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Edinburgh Festival anniversaries in 2010
15 Jul 2010
Anniversaries abound at this years festival, not least the the Comedy Awards and Assembly Rooms, both of which celebrate their 30th years.
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations
27 Aug 2009
Who's up for the Fringe's top prize?
The name may be up for debate, but what isn't in doubt is the prestige of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and the impact it can have on a comic's career. Known in its most memorable form as the Perrier Award from 1981 to 2005, followed by a brief stint…
If.comedy shortlist long on quality
21 Aug 2008Little to argue with over judges award selection
The rant was already prepared. How could they possibly let A on there when B has put together a far more impressive hour? C was absolutely hilarious: why have they let D & E in when they were funnier three years ago? And yet the good people sitting…
Edinburgh Festival If.comedy award shortlist announced
20 Aug 2008If.comedy nominees 2008 announced
The Intelligent Finance Comedy Awards are the UK's premier comedy awards now in its 28th year. It is given for the most outstanding up-and-coming, funny, original comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The nominees for the 2008 Intelligent…
Fears expressed over Fringe comedy festival breakaway plans
15 Apr 2008If.comedy award producer Nica Burns has warned against breakaway plans by four of the Edinburgh Fringe's main venues. Following recent news that the Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Underbelly and Pleasance venues plan to promote their own Edinburgh Comedy…
News round-up
23 Aug 2007
This year’s if.comedy awards are set to be sprinkled with a little Hollywood gold dust, when actor Christian Slater returns to the Edinburgh Fringe to announce the winner this week. Slater, who brought One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest to the Fringe in…
* If.comeddies winners
27 Aug 2006Canadian comic Phil Nichol has won this year's if.comeddies prize for his Stand show, The Naked Racist. Josie Long picked up the best newcomer award for Kindness and Exuberance, which is on at the Carfe Royal. Mark Watson has won the first panel…
* If.comeddies shortlist
23 Aug 2006The shortlist for the if.comeddies (formerly the Perrier) is out - it's all official now. The winners are announced at midnight on Saturday 26 August. MAIN LIST Russell Howard David O’Doherty Phil Nichol Paul Sinha We Are Klang…
