PA MediaEnglish comedian Amy Gledhill won the award for best comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Comedy Awards director Nica Burns said the judges loved the fact that it “blends a script that reflects the genius of Victoria Wood, combined with the magical physicality of Julie Walters”..
For the first time in the competition’s 43-year history, male comedians were in the minority on the shortlist.
Gledhill, from Hull, is only the sixth solo comedian to win the award for best comedy with her show ‘Make Me Look Fit on the Poster’.
The award for best newcomer went to Joe Kent-Walters from Huddersfield.
Ms Burns said: “Amy Gledhill’s show is lighthearted, entertaining and full of laughter.
“It’s a show full of humor and so much heart that everyone in the audience falls completely in love with it and has a wonderful time.”
She added: “Joe Kent-Walters has created the extraordinary character of Frankie Monroe, who is both a love letter and a satire on the MC of a working men’s club.
“His performance is so great that it is hard to believe this is Joe’s first appearance at the Fringe Festival.
“Joe draws on a range of skills including mime, musical comedy and stand-up to transport you into Frankie’s world.”
PA MediaNana Hughes, chair of the judging panel, said: “The Edinburgh Festival Fringe offers artists a space to be bold, original and spontaneous.
“This is where a show can make its breakthrough and find an audience.
“Recommendations from strangers in queues for other shows can lead to exciting new discoveries; the phrase ‘Have you seen this?’ is uttered in late-night bars; audiences line the pavements outside venues vying for tickets. This is the true spirit of the Fringe.”
The winner of the Victoria Wood Award was Rob Copland.
