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Edinburgh Festival If.comedy award shortlist announced

If.comedy nominees 2008 announced

20 Aug 2008

The Intelligent Finance Comedy Awards are the UK's premier comedy awards now in its 28th year. It is given for the most outstanding up-and-coming, funny, original comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The nominees for the 2008 Intelligent…

Fears expressed over Fringe comedy festival breakaway plans

15 Apr 2008

If.comedy award producer Nica Burns has warned against breakaway plans by four of the Edinburgh Fringe's main venues. Following recent news that the Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Underbelly and Pleasance venues plan to promote their own Edinburgh Comedy…

* If.comeddies winners

27 Aug 2006

Canadian comic Phil Nichol has won this year's if.comeddies prize for his Stand show, The Naked Racist. Josie Long picked up the best newcomer award for Kindness and Exuberance, which is on at the Carfe Royal. Mark Watson has won the first panel…

* If.comeddies shortlist

23 Aug 2006

The shortlist for the if.comeddies (formerly the Perrier) is out - it's all official now. The winners are announced at midnight on Saturday 26 August. MAIN LIST Russell Howard David O’Doherty Phil Nichol Paul Sinha We Are Klang…

If.comedy shortlist long on quality

Little to argue with over judges award selection

21 Aug 2008

The rant was already prepared. How could they possibly let A on there when B has put together a far more impressive hour? C was absolutely hilarious: why have they let D & E in when they were funnier three years ago? And yet the good people sitting…

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