The Annual Malcolm Hardee Awards
The Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality is given annually at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival "for comic originality of thought or performance". It is said that it will be presented until 2017 . Winners so far have been:
2005 - Reggie Watts
2006 - no award presented
2007 - Doktor Cocacolamcdonalds
2008 - Edward Aczel (nominees: Edward Aczel, Aindreas de Staic, The Fringe Box Office, Peter Buckley Hill, Otto Kuhnle)
2009 - Otto Kuhnle (nominees: Three Gaga Heads, Tim Key, Otto Kuhnle, Joey Page, George Ryegold)
2010 - Robert White (nominees: Dr Brown, Bo Burnham, Lewis Schaffer, Bob Slayer, Robert White)
2011 - Johnny Sorrow (nominees: Dr Brown, James Hamilton, Bob Slayer, Johnny Sorrow)
2012 - The Rubberbandits (nominees James Hamilton, The Rubberbandits, Simon Munnery)
The Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award is given for the best Fringe publicity stunt of the year. Winners so far have been:
2008 - Gill Smith
2009 - Lewis Schaffer (nominees: Lewis Schaffer, Shed Simove, Jennifer Warren and Charlotte Jo Hanbury)
2010 - Stewart Lee (nominees: Stewart Lee, Manos The Greek, Arthur Smith)
2011 - Kunt and the Gang + Bob Slayer (nominees: Tim FitzHigham, Kunt and the Gang, Sanderson Jones)
2012 - Stuart Goldsmith (nominees Nathan Cassidy, Chris Dangerfield, Stuart Goldsmith)
The Malcolm Hardee 'Act Most Likely to Win a Million Quid' Award was started in 2010
2010 - Bo Burnham (nominees: Bo Burnham, Greg Davies)
2011 - Benet Brandreth (nominees: Benet Brandreth, Josh Widdicombe)
2012 - Trevor Noah (nominees Tim FitzHigham, Trevor Noah, The Rubberbandits)
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