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Chortle Awards 2023 results

Monday 6th February 2023, 10:24pm

Jazz Emu. Archie Henderson

Jazz Emu - real name Archie Henderson - won in two categories at tonight's Chortle Awards 2023. Other winners included Dara O Briain, Seann Walsh, Bob Mortimer, Joe Lycett and Zoe Lyons.

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Winners were chosen by the votes of 6,000+ Chortle readers, from shortlists compiled by a panel of industry figures, with the results announced at a ceremony in London hosted by Mark Watson and Shaparak Khorsandi.

The stand-ups taking part in the voting picked Janey Godley for the Comedians' Comedian title, whilst the offstage contribution award was handed to Peter Grahame, who has run the Downstairs At The Kings Head venue for more than 30 years.

The full results are:

Best newcomer

Lorna Rose Treen

Lorna Rose Treen

Other nominees: Joshua Bethania, Pravanya Pillay and Firuz Ozari.

Breakthrough act

Alasdair Beckett-King

Alasdair Beckett-King

Other nominees: Chloe Petts, Jordan Gray, Leo Reich, Lara Ricote and Vittorio Angelone.

Variety or character act

Jazz Emu. Archie Henderson

Jazz Emu

Other nominees: Crybabies, The Delightful Sausage, Flat & The Curves and Frankie Thompson.

Club comedian

Nina Gilligan

Nina Gilligan

Other nominees: Emmanuel Sonubi, Ian Stone, Jeff Innocent and Markus Birdman.

Best compere

Zoe Lyons

Zoe Lyons

Other nominees: Mark Olver, Rich Wilson and Thanyia Moore.

Best show

Seann Walsh

Seann Walsh
for Seann Walsh: Is Dead. Happy Now?

Other nominees: Crybabies (Bagbeard); Frankie Thompson (Catts); Glenn Moore (Will You Still Need Me...) and Jordan Gray (Is It A Bird?).

Best tour

Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain
for Dara O Briain: So... Where Were We?

Other nominees: Fascinating Aida; Jack Dee (Off The Telly) and Kevin Bridges (The Overdue Catch-Up).

Best podcast

From The Oasthouse, The Alan Partridge Podcast - Series 2. Steve Coogan

From The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast

Other nominees: Birthday Girls House Party; Pappy's Flatshare; Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat; and Seancecast with Charlie Dinkin and Zoë Tomalin.

Social media award

Jazz Emu. Archie Henderson

Jazz Emu

Other nominees: Alasdair Beckett-King; Alistair Green and The Northern Boys.

Book award

Crackanory. Bob Mortimer. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Bob Mortimer
for The Satsuma Complex

Other nominees: I'll Die After Bingo by Pope Lonergan; Nailing It by Rich Hall; and Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome.

Radio award

The News Quiz. Andy Zaltzman

The News Quiz

Other nominees: Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar, Mark Steel's In Town and Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel.

TV award

Taskmaster. Image shows from L to R: Greg Davies, Alex Horne. Copyright: Avalon Television

Taskmaster

Other nominees: Big Boys, Derry Girls, Detectorists, Inside No. 9 and The Lovebox In Your Living Room.

TV comedian

Joe Lycett's Big Pride Party. Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett

Other nominees: Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies and Judi Love.

Offstage contribution

Peter Grahame

Peter Grahame
Promoter of Downstairs At The Kings Head in Crouch End, London.

Comedian's Comedian

Janey Godley

Janey Godley

Venue awards

Best Comedy Venue
London: The Bill Murray, Islington
Scotland: Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
North: Hot Water, Liverpool
South: Komedia, Brighton
Midlands, West and Wales: Glee, Birmingham

Best Pro Comedy Night
London: Always Be Comedy at the Tommyfield, Kennington
North: XS Malarkey, Manchester
South: Forge Comedy Club, Brighton
Midlands, West and Wales: Comedy Cow, Milton Keynes
(Not enough votes were cast for a decisive winner in Scotland)

Best Open Mic Comedy Night
London: Comedy Bandits, Clapham
Scotland: Open Comedy, Leith
North: Beat The Frog, Manchester
South: Little Smash Comedy, Southend
Midlands, West and Wales: Comedy Loft, Bristol

Best Themed Comedy Night
London: Quantum Leopard
Outside London: The People's Comedy, Bristol


Here is a video featuring the acceptance speeches from Lorna Rose Treen, Peter Grahame, Georgia Keating (The News Quiz producer), Archie Henderson, Nina Gilligan, Christian Knowles (agent to Zoe Lyons) and Seann Walsh.

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