Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Date	1981
Location	Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Country	Scotland
Formerly called	Perrier Award, if.comeddies, if.comedy Awards, Dave Awards
Reward(s)	£10,000 (Main prize), £5,000 (Other prizes)
Currently held by	Ahir Shah, Urooj Ashfaq
Highlights
Sky Best Comedy Show	Ahir Shah – Ends
DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer	Urooj Ashfaq – Oh No!
Victoria Wood Award (Formerly Panel Prize)	A Show for Gareth Richards
Website	www.comedyawards.co.uk

The Edinburgh Comedy Awards (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.^[1]^[2] The awards have been directed and produced by Nica Burns since 1984.^[3]

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