Each year, we organise an Awards Ceremony, to celebrate the best shows, venues, promoters and many other brilliant people taking part in the Festival. ​

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How does it work? 

An independent Award panel, including about 20 people from all over the UK, attend shows that signed up to be considered for an award. They regularly meet and discuss the shows they've seen, and after the Festival, they communicate their shortlists and finalists for each category to our team for the Awards Ceremony. 

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What are the categories? 

In 2024 the categories were:

Best Show, Best New Show, Best Debut Show, Best Kids' Show, Best Variety Show, Audience Choice, Best Promoter, Best Large Venue, Best Small Venue, Best New Venue, Liberty Award, Legend of Comedy, Contribution to Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, The Chris Maughan Lifetime Contribution Award, The Tracey Miller Community Award, Business Contribution and Student of the Year.

The winners & nominees for the Leicester Comedy Festival and The UK Kids’ Comedy Festival awards 2023 were:

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Best Show

• Daniel Foxx: Villain

• Darran Griffiths: Inconceivable

• Winner: Joe Kent-Walters: An Audience With Frankie Monroe

• Michael Brunstrom: Copernicus Now

• Milo Edwards: Sentimental

• Thanyia Moore: August

 

Best Debut Show

• Hannah Platt: Defence Mechanism

• Winner: Jack Skipper: Work in Progress

• Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva

• Kathy Maniura: Objectified

• Kayleigh Jones: I Fed My Dad To A Pelican

• Kev Mud: Homeless Sex Biscuit

 

Best New Show

• George Lewis: Men Behaving Dadly

• ‘Jake Lambert: The Sunshine Kid (Work in Progress)

• James Trickey: Don’t Count On Me (WIP)

• Luke Rollason: Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair

• Rich Wilson: The Train, The Story and The Bump

• Winner: Susie McCabe: Work in Progress

 

Best Variety Show

• Alex Camp: Songs About Love & Food

• Bad Clowns: Hostage

• Winner: David Eagle: Flying Solo

• Lil Wenker: Bangtail

• Josh Glanc: Collections

• Fanny Dent: The Burlesque Imposter

• Will BF: The Last Gun

• The Totally Improvised Musical

 

Best Kids' Show

• Jeddy Bear & Gary’s Chemistry of Chaos

• Jody Kamali: Mr Sleepybum

• Winner: Olaf Falafel’s Stupidest Super Stupid Show (Yet)

• Strictly Barking

• The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show

 

Contribution to Leicester Comedy Festival 2023

• Contribution to Leicester Comedy Festival 2024

• 14/48

• Winner: Ben Robinson (creator of the Leicester Comedy Festival app)

• Reflections Design – for Laughter Pop

• Peril Design / Paul Banks

 

Best Promoter

• Foxy Comedy

• Winner: Jokes On Us

• Just The Tonic

• Late Stage

• Monster Comedy

• TripleCeePee

 

Tracey Miller Community Award

• Winner: All In Leicester

• Better Points

• Kate Frow of Foxton Primary School

• Leicester Libraries

• Menphys

 

Liberty Award

• Festival Hub

• Laura Wilkinson – Popcorn Funnies

• Lukewarm Losers

• Winner: Weirdos Comedy Weekender

 

Business Contribution Award

• Hotel Brooklyn Leicester

• Howes Percival LLP

• Menphys

• Phoenix

• Soft Touch Arts & Jerroms Miller Specialist Tax

• Winner: The Beautiful Pubs Collective

• TT Country Events

• Warning Zone Life Skills

 

Best Small Venue

• Firebug

• King Richard III Pub

• Peter Pizzeria

• The Big Difference

• Winner: The Black Horse

 

Best Large Venue

• Curve Theatre

• De Montfort Hall

• Market Harborough Market Hall

• Mountsorrel Memorial Centre

• Winner: The Y Theatre

• Wycliffe Rooms

 

Best New Venue

• East Street Lanes

• James Café Bistro

• Phoenix Terrace Room

• Winner: Real Ale Classroom

 

Student of the Year

• Amisha Brandreth (Crosscut)

• Caitlin Harries (AMAN)

• Ellie Skinner – Lukewarm Losers (Demon)

• Fengjiao Li – Asia Behind The Scenes (Demon)

• Liv Mills (AMAN)

• Winner: Molly Wilby (Aman)

• Peter Wan – Hamster’s Cage (Demon)

• Rhian Hiorns (Crosscut)

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Chris Maughan Lifetime Contribution Award

• Winner: Rob Gee

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Legend of Comedy

• Winner: Jenny Eclair