Edinburgh Fringe
Malcolm Hardee Awards 2024 nominations
- Comic Originality: Vinay Sagar, The Duncan Brothers, Elliot Wengler, Garry Starr, Mark Dean Quinn, Nate Kitch, Paulina Lenoir, Neil Davidson
- Cunning Stunt: Huge Davies, Luke Rollason, Thom Tuck, Tim Reeves
- Act That Should Make a Million Quid: Dylan Mulvaney, Finlay Christie, Garry Starr
The nominees for The Malcolm Hardee Awards 2024 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.
Comic Originality
10,000 Digits of Pi (Vinay Sagar)
The Duncan Brothers: Blood Sword
Mark Dean Quinn: Oh No (That's Not Your Cheese)
Nate Kitch: Tomorrow Might Not Happen; Now
The Thermos Museum (Neil Davidson)
Cunning Stunt
Huge Davies
For tricking people using mock-up national press covers suggesting that he had been cancelled.
Luke Rollason
For hiding 100 loo rolls with his face on in the toilets at performer bars.
Thom Tuck
For performing at a different time and a different location every day, so the audience has to engage on social media to find out where and when the show is.
Tim Reeves
For creating a pastiche brochure that satirises different kinds of shows at the Fringe.
Act That Should Make a Million Quid
The winners will be presented with their awards at the end of the festival.
The Malcolm Hardee Awards have run since 2005, the year of Malcolm Hardee's death. The judging panel is comprised of Marissa Burgess, Kate Copstick, Bruce Dessau, Jay Richardson, Claire Smith and Ian Wolf.
Previous winners can be seen via the Hardee Awards website
Test your knowledge of the history of the awards via the Malcolm Hardee Awards quiz