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Award Nominees Announced
Comedians and venues who took part in Leicester Comedy Festival 2010 have been announced as nominees in the annual awards organised to celebrate the event. .... - More Info
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Leicester Comedy Festival hits the big screen!!
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Leicester Comedy Festival : 5th - 21st February 2010
“A jewel” The Guardian
“Big & juicy” The Independent
WINNER OF THE LEICESTER MERCURY COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED
Josh Widdicombe is this year's winner of the prestigious Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award. Josh, who was nominated by comedy promoter Simon Pearce , was presented with his award and a cheque for £1,000 by Arthur Smith at The Y in Leicester on Saturday 20th February.
Josh said of winning the award “ I’m delighted, shocked and excited. It’s such an honour to be on same list as so many incredible past winners. Stand up is a long road and now I just have to gig and write and get better”.
Now in its sixteenth year, the stellar list of past winners includes Mitch Benn, Jason Manford, Rhod Gilbert, Henry Paker and Johnny Vegas. The Award is for "up and coming" stand-ups, all nominated by eight top comedy promoters from across the UK, and is one of the highlights of the annual Leicester Comedy Festival.
The judges for this year's Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Competition were Julian Hall – The Independent, Corrie McGuire - Objective Talent Management, Alex Dawson – Leicester Mercury, Flo Collins – Off The Kerb Productions and Brett Vincent – Underbelly Management.
The 17th Leicester Comedy Festival, the longest running-comedy festival in the UK ended on Sunday 21st February. Director Geoff Rowe said of this year's festival “This year over 500 people have performed on over 40 stages as part of Leicester Comedy Festival and there have been a record number of sold out shows. Extending the festival to 17 days has given us greater impact and lots of positive feedback from audiences. Acts have loved playing the festival and I’d like to thank all the performers and promoters and everyone involved. Can we go to sleep now?!”
AND.. The Leicester Comedy Festival Award Nominees have been announced! Check out the news section for more details!
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