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The madness of the clique comedy awards at the Edinburgh Fringe

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Holly Walsh started her stand-up career in 2006. Building on appearance alongside Frank Skinner on TV’s Frank Skinner’s Skateboarding Dog, she was the runner up at the Amused Moose LaughOff 2006 at the Edinburgh Fringe (hosting it in 2009), won the Best Newcomer 2008 at the Chortle Awards, wrote for The Late Edition and Out to Lunch, appeared as a guest on The Now Show, was the continuity announcer on CBBC, been a panellist on 8 out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Today, after over five years in the business, Holly Walsh is nominated for “The

The Fringe by the numbers, for Sunday 21st August

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Cumulative stars awarded: 5 (Daily), 103 (Total). Time spent chasing up interviews: Not a lot actually, most people have good diary management this year. Creepy emails telling me how many judges have been in to see their show for the Perrier: 1. Number of people who still call the Comedy Award the Perrier: 53,301 Number of people who remember Fosters are this year’s sponsor: 4. And that was Sunday at the Fringe!

Nica Burns, the Eddies and the Edinburgh Fringe

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Better known in times past as the Perriers, and the If.comedy Award, the Edinburgh Comedy Awards (likely to be labelled The Eddies from here on in by the press) is one of many awards at the Fringe, but is probably the one that gets the most mainstream media coverage. Back in 2006 I spoke to Nica Burns about the organisation of the Awards, how it all works, and some of her memories of the Fringe. The more detailed discussions about sponsorship I’ve edited out here (that bit is  out of date!) but otherwise the Comedy Awards continue in 2009, and