Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2024 nominations
- Best Show: Amy Gledhill, Catherine Bohart, Chris Cantrill, Josh Glanc, Natalie Palamides, Reuben Kaye, Sarah Keyworth
- Best Newcomer: Abby Wambaugh, Demi Adejuyigbe, Jack Skipper, Jin Hao Li, Joe Kent-Walters
- The winners, plus a recipient of the Victoria Wood Award, will be revealed on Saturday
Shortlists have been announced for the 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards at the city's Festival Fringe.
Presented by Nica Burns in association with DLT Entertainment and The Victoria Wood Foundation, the awards launched in 1981 and were previously best known as the Perriers, after their long-time mineral water sponsor.
Results will be announced at a ceremony at the festival, scheduled for early afternoon on Saturday, including the recipient of the Victoria Wood Award, which does not announce a shortlist. The prize money for Best Comedy Show is £10,000 with £5,000 each for the Best Newcomer and The Victoria Wood Award winner.
Don and Eleanor Taffner Best Comedy Show nominees
Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster
Catherine Bohart: Again, With Feelings
Reuben Kaye: Live and Intimidating
Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here
DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows
Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip
Jin Hao Li: Swimming in a Submarine
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!
This year's judging panel is chaired by Nana Hughes, Head of Scripted Comedy at ITV, with: Dominic Cavendish (theatre critic at The Daily Telegraph); Liz Daramola (Creator in Residence at Baby Cow Productions); Georgia Keating (producer at BBC Studios Comedy & Entertainment); Dominic Maxwell (comedy and theatre critic for The Times and The Sunday Times); Anya Ryan (comedy and theatre critic); and Darren Smith (Creative Director at DLT Entertainment).
The panel is completed by public members Sam Anderson, Jake Helliwell and Beth Moon.