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The past Edinburgh Comedy Award winners you should know
Before we find out who won this year's prize, we've taken a look back over some of the most significant wins since the Edinburgh Comedy Awards began.
Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard, 21st August 2019Guilty Feminists to perform Four Yorkshirewomen sketch
It has not yet been revealed who will be appearing in the sketch at the Royal Albert Hall, but the latest line-up for the major event has just been confirmed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th June 2019Chortle Awards 2019 results
Sarah Keyworth, Suzi Ruffell, James Acaster, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Lazy Susan, Rachel Parris, Katherine Ryan and Hannah Gadsby are amongst the winners of the 2019 Chortle Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 18th March 2019Hannah Gadsby announces Nanette follow-up
'I don't have any intention of workshopping any of my traumas on stage again,' Gadsby says of her new live show, which will tour US and is named for her dog Douglas. The show follows her Edinburgh Comedy Award winning show Nanette.
Steph Harmon, The Guardian, 5th February 2019Is stand-up comedy doomed?
Whether it's censorship, problematic tweets or #MeToo, comics are being scrutinised like never before. Is there a 'new sense of panic' in the industry?
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 19th January 20192018 Review: Top Comedy Specials 2018
Here is a run-down of the best comedy specials out of the ones I have managed to see.
Beyond The Joke, 26th December 2018Do autistic people 'get' jokes?
Originally dubbed "little professors" by Viennese paediatrician Hans Asperger, autistic people have often been thought to be a rather serious bunch. So do autistic people even have a sense of humour?
Damon Rose, BBC, 15th December 2018How #MeToo has changed the stand-up scene forever
As soon as the revelations about Harvey Weinstein emerged last year, I knew this was a big moment. And not just because of what he allegedly did to that poor plant pot.
Ayesha Hazarika, Evening Standard, 18th October 2018John Cleese should stop moaning. Comedy's moved on
Monty Python was once the high benchmark of surrealist humour - but that was 45 years ago.
Fiona Sturges, The Guardian, 2nd August 2018Is political correctness changing comedy?
On the eve of the Edinburgh Fringe we ask: can you be funny and woke?
Dolly Alderton, The Times, 22nd July 2018