The Edinburgh Comedy Awards, formerly known as the Perrier Comedy Awards, the if.comedy awards and briefly as the if.comeddies, are a group of prizes awarded annually since 1981 to comedy shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Each award currently has a separate sponsor, being sponsored by Sky TV, DLT Entertainment and The Victoria Wood Foundation, respectively.
They have previously been sponsored by Perrier, lastminute.com, Dave,[1] and Foster's Lager.
Currently three awards are given โ Best Comedy Show, Best Newcomer and the Panel Prize.
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Main prize
Perrier Comedy Awards | ||
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Year | Main prize winner | Main prize nominees |
1981 | Cambridge Footlights (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer) |
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1982 | Writer's Inc (Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton, with additional material by Kim Fuller) |
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1983 | Los Trios Ringbarkus | |
1984 | The Brass Band | Fascinating Aรฏda Hank Wangford Band Frank Chickens The Bodgers Paul B. Davies & Dave Cohen |
1985 | Theatre de Complicitรฉ | The Bodgers Merry Mac Fun Show John Dowie Sue Ingleton |
1986 | Ben Keaton | Paul B. Davies Roy Hutchins Jenny Lecoat Merry Mac Fun Show |
1987 | Brown Blues... Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr and Michael Parker | Nick Revell Jeremy Hardy Simon Fanshawe John Sparkes |
1988 | Jeremy Hardy | Doug Anthony Allstars Roy Hutchins โ Spacehoppers Clackers & Really Big Fish Robert Llewellyn's Mammon Robot Born of Woman The Wow Show |
1989 | Simon Fanshawe | John Hegley โ Can I Come Down Now Dad? Al and George โ Unscheduled Stop Will Durst Live Bed Show The World of Les and Robert |
1990 | Sean Hughes โ A One Night Stand | Dillie Keane โ Single Again Pete McCarthy โ The Hangover Show Jimmy Tingle |
1991 | Frank Skinner | Avner the Eccentric Jack Dee Eddie Izzard โ Just the Words Lily Savage โ The Live Experience |
1992 | Steve Coogan โ In Character with John Thomson | Jo Brand Bruce Morton โ Sin John Shuttleworth's Guide to Stardom Mark Thomas |
1993 | Lee Evans | Corky and the Juice Pigs Phil Kay Johnny Meres โ My Booze Hell by Little Johnny Cartilage Donna McPhail Parrot โ Sick as a Parrot Greg Proops |
1994 | Lano and Woodley | Alan Davies Jeff Green Harry Hill's Pub Internationale with Al Murray Owen O'Neill โ It's a bit like this... Robert Schimmel |
1995 | Jenny Eclair โ Prozac & Tantrums | Simon Bligh โ Banzai Scott Capurro โ The Love and Affection Tour Boothby Graffoe โ The Love and Affection Tour The Umbilical Brothers โ Heaven by Storm |
1996 | Dylan Moran โ Dylan Moran Is Indisposed | Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller โ Armstrong and Miller: The Quality Shag Bill Bailey Rich Hall โ Freewheelin Dominic Holland โ Holland-Days Sauce Al Murray |
1997 | The League of Gentlemen | Milton Jones โ Joyrider Al Murray โ King of Beers Graham Norton โ Charlieโs Angels go to Hell The Johnny Vegas Show |
1998 | Tommy Tiernan โ Undivine Comedy | Ed Byrne โ A Night at the Opera Seรกn Cullen โ Wood, Cheese & Children Peter Kay Al Murray โ Pub Landlord's Keeper of the Pint Cosmic |
1999 | Al Murray as The Pub Landlord โ And a Glass of White Wine for the Lady | Terry Alderton The Arctic Boosh Simon Munnery as The League Against Tedium โ Ubertechnocomedie Ross Noble โ Laser Boy |
