You Must Be Joking
Sponsored by mobile phone giant, Vodafone, the Festival also promotes a new act competition, You Must Be Joking. The winners to date are:
- 2010: Matt Richardson
- 2009: Ian Smith (comedian) 2nd Matthew Highton
- 2008:
- 2007: Hannah Dunleavy, 2nd Gareth Richards
- 2006: Tim Telling
- 2005: Papa CJ
- 2004: Imran Yusuf
In 2006, Wisecrackers, a stand-up competition/professional mentoring programme for young people was also launched. In 2006 the winner was Christian Robertson. In 2007, the winners for the 16-18 category were Jacob Guberg and Alexander Quayle.
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