Edinburgh Comedy Awards | |
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Date | 1981 |
Location | Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
Country | Scotland |
Formerly called | Perrier Award, if.comeddies, if.comedy Awards, Dave Awards |
Reward(s) | £10,000 (Main prize), £5,000 (Other prizes) |
Currently held by | Amy Gledhill, Joe Kent-Walters |
Highlights | |
Don and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy Show | Amy Gledhill – Make Me Look Fit on the Poster |
DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer | Joe Kent-Walters – Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!! |
Victoria Wood Award (Formerly Panel Prize) | Rob Copland |
Website | www |
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]