Chris Cantrill wins Edinburgh Comedy Award
Comedian Chris Cantrill has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for best show, while Marty Gleeson took home the best newcomer prize. The event also recognized the charity benefit 'One Joke' with the Panel Prize for its contribution to the Fringe festival.
Why it matters
The Edinburgh Fringe is a globally significant cultural event, and these awards serve as major career milestones for performers in the comedy industry.
Chris Cantrill has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for best show - on the fourth time of being nominated.
On receiving the award at the Fringe, he said: 'I've got a lot of people to say thank you to because you can't get on this stage without a massive community of people.
'Top of the list: my wife Nicola... She's moved our entire lives around so I can do this. I have one day off and then I'm in London for SNL [where he is a writer]
'I just want to give a shout-out to the two biggest and best bald men in this city: director Tom Parry - he's come into the city for a shared pressured environment and he's just a great friend as well and big bald man John Stansfield... he's been fantastic.
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