2000 | Rich Hall โ Otis Lee Crenshaw | Dave Gorman โ Are You Dave Gorman? Lee Mack's New Bits, with Lee Mack, Catherine Tate and Dan Antopolski Sean Lock โ No Flatley, I am the Lord of the Dance Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight, with Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, and Alice Lowe |
2001 | Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, with Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, and Alice Lowe | Dan Antopolski โ Antopolski 2000 Jason Byrne Adam Hills โ Go You Big Red Fire Engine Daniel Kitson โ Love, Innocence and the Word Cock |
2002 | Daniel Kitson โ Something | Noel Fielding โ Voodoo Hedgehog Jimmy Carr โ Jimmy Carr's Bare Faced Ambition Omid Djalili โ Behind Enemy Lines Phil Nichol โ Things I Like, I Lick Adam Hills โ Happy Feet |
2003 | Demetri Martin โ If I... | Reginald D. Hunter โ White Woman Adam Hills โ Cut Loose Flight of the Conchords โ High on Folk Howard Read and Little Howard โ The Big Howard and Little Howard Show |
2004 | Will Adamsdale โ Jackson's Way | Chris Addison โ Civilisation Epitaph with Ethan Sandler and Adrian Wenner Reginald D Hunter โ A Mystery Wrapped in a N***a Sarah Kendall |
2005 | Laura Solon โ Kopfraper's Syndrome | Chris Addison โ Atomicity Jason Manford โ Urban Legend Jeremy Lion (AKA Justin Edwards) with George Cockerill โ What's the Time Mr Lion? Dutch Elm Conservatoire โ Conspiracy |
if.comedy awards (styled as if.comeddie for 2006) | ||
Year | Main prize winner | Main prize nominees |
2006 | Phil Nichol โ The Naked Racist | David O'Doherty โ David O'Doherty Is My Name Russell Howard โ Wandering Paul Sinha โ Saint or Sinha? We Are Klang โ Klangbang |
2007 | Brendon Burns โ So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now | Andrew Lawrence โ Social Leprosy for Beginners and Improvers Andrew Maxwell โ Waxin' Tom Binns โ Ivan Brackenbury's Hospital Radio Roadshow Pappy's Fun Club โ Pappy's Fun Club |
2008 | David O'Doherty โ Let's Comedy | Rhod Gilbert โ Rhod Gilbert and the Award-winning Mince Pie Russell Kane โ Gaping Flaws Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler โ Double Down Hearts |
Edinburgh Comedy Awards (known as the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards since 2010) | ||
Year | Main prize winner | Main prize nominees |
2009 | Tim Key โ The Slutcracker | Idiots of Ants โ This Is War John Bishop โ Elvis Has Left the Building Jon Richardson โ This Guy at Night Russell Kane โ Human Dressage Tom Wrigglesworth โ Tom Wrigglesworth's Open Return Letter to Richard Branson [1] |
2010 | Russell Kane โ Smokescreens and Castles | Bo Burnham โ Words, Words, Words Greg Davies โ Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog Josie Long โ Be Honourable Sarah Millican: Chatterbox[2] |
2011 | Adam Riches โ Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches | Andrew Maxwell โ The Lights Are On Chris Ramsey โ Offermation Josie Long โ The Future Is Another Place Nick Helm โ Dare to Dream Sam Simmons โ Meanwhile [3] |
2012 | Doctor Brown โ Befrdfgth | Claudia O'Doherty โ The Telescope James Acaster โ Prompt Josie Long โ Romance and Adventure Pappy's โ Last Show Ever! Tony Law โ Maximum Nonsense |
2013 | Bridget Christie โ A Bic for Her | Carl Donnelly โ Now That's What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V James Acaster โ Lawnmower Max & Ivan โ The Reunion Mike Wozniak โ Take The Hit Nick Helm โ One Man Mega Myth Seann Walsh โ The Lie-in King |
2014 | John Kearns โ Shtick | Alex Horne โ Monsieur Butterfly James Acaster โ Recognise Liam Williams โ Capitalism Romesh Ranganathan โ Rom Wasn't Built in a Day Sam Simmons โ Death of a Sails-Man Sara Pascoe โ Sara Pascoe vs History |
