THE LONG LIST, SHORT LIST & WINNERS

ISH COMEDY AWARDS WINNERS 2023
The judges voted for their winnners for Best Show and Best Newcomer - and both votes were tied - so the 2023 winners are joint winners in each category... 
BEST SHOW
Julia Masli - ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Paul Foot - Dissolve
BEST NEWCOMER
Dan Tiernan - Going Under
​Fiona Ridgewell - No-Nonsense
And the... 
PANEL PRIZE
​A Show for Gareth Richards - Mark Simmons and Danny Ward

The winners each received a magnificent tiny trophy!  Congratulations to the winners, to those short and long-listed and to everyone that had great shows at the EDINBURGH FRINGE 2023 - as we've said all along, you don't need us to tell you whether a comedy show is great, you just have to listen to the audience.  Who will win in 2024?
ISH COMEDY AWARDS SHORT LIST 2023
BEST SHOW
  • Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time - Assembly
  • Ian Smith: Crushing - Monkey Barrel
  • Janine Harouni: Man'oushe - Pleasance
  • Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - Monkey Barrel​
  • Luke Kempner in Gritty Police Drama: A One-Man Musical - Pleasance
  • Marjolein Robertson: Marj - The Stand
  • Paul Currie: Shtoom - Just The Tonic
  • Paul Foot: Dissolve - Underbelly​
  • Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show - Monkey Barrel
  • Seymour Mace Does Drawring - The Stand
  • Sid Singh: Table for One - Free Festival Cabaret Voltaire
ISH COMEDY AWARDS SHORT LIST 2023
BEST NEWCOMER
  • Dan Tiernan: Going Under - Monkey Barrel
  • Fiona Ridgewell: No-Nonsense - PBH Free Fringe Banshee Labyrinth​​
  • Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt - Underbelly
  • Lachlan Werner: Voices of Evil - Pleasance​ 
  • Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon - Pleasance​ 
The third prize is the PANEL PRIZE - there are no nominees etc for this one, the judges voted on anything else they wanted to give a prize to from all the amazing things happening on the Fringe.
ISH COMEDY AWARDS LONG LISTS 2023
After seeing the eligible shows, the judges for the ISH awards recommended any they thought were exceptional for the 'Long List' below.  
​Here is, in alphabetical order, the...
ISH COMEDY AWARDS LONG LIST 2023
BEST SHOW
  • Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps - Pleasance
  • Aidan Jones: Adult Adoption - Free Festival Counting House
  • Andrew O'Neill: Geburah - Monkey Barrel​
  • Ania Magliano: I Can't Believe You've Done This - Pleasance
  • Attack of the 36 Triple-G Woman - Space @ Symposium Hall
  • Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe 'n' Stuff - Free Festival The Three Sisters
  • Daniel Kitson: First Thing - Summerhall​​
  • ​David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat - PBH Free Fringe Banshee Labyrinth
  • Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time - Assembly
  • Eric Rushton: Not That Deep - Free Festival Cabaret Voltaire
  • Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt - Assembly
  • Gareth Mutch: Belter - The Stand
  • Huge Davies: Whodunnit - Pleasance
  • Ian Smith: Crushing - Monkey Barrel
  • Janine Harouni: Man'oushe - Pleasance
  • Jody Kamali: Things We Do for Love - Assembly​
  • Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - Monkey Barrel​
  • Laser Kiwi: Rise of the Olive - Assembly
  • Laura Davis: Well Don't Just Stand There Dancing - Monkey Barrel
  • Luke Kempner in Gritty Police Drama: A One-Man Musical - Pleasance
  • Mark Nelson: Bits & Pieces - Monkey Barrel
  • Marjolein Robertson: Marj - The Stand
  • Max and Ivan: Life, Choices - Pleasance
  • MC Hammersmith: Straight Outta Brompton - Monkey Barrel
  • Milo Edwards: Sentimental - Monkey Barrel
  • Paul Currie: Shtoom - Just The Tonic
  • Paul Foot: Dissolve - Underbelly
  • ​Paul Sinha: Pauly Bengali - The Stand's New Town Theatre
  • Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show - Monkey Barrel
  • Phil Kay: Funny Walks - Just The Tonic
  • Pierre Novellie - Why Are You Laughing? - Monkey Barrel
  • Police Cops: The Musical - Assembly​
  • Seymour Mace Does Drawring - The Stand
  • Sid Singh: Table for One - Free Festival Cabaret Voltaire
  • Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers - Monkey Barrel
ISH COMEDY AWARDS LONG LIST 2023
BEST NEWCOMER
  • Adrian Bliss: Inside Everyone - Pleasance
  • Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour - Pleasance
  • Alice Cockayne: I Showered Before I Came - Underbelly​​
  • Andre de Freitas: What If - Pleasance
  • Annabel Marlow: Is This OK? - Pleasance​​​​​
  • Dan Tiernan: Going Under - Monkey Barrel
  • Fiona Ridgewell: No-Nonsense - PBH Free Fringe Banshee Labyrinth
  • ​Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag - Assembly​​​
  • John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine - Pleasance​​
  • Kathy Maniura: Objectified - Gilded Balloon​
  • Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt - Underbelly
  • Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp - Monkey Barrel
  • Lachlan Werner: Voices of Evil - Pleasance​
  • Leila Navabi: Composition - Pleasance
  • Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon - Pleasance
  • Louise Young: Feral - Pleasance​
  • Moses Storm: Perfect Cult - Pleasance
  • Paddy Young: Hungry, Horny, Scared - Pleasance
  • Stu Murphy - Debut - Monkey Barrel
  • Tadiwa Mahlunge: Inhibition Exhibition - Pleasance