The results of the Amused Moose Comedy Award 2019 have been announced.
The final took place at Just The Tonic's Grassmarket Centre, 86 Candlemaker Row (at junction with Cowgate), Edinburgh.
And the winner is Janine Harouni.
Additionally the People’s Champion Award, based on audience votes at the final, went to Archie Henderson: Jazz Emu (at Gilded Balloon's Tolbooth venue on Edinburgh's Royal Mile) who the audience just loved.
The award for Outstanding Fringe Show went to Liam Withnail: Homecoming (venue: Monkey Barrel), following Liam reaching last year's final too.
Archie Henderson: Jazz Emu and Liam Withnail: Homecoming will showcase at London's Soho Theatre on 21 October.
The Soho Playhouse in New York has partnered with Amused Moose Comedy which is based in London's Soho, to offer the Amused Moose Comedy Award winner a two week run in the Soho Playhouse Fringe Encore Series this autumn. This is the Off-Broadway theatre where Hannah Gadsby and Phoebe Waller-Bridge have performed and Daniel Sloss sold over 7000 tickets during two runs there this year.
This New York showcase is in addition to the Amused Moose Comedy Award showcase at Soho Theatre in October.
The Amused Moose Comedy Award 2019's seven finalists were:
- AARON SIMMONDS: Disabled Coconut
- ARCHIE HENDERSON; Jazz Emu
- JAMES McNICHOLAS: The Boxer
- JANINE HAROUNI: Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated)
- LIAM WITHNAIL: Homecoming
- PAUL F TAYLOR: Odd Paul
- STEPHEN BUCHANAN: Baby Dove
The trophies were presented by Shona McCarthy, Edinburgh Fringe CEO.
The Amused Moose Comedy Award searches for the best comedy shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from talent on the cusp of fame. Entry to the Amused Moose Comedy Awards, the ‘senior strand’ of the Amused Moose competitions, is open to all shows listed in the comedy section on the Edinburgh Fringe website (www.edfringe.com) for at least 18 dates, which have not previously won nor been nominated for any other major comedy award. The Super Seven finalists have been selected by an industry panel, including critics, promoters and producers, who have watched and scored all entries online, before viewing the long-list live in Edinburgh.
The finalists performed 8 to 10 minute segments from their shows in the Amused Moose Comedy Award Grand Final, battling it out in their next step on the road to stardom, emulating previous winners Tony Law, Marcel Lucont, Celia Pacquola and Richard Gadd. Then the audience voted, and an industry panel ratified the scores.
