A short post before my final weekend of Edinburgh Comedy Festival 2015.
Today to punctuate the mild tedium of a training day I was refreshing my twitter feed having followed the Edinburgh Comedy Awards twitter profile in anticipation of today's nomination announcement. After the longest nomination debate in the award's history, they were finally announced just before 4pm.Suffice to say, I was rather excited after seeing the nominations.
The nominees are:
Best Comedy Show:
James Acaster: Represent
Joseph Morpurgo:Soothing Sounds for Baby
Kieran Hodgson: Lance
Nish Kumar: Long Word. Long Word.. Blah Blah Blah.. I'm So Clever
Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast
Sarah Kendall: A Day in October
Seymour Mace is Niche as F**k!
Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus
Best Newcomer:
Adam Hess: Salmon
Daphne Do Edinburgh:
Larry Dean: Out Now!
Sofie Hagen: Bubblewrap
The Story Beast
Tom Ballard: Taxis & Rainbows & Hatred
Tom Parry: Yellow T-shirt
As I've got a ticket to see Adam Hess on Friday, this means I'll have watched 4 shows nominated for an award this year - a new personal best!
James Acaster is probably the favourite to win the Best Show award given that this is his 4th nomination (in a row, no less, and equaling Al Murray's number of nominations before winning on his 4th) he's probably overdue it. I'm hoping to catch Acaster in October in Sheffield during the Sheffield Comedy Festival.
It's great to see Kieran Hodgson be recognised for his work. He's long been recommended by many comics but I've never been convicted enough to make the effort; now I rather regret it. I hope he returns next year with just as formidible a show.
Lovely as well to see Nish Kumar finally be recognised - after a long climb through the comedy ladder to his current position and skill, he's reached a new high with his show - I've heard wonderful things and I can't wait to see him in London in December.
Fantastic to see the tremendously flexible and very clever and funny Trygve Wakenshaw recognised for Nautilus this year, an absolute joy to watch and a delight and privilige to have watched him.
However, I hope in my heart that Joseph Morpurgo takes the crown - his show was just so brilliant, so packed to the brim with silliness and sheer comedic flair and ultimately heart that it's really stayed with me, and I think it'll continue to stay, having made an indelible mark into my mind and heart. An outrageously excellent show.
With regards to newcomers, interesting to see Daphne be nominated after having heard a friend of a friend be rather disappointed by this. Their showcase sketch with Peter Pan really doesn't fly (pun intended) and I hear their material is rather patchy at best.
Parry's show was sadly a bit of a disappointment for me, his material not really quite reaching the proper punches for my liking, but he certainly had the energy and bravura of a top class comedian.
Adam Hess will be interesting to see - his show last year (ineligible as it was too short) had some very decent, solid material and given that he's beaten Jonny Pelham to a nomination, it'll be interesting to see how the two newcomers compare.
Liam Williams, the Pin and Alex Edelman are notable absences from the nominatons this year - perhaps the judges just weren't enamoured by William's and The Pin's tight writing, and it'll be interesting to see how Edelman performs this year compared to last year.
May the best act win on Saturday and here's to the final weekend!
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