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Leicester Comedy Festival 2022 Award nominees

Friday 25th February 2022, 6:47pm

Leicester Comedy Festival

Nominees for Leicester Comedy Festival's annual awards have been announced.

The awards, now in their 16th year, recognise contributions to the long-running February-based festival.

Best Show

Milo McCabe

Troy Hawke: Sigmund Troy'd

Garrett Millerick

Garrett Millerick: Just Trying To Help

Russell Hicks. Copyright: David Geli

Russell Hicks: The Age of Hicks

Sarah Callaghan

Sarah Callaghan: Revolting

Weirdos Comedy

Weirdos Comedy Presents: The Envelopes

Sikisa

Sikisa: Twerk in Progress

Best New Show

Ania Magliano

Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not

Good Kids. Image shows left to right: Tom Towelling, Kieran Flynn

Good Kids

Sasha Ellen

Sasha Ellen

Christian Brighty

Christian Brighty: Playboy

Best Kids Show

Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles

Seska: Frootytooty

The Discount Comedy Checkout

Best Online Event

Spit or Swallow Podcast: Live!

Marvel versus Marvel: The Live Podcast

No More Jockeys

Loremen: Live

Best Impro/Music Show

Jon Pearson: What You Been Up To

Consignia: Zen & M's

CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation

Myra Dubois

Alex Leam: The Joy of the Deck

Missimp: It's A Trap! The Improvised Star Wars Show

Contribution to Leicester Comedy Festival 2022

Fox Books

NextUp Comedy

All Puns Blazing contributors

BID Leicester

Tracey Miller Community Award

Vista

Menphys

Leicester City in the Community

Best Promoter

Just the Tonic

TripleCeePee

Jokes on Us

Kirsty Munro & Masai Graham/Bradders

Laughter Loft

The Doorstep Comedy Club

Liberty Award

This award is for a person or group who have helped to make the festival particularly festive.

NextUp Comedy

Kirsty Munro & Masai Graham/Bradders

Fox Books

Business of the Year

The Gresham Aparthotel

Esquires Coffee Leicester

The Miller Partnership

PPL PRS Ltd

The Belmont Hotel

Student of the Year

Ella Cohen - Falmouth University

Calum Travers - De Montfort University

Robyn Templeman - De Montfort University

Millie Mantell - De Montfort University

Isaac Munslow - De Montfort University

Hannah Clark - De Montfort University


The winner's of this year's awards will be announced at a ceremony taking place on Monday 28th March.

A lifetime achievement award will also be presented at the ceremony, along with awards for the best venues and a Legend of Comedy title which recognises outstanding achievement to British comedy.

The 2022 Leicester Comedy Festival featured almost 800 individual performances across 62 venues in the city, with a number also streamed worldwide via the NextUp Comedy platform.

Founding director Geoff Rowe says: "After a really difficult few years, the fact that so many comedians are developing new shows, and trying them out for the very first time at the festival, helps show that the future is looking positive for British comedy. Thank you to everyone who continues to work with us to produce the festival and we look forward to seeing you all again next year when we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Leicester Comedy Festival. But first, can we have a little rest and hopefully some sleep?"

The 30th Leicester Comedy Festival & The UK Kids' Comedy Festival will take place from 8th to 26th February 2023.

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