Nina Gilligan named Comics' Comic 2024
- Best Comic: Nina Gilligan
- Best MC: Hayley Ellis
- Outstanding Contribution To UK Comedy: Janey Godley
Stand-up Nina Gilligan has been awarded the Best Comic title in the Comics' Comic awards.
As in previous years, the results were determined exclusively via poll of comedians working on the UK comedy circuit.
Gilligan says: "I was thinking about retirement and then I got the news about this. It has got to be the most meaningful of all awards to comedians. This will cheer me up everytime I think about it. It's a huge compliment being recognised by the people you admire. I definitely don't feel worthy but I do feel really, really good about it!! - Please don't take it off me. Thank you to all the funny, talented and very hard working people I have the privilege of gigging with."
Best MC
"What a lovely start to the year. Thanks so much to everyone who voted it really means a lot."
Best Independent Promoter
Spiky Mike (Funhouse Comedy)
"Huge thanks to everybody who voted for us and to all the wonderful comedians who have played our clubs over the past 22 years. Times are tough and people need to be cheered up, so it's a great pleasure to be part of an industry that makes people laugh and brings great joy. It's also been inspiring to see acts such as Josh Pugh and Scott Bennett doing their first ever gigs at our gong shows, progressing to becoming stars."
Outstanding Contribution To UK Comedy
This title was posthumously awarded to Godley, who died in November.