Edinburgh Comedy Awards
The Fringe Festival 2010 culminates on with the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards on Saturday 28th August, and gala performances on Sunday 29th and Monday 30th. A winner of the award in 1991,
Frank Skinner's show will be live from Edinburgh before the awards on Saturday at 8am and you can hear this year's winner talk to our own
Dave Gorman, himself a nominee in 2000, on Sunday morning at 10am.
Nominations for the 30th Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards were announced on Thursday 25 August 2010 and include occaisional Absolute Radio presenter Russell Kane and co-host of The Frank Skinner Show,
Gareth Richards.
The nominations for Best Comedy Show are:
• Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
• Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog
• Josie Long: Be Honourable!
• Russell Kane: Smokescreens and Castles
• Sarah Millican: Chatterbox
The nominations for Best Newcomer are:
• An Audience with Imran Yusuf
• Asher Treleaven: Secret Door
• Gareth Richards: Stand Up Between Songs
• Late Night Gimp Fight!
• Roisin Conaty: Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar
• The Boy With The Tape on His Face
Nica Burns, producer of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards said "Two fantastic 30th anniversary shortlists which reflect the enormous changes in the comedy landscape. For the first time two first class female comics, Josie Long and Sarah Millican, both Best Newcomer winners join 20 year old Bo Burnham in an outstanding Edinburgh debut, Greg Davies from We Are Klang in his first solo show and Russell Kane winning his third consecutive nomination. It took a very impassioned, intense debate to select the nominees from an extremely strong and diverse long list. 2010 will be remembered as a vintage year for comedy."
You can hear the winners speak to
Dave Gorman at 10am on Sunday 29 August.