Award
The Skinny and Fest, Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland have announced the winners of the week three’s The Besties in the following categories:
The Spooky Award – Ghouls Aloud for Elysium, Gilded Balloon
The New Writing Award - Emma Frankland for No Apologies, Summerhall
The winners of The Malcolm Hardee Awards 2025 have been revealed.
The awards – which are handed out in the memory of comic, agent, manager, club-owner and prankster Malcolm Hardee - celebrate and promote the spirit of anything-goes comedy anarchy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
There are three awards - Comic Originality, Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid and the Cunning Stunt Award.
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 have announced one additional sponsor for their Awards this year, James Corden.
The award winning actor, best known for his roles in Gavin & Stacey, The History Boys and Into The Woods, and host of TV chat show The Late, Late Show, is the final backer of this year's Awards, donating £10,000 to the prize fund. 100% of the sponsorship of the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards goes to the artists in the form of prizes.
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced the longlists for Best Show and Best Newcomer for this year. All are in the running for the prizes, all sponsored by comedians and the industry. 100% of their sponsorship goes on the prizes to support artists. The shows as per the last two years are judged by around 30 volunteers who were at the Fringe anyway. There were around 700 eligible shows this year (full eligibility criteria and judging process via the website).
NextUp (‘the Netflix of UK stand-up’) is announcing the long-list of nominees for the Biggest Award in Comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, selected by NextUp members and their panel of scouts.
The winner receives the BIGGEST award in comedy ever.
The nominated acts are as follows:
Following the announcement that U&Dave will not be running its Joke of the Fringe competition in Edinburgh this summer, various alternatives have now been announced.
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards have announced that they are now running a 'Joke Of The Fringe' award.
The ISH Awards involves a voluntary panel of judges seeing every eligible comedy show at the Fringe, where 100% of any sponsorship goes to the artists.
The ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023/2024 will return this year with an additional award for innovative technicians.
The ISH Awards involves a voluntary panel of judges seeing every eligible comedy show at the Fringe, where 100% of any sponsorship goes towards the artists.
BBC New Comedy Awards is celebrating its 30th year hunting for the most hilarious comedy acts across the UK. The search to find 2025’s winner of the hugely popular talent competition has begun. Entries are now open until midnight on Sunday 25th May, and all details can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/newcomedyawards
The Comedy.co.uk Awards has named Gavin & Stacey as 2024’s Comedy Of The Year.
The BBC sitcom, which aired a highly anticipated finale special on Christmas Day - five years since its last outing - was also voted Best Returning TV Sitcom.
A major new comedy prize has been announced today, alongside its ten inaugural nominees. The Next Big Thing award aims to name one act every year: the one most deserving of the public’s attention, as well as the media’s spotlight.
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