2015 | Sam Simmons โ Spaghetti for Breakfast | James Acaster โ Represent Joseph Morpurgo โ Soothing Sounds for Baby Kieran Hodgson โ Lance Nish Kumar โ Long Word. Long Word.. Blah Blah Blah.. I'm So Clever Sarah Kendall โ A Day in October Seymour Mace โ Seymour Mace Is Niche as F**k! Trygve Wakenshaw โ Nautilus |
Edinburgh Comedy Awards (known as the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards since 2016) | ||
Year | Main prize winner | Main prize nominees |
2016 | Richard Gadd โ Monkey See Monkey Do | Al Porter โ At Large James Acaster โ Reset Kieran Hodgson โ Maestro Nish Kumar โ Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout The Words Real Loud Randy Feltface โ Randy Writes A Novel Tom Ballard โ The World Keeps Happening Zoe Coombs Marr โ Trigger Warning |
2017 | Hannah Gadsby โ Nanette
John Robins โ The Darkness of Robins |
Ahir Shah โ Control Elf Lyons โ Swan Jordan Brookes โ Body of Work Mae Martin โ Dope Mat Ewins โ Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman Sophie Willan โ Branded Spencer Jones โ The Audition |
2018 | Rose Matafeo โ Horndog | Ahir Shah โ Duffer Alex Edelman โ Just For Us Felicity Ward โ Busting A Nut Glenn Moore โ Glenn Glenn Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It Kieran Hodgson โ '75 Larry Dean โ Bampot |
Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards | ||
Year | Main prize winner | Main prize nominees |
2019 | Jordan Brookes โ I've Got Nothing | Darren Harriott โ Good Heart Yute Demi Lardner โ Ditch Witch 800 Goodbear โ Dougal Ivo Graham โ The Game of Life Jessica Fostekew โ Hench London Hughes โ To Catch a D*ck Spencer Jones โ The Things We Leave Behind The Delightful Sausage โ Ginster's Paradise |
2020 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
2021 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe in reduced scope due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
2022 | Sam Campbell โ Comedy Show | Alfie Brown โ Sensitive Man Colin Hoult โ The Death of Anna Mann The Delightful Sausage โ Nowt but Sea Jordan Gray โ Is It a Bird? Josh Pugh โ Sausage, Egg, Josh Pugh, Chips and Beans Larry Dean โ Fudnut Lauren Pattison โ It Is What It Is Liz Kingsman โ One-Woman Show Seann Walsh โ Is Dead. Happy Now? |
Edinburgh Comedy Awards (sponsored by Sky, DLT Entertainment and the Victoria Wood Foundation) | ||
Year | Main prize winner | Main prize nominees |
2023 | Ahir Shah โ Ends | Ania Magliano โ I Can't Believe You've Done This Emmanuel Sonubi โ Curriculum Vitae Ian Smith โ Crushing Janine Harouni โ Man'oushe Julia Masli โ ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Kieran Hodgson โ Big in Scotland Phil Ellis โ Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show |
Best Newcomer Award
Best Newcomer Award | ||
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Year | Winner | Nominees |
1992 | Harry Hill โ Flies! | |
1993 | Dominic Holland โ Red Hot Dutch with Dominic | |
1994 | Scott Capurro โ Risk Gay | |
1995 | Tim Vine โ The Tim Vine Fiasco | |
1996 | Milton Jones โ The Head | |
1997 | Arj Barker โ Arj Barker's Letter to America | |
1998 | The Mighty Boosh, with Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Rich Fulcher | Chris Addison Jason Byrne Jon Reed Paul Foot |
1999 | Ben'n'Arn's Big Top, with Ben Willbond, Arnold Widdowson | Infinite Number of Monkeys, with Tim FitzHigham and James Cary โ Sketch Comedy of Hypotheticals The Arthur Dung Show, with Dave Lamb and Jim North Wil Anderson โ Wilennium |
2000 | Noble and Silver | Andrew Clover โ A Man of Substance in a World of Filth Dan Antopolski โ Second Coming David O'Doherty โ David O'Doherty's The Boy Who Saved Comedy |
