Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Date1981
LocationEdinburgh Festival Fringe
CountryScotland
Formerly calledPerrier Award, if.comeddies, if.comedy Awards, Dave Awards
Reward(s)£10,000 (Main prize), £5,000 (Other prizes)
Currently held byAmy Gledhill, Joe Kent-Walters
Highlights
Don and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy ShowAmy Gledhill – Make Me Look Fit on the Poster
DLT Entertainment Best NewcomerJoe Kent-Walters – Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!
Victoria Wood Award (Formerly Panel Prize)Rob Copland
Websitewww.comedyawards.co.uk

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards (formerly the Perrier Comedy Awards, and also briefly known by other names for sponsorship reasons) are presented to the comedy shows deemed to have been the best at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Established in 1981, they are the most prestigious comedy prize in the United Kingdom.[1][2] The awards have been directed and produced by Nica Burns since 1984.[3]

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