Recorded live at the Festival Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe, this
show features the best comedy talent from around the world.
Type: Variety
Languages: English
Status: Ended
Runtime: 60 minutes
Premier: 2010-09-02
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The Edinburgh Comedy Awards or Eddies (formerly the Perrier Comedy
Awards, and also briefly known by other names for sponsorship reasons)
are presented to the comedy shows deemed to have been the best at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Established in 1981, they are the
most prestigious comedy prize in the United Kingdom. The awards have
been directed and produced by Nica Burns since 1984. The most recent
awards were given to John Robins, Hannah Gadsby and Natalie Palamides
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The main prize, which was for many years the only prize, and is now
known as the Best Comedy Show, is awarded “for the funniest, most
outstanding, up-and-coming comic / comedy show / act” at the Fringe. The
winner receives a cash prize of £10,000 and an invitation to perform at
the Montreal, Toronto and Chicago Just for Laughs Comedy Festivals. The
Best Newcomer Award category was introduced in 1992, and is given to the
best “performer or act who is performing their first full-length show
(50 minutes or more)”. The prize is £5,000. Newcomers are eligible for
the Best Comedy Show Award, but no act is allowed to appear on both
shortlists in the same year. A further prize, the Panel Prize, was
inaugurated in 2006. All shows are eligible, and the award may not be
awarded at all, if the panel so choose. This happened in 2017, when for
the first time there were joint winners of the main prize. Previously,
in 2008, it had been awarded to “every comedian on the Fringe”. Like
Best Newcomer, the Panel Prize winner receives a cash prize of £5,000.
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