2001 | Garth Cruickshank & Eddie McCabe - Let's Have a Right Royal Shambles | Andy Zaltzman โ Andy Zaltzman versus the Dog of Doom, with John Oliver Cambridge Footlights โ Far too Happy, with Edward Jaspers, Tim Key, Day Macaskill, James Morris, Mark Watson and Sophie Winkleman Danny Bhoy |
2002 | The Consultants โ Finger in the Wind | Hal Cruttenden Natalie Haynes Reginald D. Hunter |
2003 | Gary Le Strange โ Polaroid Suitcase | Alex Horne โ Making Fish Laugh with Tim Key Michael McIntyre Miles Jupp โ Gentlemen Prefer Brogues |
2004 | Wil Hodgson โ The Passion Of The Hodgson | Alun Cochrane โ My Favourite Words in My Favourite Stories Joanna Neary โ Joanna Neary is not feeling herself Sabotage: In Fine Form, aka Shenoah Allen and Mark Shavez |
2005 | Tim Minchin โ Dark Side | Charlie Pickering โ Betterman Mark Watson โ 50 years before I die Rhod Gilbert โ Rhod Gilbert's 1984 Toulson and Harvey, aka Stephen Harvey and Luke Toulson |
2006 | Josie Long โ Kindness & Exuberance | Fat Tongue with Sophie Black, Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri Burns God's Pottery โ Concert for Lavert Russell Kane โ Russell Kane's Theory of Pretension |
2007 | Tom Basden โ Won't Say Anything | Jon Richardson โ Spatula Pad Micky Flanagan โ What Chance Change? Zoe Lyons โ Fight or Flight |
2008 | Sarah Millican โ Sarah Millican's Not Nice | Mike Wozniak Pippa Evans |
2009 | Jonny Sweet โ Mostly About Arthur | Carl Donnelly โ Relax Everyone, It's Carl Donnelly! Jack Whitehall โ Nearly Rebellious Kevin Bridges โ An Hour to Sing for Your Soul Pete Johansson โ Naked Pictures of My Life |
2010 | Roisin Conaty โ Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar | An Audience with Imran Yusuf Asher Treleaven โ Secret Door Gareth Richards โ Stand Up Between Songs Late Night Gimp Fight! The Boy With Tape on His Face |
2011 | Humphrey Ker โ Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher | Cariad Lloyd โ Lady Cariad's Characters The Chris and Paul Show Hannibal Buress โ My Name is Hannibal โ The Hannibal Montanabal Experience Josh Widdicombe โ If This Show Changes One Life Holly Walsh โ Hollycopter Thom Tuck โ Thom Tuck Goes Straight-to-DVD Totally Tom |
2012 | Daniel Simonsen โ Champions | David Trent โ Spontaneous Comedian Discover Ben Target Joe Lycett โ Some Lycett Hot Sam Fletcher โ Good on Paper |
2013 | John Kearns โ Sight Gags For Perverts | Aisling Bea โ C'est La Bea Liam Williams Matt Okine โ Being Black & Chicken & S#%t Romesh Ranganathan โ Rom Com |
2014 | Alex Edelman โ Millennial | Dane Baptiste โ Citizen Dane Gein's Family Giftshop โ Gein's Family Giftshop Volume 1 Lazy Susan โ Extreme Humans Lucy Beaumont โ We Can Twerk it Out Steen Raskopoulos โ I'm Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business |
2015 | Sofie Hagen โ Bubblewrap | Adam Hess โ Salmon Daphne โ Daphne Do Edinburgh Larry Dean โ Out Now! John Henry Falle โ The Story Beast Tom Ballard โ Taxis & Rainbows & Hatred Tom Parry โ Yellow T-shirt |
2016 | Scott Gibson โ Life After Death | Bilal Zafar โ Cakes Brennan Reece โ Everglow Jayde Adams โ 31 Michelle Wolf โ So Brave Nath Valvo โ Happy Idiot |
2017 | Natalie Palamides โ LAID | Chris Washington โ Dream Big (Within Reason) Darren Harriott โ Defiant Ed Night โ Anthem for Doomed Youth Kwame Asante โ Open Arms Lauren Pattison โ Lady Muck Lucy Pearman โ Maid of Cabbage Rob Kemp โ The Elvis Dead |
2018 | Ciarรกn Dowd โ Don Rodolfo | Maisie Adam โ Vague Olga Koch โ Fight Sara Barron โ For Worse Sarah Keyworth โ Dark Horse Sindhu Vee โ Sandhog |
