Nominees Announced For The 2016 lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards

For the first time, we’re the proud official sponsor of lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2016. And today, we’re happy to announce who caught the judges eye at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

The hard-working judges watched over 1400 visits shows, and hand-picked the best talent.

Previous winners of this award read like a who’s who of comedy – Frank Skinner, Sean Hughes, Lee Evans and Al Murray to name a few – so this year’s nominees are in very good company.

Here are the nominations for the lastminute.com Best Comedy Show

This international list has four UK artists, three Australians and a Dubliner hoping to take home the coveted comedy trophy.

• Al Porter: At Large
• James Acaster: Reset
• Kieran Hodgson: Maestro
• Nish Kumar: Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Unless You Shout the Words Real Loud
• Randy Writes A Novel: Randy Writes A Novel
• Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do
• Tom Ballard: The World Keeps Happening
• Zoe Coombs Marr: Trigger Warning

“2016 reflects the breadth and quality of comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe with eight nominations for Best Comedy Show for the second year running.
Four outstanding stand-ups, a female comic performing in character as Dave, a novel-writing puppet, a wonderful story teller and a comic who is as moving as he is funny.”

– Nica Burns, producer of the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards

The nominations for the lastminute.com Best Newcomer are:

• Bilal Zafar: Cakes
• Brennan Reece: Everglow
• Jayde Adams: 31
• Michelle Wolf: So Brave
• Nath Valvo: Happy Idiot
• Scott Graham: Life After Death

“The six nominees for the Newcomer award are equally international with an Australian and an American, and the vibrancy of the Scottish stand up scene is reflected in the nomination of Glaswegian Scott Gibson and the Best Show nominee, Richard Gadd.”

– Nica Burns, producer of the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards

When are the winners announced?

The winners will be announced on Saturday 27th August with the shortlisted acts appearing at the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show on Sunday 28th August 2016.

And to the winners, the spoils: the Best Comedy Show has a cash prize of £10,000 and the Best Newcomer scooping a cash prize of £5,000. There’s also a special Panel Prize of £5,000.

Be the first to see these hot Edinburgh comedy stars in London

For three Mondays in a row you can see the cream of this year’s Edinburgh comedy talent appearing at London’s Lyric Theatre.

They’ve had all of August to hone their acts at The Fringe – so expect them to be top of their game.

Tickets are already on sale for The Fringe Comedy Awards Show, which will have a selection of the above nominees from 2016 appearing live.

Prices start from £22.50 – Get tickets here

Looking for more laughs?

We’ve got more comedy nights lined up for you in London, as well as cities up and down the country.

If you want to find out more about where to watch stand-up –  these three guides on comedy clubs in Manchester, Bristol and London should get you started.

And finally visit our new comedy page to get tickets for some of the best gigs.

Who would make your comedy shortlist?

Did you catch any of the nominees at the Edinburgh Fringe? We’d love to hear who your favourite funny people – let us know who’d make your dream line-up by leaving a comment below.

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