Adelaide-born Bec Hill started comedy in 2006, when she made the national finals of the Raw new act competition in her native Australia. Two years later, she made her solo debut at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her show If You Can Read This My Cape Fell Off. She then made the trip to the UK, where she now works – and in 2014 won the first Barry Award for best show at the Edinburgh Fringe, set up by comedian Barry Ferns and voted on by other festival performers.