Komedia is pleased to announce that the Komedia New Comedy Award, in association with Comic Boom comedy club and arts journalist Victoria Nangle, will soon be open for entries for 2024. Online entry launches on 9th October 2024, with the semi-finals and Final taking place in January and February 2024.
MCs and judges set to take part during the run of the competition include award winning television comedians and leading respected figures from the comedy industry. These include; television comedians Maisie Adam and Esther Manito, worldwide promoter and comedy agent Mick Perrin, Beyond The Joke’s Bruce Dessau, award-winning comedy writer Tasha Dhanraj, Chortle’s Steve Bennett and BBC Comedy’s Lulu Baker.
Marina Kobler (Komedia), Jill Edwards (Comic Boom) and Victoria Nangle (Arts Journalist) came together in 2020, to create this award, and have been delighted to see it grow and attract new talent each year. The aim of the Komedia New Comedy Award continues to be to discover and support exciting new comics, and to offer opportunities for development.
”Working with the new voices that came forth for the Komedia New Comedy Awards last year was an absolute privilege” says Victoria Nangle. “I look forward to seeing how the 2024 semi-finalists rise to the high bar set by their predecessors. I know that they will, I can’t wait to see how.”
Jill Edwards of Comic Boom comedy club said, “I was blown away by how many uber talented, original and exciting new stand-up comics I discovered for Komedia Brighton’s ‘Comic Boom’ comedy club through the Komedia New Comedy Awards last year. It’s a great joy to bring exciting new comedy voices into the venue, and to be able to facilitate and nurture their development through spots at ‘Comic Boom’. I cannot wait to meet our next new group of KNCA rising comedy stars.”
Applications open on the 9th October 2023 for one month, with semi-finals in January and February 2024. The Komedia New Comedy Award 2024 winner will get a bespoke award, a bottle of fizz and a spot at Comic Boom comedy club at Komedia.
The award is open to comedians who have been gigging regularly for less than three years and have seven minutes of their own stand-up material, plus a clip they can send in with their application.
32 semi-finalists will be selected from clips and will be invited to perform across four semi-final heats. Further details for eligibility and how to enter is available on the Komedia website.
The semi-finals will take place on four consecutive Tuesdays beginning 16th January 2024. Two comics from each one will be selected by the judges to go through to the Final, which will be MC’d by Barry Ferns.
“Still buzzing from the extraordinary comedy talent witnessed last year, we are truly excited to be running the third Komedia New Comedy Award in 2024 and seeing emerging comedians breaking through.” says Komedia’s Marina Kobler, “The stage is ready, the dates are set … we can’t wait to get going!”
For more information and to enter (entry form live 9th October) please visit
https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton/about-us/komedia-new-comedy-award-2024/
