David Eagle has won another award for his Edinburgh Fringe show The Eagle is Candid.
Mervyn Stutter’s annual Spirit of the Fringe award was announced today, with recipients receiving their awards on Saturday 24th August.
The Mervyn Stutter “Spirit of the Fringe” Awards (aka “The MERVs”) have been running for 31 years. The award celebrates the talent, hard work, pluck and sheer doggedness demanded of performers from all genres on the Fringe to make a show a success. The awards were created to recognise those who show commitment in the face of little support or funding or those who have consistently provided audiences with quality entertainment over the years.
David Eagle commented: “What an honour. The list of previous winners is full of comedy legends. And now there’s me. I now feel like it’s incumbent on me to try and become more well-known in comedy, so as not to completely devalue this prestigious award.”
David also received an Outstanding Visually Impaired Award at the Neurodiverse Review Awards held earlier this week at Just the Tonic Nucleus, and has been shortlisted for Best Show at the ISH Comedy Awards.
David Eagle is a blind comedian and folk singer. In The Eagle Is Candid, David has been accosted by faith healers, bamboozled aggressive Australians and escaped arrest after a nocturnal accordion-based antisocial incident. “A comic tour de force” (The Guardian). Best Variety Show, Leicester Comedy Festival. “Brilliant, nuts, heartily recommend!” (Rufus Hound). Three-time winner, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of The Year.
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