB SERIES (2020)

ANNIE AND LENA x STUPID OLD STUDIOS WEB SERIES (2020)

In 2020 Annie and Lena created their first web series with a COVID Quick Arts brand. They co-produced this series with Stupid Old Studios and shot with a skeleton crew per lockdown restrictions.