Edinburgh Fringe Awards & Highlights

if.comedy Newcomer Award for Tom Basden
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea cleans up with a Fringe First Award, a Herald Angel, the Carol Tambor Award and the Total Theatre Award for Best Emerging Company
The Container wins a Fringe First Award and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award
Bridget Christie wins the inaugral Funny Woman Fringe Award for her show The Court Of King Charles II
Hamell on Trial wins a Herald Angel Award
Elisabeth Gray wins The Stage Acting Award for Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath
25% increase in like-for-like ticket sales (ie excluding new venues) at Edinburgh Fringe
New 1,000+ capacity McEwan Hall Edinburgh Fringe venue for Silent Disco and three additional site-specific performance spaces in lorry, container and portaloo
UdderBELLY goes to Brighton Fringe Festival and hosts T4 Transmission concerts

Reginald D Hunter wins the Writers Guild Award,
Two Herald Angel Awards for Taylor Mac and Into the Hoods
Three nominations in The Stage Awards for Insomnobabble, Bitches and Money and Phil Nicol (Talk Radio)
36% increase in like-for-like ticket sales (ie excluding new venues)
New UdderBELLY 322-seat venue in shape of upside-down purple cow
New Cow Barn venue in Reid Hall

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Dan Tetsell wins Writers Guild Award for Sins of the Grandfathers
Reggie Watts wins inaugral Malcolm Hardee Award
John Oliver & Andy Zaltzman nominated for Dubble Act Award for Political Animal
17 five star shows and another 58 four star shows
138 shows in 10 performance spaces
New Baby Belly venue in the Caves on Niddry Street

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Perrier Award for Will Adamsdale in Jackson's Way
Fringe First Awards for The Ignatius Trail, Manchester Girl and The Jammer
Perrier Newcomer nomination for Joanna Neary in Joanna Neary is Not Feeling Herself
Amnesty Award nomination for Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
Free wireless broadband internet access in the venue
New WAP service for mobile browsers.
The Late Show featured Demetri Martin, Adam Hills, Reginald D Hunter, Flight of the Conchords, Jason Byrne, Jerry Sadowitz, Brendon Burns and many other top comedians
13 five star shows and a further 29 four star shows
Stewart Lee himself picked up 4 five star and 6 four star reviews.

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Underbelly Live features gigs from Athlete, Keane, The Thrills, Mark Owen, Skin, Ocean Colour Scene and others
Gary Le Strange wins Perrier Newcomer Award for Gary Le Strange - Polaroid Suitcase
Fringe First Award for The Echo Chamber
The Late Show featured Dara O'Briain, Daniel Kitson, Danny Bhoy, Adam Hills, Demetri Martin, Jo Caulfield, Dan Antopolski and many other top comedians
Aaron Barschak, the self-styled Comedy Terrorist gains massive media coverage for breaking into Prince William's birthday party in Windsor Castle

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Fringe First Award for 100
The Late Show featured Bill Bailey, Ross Noble, Jimmy Carr, Jerry Sadowitz, Andrew Maxwell and many other top comedians
11 five star shows out of 55 shows

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Ed Bartlam as producer of Double Edge Drama operates Underbelly venue under the umbrella of C Venues

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