Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Awards nominees
- Best Show: Alex Hylton, Paul Currie, Scott Bennett, Olga Koch, Nathan Cassidy, Troy Hawke
- Best Debut: Sikisa, Sian Davies, Chloe Petts, Fiona Ridgewell, Pascal Cameron
- The results will be announced at a ceremony on Monday 30th March 2020
A number of the comedians and venues who took part in Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 have been nominated in the annual awards organised to celebrate the event.
The awards, set up in 2006, aim to recognise the contribution people make to the February festival and include awards for Best Show, Best Debut Show, Best Venue, Best Promoter, Best Community Project and Contribution to Leicester Comedy Festival 2020.
The full list of nominees are:
Best Show
Alex Hylton: Get Rich or Die Cryin
Paul Currie: Trufficle Musk (2020)
Scott Bennett: Relax
Olga Koch: If/Then
Nathan Cassidy: Observational
Troy Hawke: Tiles Of The Unexpected
Best Debut Show
Sikisa: I'm A 7
Sian Davies: About Time
Chloe Petts: Alpha
Fiona Ridgewell: Contender
Pascal Cameron: Hairballs
Your Dad's Mum: Tues Night @ Social Club
Best Musical Show
Friz Frizzle: Heaven Knows I'm Friz Frizzle Now
MCUsical: The Unofficial Marvel Parody Musical
Good Kids: Golden Years
Harry & Chris: This One's For The Aliens
Best Impro Show
The Improlectuals
The Oxford Imps
Chris Betts vs The Audience
Rhymes Against Humanity: The Improvised Musical
Best Kids Show
It's Hot, It's Not
Joe Zalias: Horrible Stunts for Kids
The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Blue Planet III
Maths Madness with Kyle D Evans
Liberty Award
Doorstep Comedy Club
Esquires & Al Jumeirah Shisha Bar
Furthest From The Sea
PETER Pizzeria
Leicestershire Press & Demon FM
Best Promoter
Doorstep Comedy Club
Joke On Us
TripleCeePee
Furthest From The Sea
Just The Tonic
Community Award
Headway
Age UK Leicester
The Samaritans and LAMP
Warning Zone
New Horizons in British Islam
Contribution to LCF20
Barry Bulsara/Lest-ha! Poster
Sairah Butt - The BIG Weekend Harborough District
Patrick Monahan
Festival volunteers
Sturgess Motor Group & Charlie Sturgess
Business of the year
The Miller Partnership
24SevenSameDay
Red Monkey
Everards Brewery
Union JACK Radio
Eileen Richards Recruitment
The results will be announced at a private event taking place in Leicester on Monday 30th March 2020.
In addition to the awards above, a special Lifetime Contribution Award will also be presented on the night, to someone or an organisation who has made a significant contribution to the festival over a number of years.
For the third year running members of the public have been voting for their favourite venues. Meanwhile other awards are decided upon by a group of 28 members of the public who applied to become members of the awards panel.
Leicester Comedy Festival Director, Geoff Rowe, said: "The 2020 festival was incredible, with a significant increase in attendance and greater number of shows and national media coverage. Sales via the festival box office increased and we saw an increase in the total number of shows at the festival. Over 1600 people performed on stages across Leicester & Leicestershire. The festival would not be possible without the support we receive from acts, venues, promoters, volunteers and other organisations who work so hard to make the thing happen every February. The Festival awards are a great way for us to acknowledge all these people and the event has grown in importance in recent years. We're looking forward to opening the gold envelopes and announcing the winners on the night."