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British Comedy Guide are pleased to announce the return of The Comedians’ Choice Awards to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This year, thanks to generous support from Angel Comedy and The Museum of Comedy, there will be a prize fund, with the winners of Best Show and Best Newcomer Awards each receiving a cash prize to help with the cost of their Edinburgh Fringe accommodation.
There will be three awards:
Best Show - The best comedy show at the Fringe as voted by comedians.
Introducing New Zealand comedian, psychiatrist and author Dr Jo Prendergast who makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut with ‘The Cool Mum’ at the Gilded Balloon. The show is aimed at anyone who has been a parent or a child, and is a parody of a personal development seminar. She has also written a book for parents on teenage mental health, ‘When Life Sucks’.
Filming is underway in Northern Ireland for a brand new series of fish out of water, live action comedy, Pickle Storm. The first series is coming soon to CBBC and BBC iPlayer with ten further episodes already commissioned.
The Red Imp Comedy Club has announced its line up of comic stars in the lead up to this year’s Edinburgh Festival in their summer venue Trades Hall. It's a chance to see big name stand up performers in a relaxed and intimate setting.
This summer's Edinburgh Preview season features an array of international and home-grown, first timers to The Red Imp stage, all ready to impress with their new material before heading to Scotland.
Despite all the gripes and groans about escalating costs the Edinburgh Fringe anticipation seems to be growing. Last night's 99 Club Bursary Showcase has become an established pre-Fringe staging post for ambitious female and non-binary acts taking their debut shows to Edinburgh. Previous showcases have featured future stars including Sarah Keyworth and Catherine Bohart. There are no outright winners any more, but two acts receive £500 each and the others £100.
A partnership of organisations have estimated that the value of the UK live comedy sector is worth in excess of £1billion to the UK economy. A survey of over 350 people working in the UK Live Comedy Sector has found that the turnover of their activities is worth in excess of £82million per year.
Former Creative Director of Saatchi & Saatchi from 1982-85 and founder of commercials film company Stark Films, Jeffrey Stark is leaving his beige cardigan in London and heading to Edinburgh to make his Fringe debut at 81 years old.
After abjectly failing at his Stirling High School, Jeff Stark stumbled into advertising as Assistant Advertising Manager at Currys.
Video Nasty, a six part original comedy drama written by Hugh Travers, is set to air in early 2025 on BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer in the UK, Virgin Media Television in the Republic of Ireland and ARD-Mediathek in Germany.
The series will star Justin Daniels Anene (Sanctuary), Cal O’Driscoll (Sanctuary) and Leia Murphy (Fair City). Additional cast confirmed include Valerie O’Connor (Red Rock), Declan Rodgers (Patrick Melrose), Simone Kirby (His Dark Materials) and Emmanuel Ighodaro (Shameless).
The 99 Club has opened its annual bursary scheme, dedicated to promoting rising female and non-binary stars on the comedy circuit. This programme is open to all female and non-binary comics embarking on their first full-length solo show at the world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and is a fantastic opportunity to advertise their acts in front of top industry professionals.
The Not So New Comedian of the Year Final takes place at the Museum of Comedy on Friday, June 7.
The 12 mature acts who have made it through the heats have just been announced and are as follows:
Daniel Ruiz Tizon
Danny Matinee (real name Daniel Crewe)
Georgia Thorp
Ian Thomson
JB Carter
Kelly Ford
L J Francis
Leigh White
Richard St
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