2019 | Catherine Cohen โ The Twist? She's Gorgeous | Crybabies โ Danger Brigade Helen Bauer โ Little Miss Angel Baby Face Huge Davies โ The Carpark Janine Harouni โ Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated) Michael Odewale โ #BLACKBEARSMATTER Nigel Ng โ Culture Shocked Sophie Duker โ Venus |
2020 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
2021 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe in reduced scope due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
2022 | Lara Ricote โ GRL/LATNX/DEF | Amy Gledhill โ The Girl Before The Girl You Marry Emily Wilson โ Fixed Emmanuel Sonubi โ Emancipated Josh Jones โ Waste of Space Leo Reich โ Literally Who Cares?! Vittorio Angelone โ Translations |
2023 | Urooj Ashfaq โ Oh No! | Bill O'Neill โ The Amazing Banana Brothers Dan Tiernan โ Going Under Lindsey Santoro โ Pink Tinge Louise Young โ Feral Martin Urbano โ Apology Comeback Tour Paddy Young โ Hungry, Horny, Scared |
Panel Prize
Panel Prize | |
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Year | Winner |
2006 | Mark Watson โ For his 36 hour show during the festival |
2007 | Arthur Smith โ Arturart, an exhibition of comedians' artwork |
2008 | All the performers โ ยฃ4000 was put behind the bar in lieu of giving a prize[4] |
2009 | Peter Buckley Hill โ Peter Buckley Hill Free Fringe |
2010 | Bo Burnham โ Words, Words, Words |
2011 | The Wrestling โ Max & Ivan |
2012 | The Boy With Tape On His Face โ More Tape |
2013 | Adrienne Truscott โ Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One Lady Rape About Comedy |
2014 | Funz and Gamez |
2015 | Karen Koren โ Head of Gilded Balloon since 1986 |
2016 | Iraq Out & Loud: (Heroes of Fringe) โ Reading the Chilcot Report in Full |
2017 | No Panel Prize awarded, as the Best Show prize was awarded to both John Robins and Hannah Gadsby |
2018 | Angela Barnes, Sameena Zehra and Pauline Eyre for the Home Safe Collective[5] โ An initiative set up to help vulnerable groups get home safely |
2019 | Fringe of Colour[6] |
2020 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
2021 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe in reduced scope due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
2022 | Best in Class |
2023 | A Show for Gareth Richards |
Acts with multiple Best Show nominations
5 nominations
- Al Murray (won in 1999)
- James Acaster (5 nominations in consecutive years)
4 nominations
- Kieran Hodgson
3 nominations
- Ahir Shah (won in 2023)
- Russell Kane (won in 2010)
- Josie Long
- Adam Hills
- Sam Simmons (won in 2015)
2 nominations
- Andrew Maxwell
- Larry Dean
- Merry Mac Fun Show
- Daniel Kitson (won in 2002)
- David O'Doherty (won in 2008)
- Garth Marenghi (won in 2001)
- Jeremy Hardy (won in 1988)
- Jordan Brookes (won in 2019)
- Nick Helm
- Nish Kumar
- Pappy's
- Phil Nichol (won in 2006)
- Rich Hall (won in 2000)
- Sarah Kendall (nominated in 2004 and 2015)
- Seann Walsh
- Simon Fanshawe (won in 1989)
- Spencer Jones
- The Bodgers
- The Delightful Sausage
See also
References
- ^ Brown, Mark (11 July 2019). "TV channel Dave is new Edinburgh comedy awards sponsor". The Guardian. ISSNย 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "Two women make the shortlist". Chortle. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ^ "Best Comedy Show". Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Edinburgh festival: David O'Doherty wins if.comedy prize". the Guardian. 24 August 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Rose Matafeo wins the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners". Retrieved 29 August 2019.
External links
- Edinburgh Comedy Awards (Official Website)
- TV clip of sketch from the Cambridge Footlights 1981 show