Nica Burns, the longstanding Producer and Director of Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards, has unveiled the judging panel for the coveted Awards at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. The Awards are celebrating 40 years of discovering the rising stars of comedy. The judging panel for 2022 consists of seven leading industry professionals and three passionate comedy punters representing the public.

This year the panel will be chaired by Adnan Ahmed, Producer, Sky Studios Comedy, and consists of:

Adnan Ahmed, Chair: Producer, Sky Studios Comedy
Cherie Cunningham: Channel Director, Dave
Ashley Davies: Freelance Arts Journalist, Metro Scotland and Times Scotland’s Alba Joe Hullait: Commissioning Executive, Channel 4 Comedy
Isobel Lewis: Comedy Critic and Culture Journalist, Independent
Dominic Maxwell: Comedy Critic, The Times
Pete Strauss: Executive Producer, BBC Studios Audio
Paul Abbey: Public Competition Winner
Jo Kinsella: Public Competition Winner
Monique May Munroe: Public Competition Winner

The nominations for Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards will be announced on Wednesday 24th August, and the winners revealed at a ceremony on Saturday 27th August at the Dovecot Studios.

The Awards categories are:

• Best Comedy Show - with a cash prize of £10,000

• Best Newcomer - with a cash prize of £5,000

• Panel Prize - with a cash prize of £5,000

  A full history of the winners and nominees, eligibility rules and all other details about the Awards can be found at: www.comedyawards.co.uk