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Rose Matafeo: Horndog wins Edinburgh best comedy show award

Rose Matafeo: Horndog has been announced as winner of Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards today.

The winner of the award for Best Newcomer is CiarĂ¡n Dowd: Don Rodolfo.

Nica Burns, Director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, said of New Zealander Rose Matafeo: “The fizzing charismatic 26 year old voice of  Millennials triumphs in a nail-bitingly close year. Funny and sassy she riffs about love, adolescence and social media obsession to a pop culture soundtrack. An utterly joyful adrenaline high.”

On CiarĂ¡n Dowd’s victory, Nica added: “An utterly original show, a totally hilarious spoof with a completely unexpected ending. Beautifully written, perfectly performed with the stylish wit of an outstanding comedy performer that is CiarĂ¡n Dowd. A star in the making.

The Panel Prize went to Angela Barnes, Sameena Zehra, Pauline Eyre and the Home Safe Collective. An idea catching the spirit of the Fringe, this initiative was started following the brutal murder of Eurydice Dixon, a Melbourne comic who was attacked on her way home from a gig. For the Edinburgh Fringe donations were used to set up account with CityCabs in Edinburgh, whose drivers are police checked. The Panel Prize of £5,000 will be donated to the Home Safe campaign to be used for next year’s Fringe.

The Awards were presented by 1992 Winner Steve Coogan and 2017 Best Comedy Show joint winner John Robins. The prize money for Best Comedy Show is £10,000 with £5,000 each for the Best Newcomer and the Panel Prize winner.

The nominees for Best Comedy Show were:

Ahir Shah: Duffer

Alex Edelman: Just For Us

Felicity Ward: Busting a Nut

Glenn Moore: Glenn Glenn Glenn, How Do You Like It, How Do You Like It

Kieran Hodgson:’75

Larry Dean: Bampot

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

The nominees for Best Newcomer were:

CiarĂ¡n Dowd: Don Rodolfo

Maisie Adam: Vague

Olga Koch: Fight

Sara Barron: For Worse

Sarah Keyworth: Dark Horse

Sindhu Vee: Sandhog

The winners and nominees can be seen at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala Show on Sunday 26th August at 16.30 at Pleasance at EICC. For ticket information visit https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/edinburgh-comedy-awards-gala-show

Katy Davies
Katy Davies
Interest in comedy, the arts and emerging voices.

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