Nica Burns
- Producer
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Andrew Doyle: we need a new alternative-comedy movement
Today's woke comics pose as edgy and anti-establishment. They're neither.
Andrew Doyle, Spiked, 24th January 2019Nica Burns's Fringe launch speech
Nica Burns, Director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, spoke today in praise of the late comedian Sean Hughes as she welcomed in the 2018 Fringe.
British Comedy Guide, 5th August 2018The problem with joke theft
When Dave's Funniest Jokes of the Fringe (for which I was on the judging panel, oh stop it's no big deal really) was released at the end of August I noticed a glug of something on social media. That glug was, to put it plainly, joke nickin'. People tweeting and updating their Facebook statuses with jokes I recognised from the list, which was distributed widely among the press, and not attributing the joke to the writer.
Kate Stone, Funny Women, 10th October 2017League Of Gentlemen to reunite (to present award)
1997 Best Comedy Show winners The League of Gentlemen are to present the 2017 lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd August 2017How Edinburgh changed British comedy
Comedy did not feature at all when the Edinburgh Fringe began but over the past three decades it has become the "spiritual home" of Britain's funny folk.
Steven Brocklehurst, BBC, 6th August 2017Nica Burns: give comedy more credit to culture
Comedy deserves more recognition for the contribution it has made to culture. That was the plea made by Nica Burns, producer of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, at a lunch for industry 'movers and shakers' on the first official day of this year's Fringe.
Chortle, 6th August 2017Edinburgh Comedy Awards judging panel announced
Nica Burns, Director of the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards, has revealed the judging panel for this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, including the editor of the British Comedy Guide.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th July 2017Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2016 shortlist
The shortlist for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2016.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2016Fringe comedy booming amid the gloom
Comedy acts are booming at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as audience seek a levity amid political and financial gloom, festival chiefs say.
Phil Miller, The Herald, 18th August 2016Nica Burns appeals for more support for new comedy
Edinburgh Comedy Awards director Nica Burns has appealed to broadcasters and newspapers to support new comedy.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 8th August 2016