Producer Nica Burns, Director of Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards has announced the names of those appointed to the judging panel for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The panel will be made up of:
Adnan Ahmed, Chair: Producer, Sky Studios Comedy
Cherie Cunningham: Channel Director, Dave
Ashley Davies: Freelance Arts Journalist, Metro Scotland and Times Scotland’s Alba
Joe Hullait: Commissioning Executive, Channel 4 Comedy
Isobel Lewis: Comedy Critic and Culture Journalist, Independent
Dominic Maxwell: Comedy Critic, The Times
Pete Strauss: Executive Producer, BBC Studios Audio
Paul Abbey: Public Competition Winner
Jo Kinsella: Public Competition Winner
Monique May Munroe: Public Competition Winner
Nominations will be announced on 24 August and the ceremony when the winners will be revealed will be held at Dovecot Studios on 27 August.
The Awards categories are:
- Best Comedy Show – with a cash prize of £10,000
- Best Newcomer – with a cash prize of £5,000
- Panel Prize – with a cash prize of £5,000.
Nica Burns said: “After a two-year worldwide hiatus, the renowned Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards are delighted to be back with an exciting and experienced judging panel looking forward to discovering new talent in 2022. Along with Dave, who return as proud sponsors of the Awards this August, we are celebrating 40 years of an incredibly rich comedy heritage. Over the four decades many of our nominees and winners have become household names in the UK and internationally. We are proud of them all.”
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