In Association with Comic Boom and Victoria Nangle
Komedia is pleased to announce that the Komedia New Comedy Awards, in association with the award-winning Comic Boom comedy club and Arts Journalist Victoria Nangle, is open for entries for 2025, championing rising original comedic voices for its fourth year. Online entry launches on 16th September 2024, with the semi-finals and final taking place in January and February 2025.
Previous winners and finalists include Michael Akadiri, Jack Skipper, Sam Williams, Christian Jegard, Elaine Felllows, Matthew Ali, Shalaka Kurup, Daman Bamrah, and 2024 winner Andrew Fox – who continues to rise on the national comedy circuit, as well as working with Komedia Productions within the Brighton community.
MCs and judges for the competition include award winning television comedians and leading respected figures from the comedy industry, such worldwide promoter and comedy agent Mick Perrin, Beyond The Joke’s Bruce Dessau, award-winning comedy writer Tasha Dhanraj, Chortle’s Steve Bennett and BBC Comedy’s Lulu Baker.
Jill Edwards of Comic Boom comedy club said, “We’re passionate about discovering fresh comedy voices. Our aim is to raise the profiles of exciting new stand-up comics. This competition is always a journey of discovery.”
“My goodness, I’m so incredibly delighted to see so many of our KNCA alumni prospering with critically acclaimed solo shows, television and radio credits, and getting the recognition they truly deserve,” says Victoria Nangle.
“We’re thrilled to welcome a new crop of emerging comedians to the Komedia New Comedy Award 2025. Being a highlight in our comedy calendar we are looking forward to embracing the energy of new talent and can’t wait for the show to begin!” says Komedia co-founder Marina Kobler.
Marina Kobler (Komedia), Jill Edwards (Comic Boom) and Victoria Nangle (arts journalist) came together in 2020 to create this award and have been delighted to see it grow and attract new comedic talent each year. The aim of the Komedia New Comedy Award continues to be to discover and support exciting new comics, and to offer opportunities for development.
The Komedia New Comedy Award 2025 winner will get a bespoke award, a spot at Chortle award-winning Comic Boom comedy club at Komedia, and a bottle of fizz.
The award is open to comedians who have been gigging regularly for less than three years and have not won any major comedy competitions. They must have seven minutes of their own stand-up material, plus a clip they can send in with their application.
Thirty two semi-finalists will be selected from clips and will be invited to perform across four semi-final heats. Further details for eligibility and how to enter will be available on the Komedia website.
The semi-finals will take place on four consecutive Tuesdays beginning 14th January 2025. Two comics from each one will be selected by the judges to go through to the final, which will be MC’d by Barry Ferns.
For more information and to enter (entry form live 16th September) please visit THIS LINK.
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Images can be found HERE.
For more information please contact Kelly Edwards-Good on [email protected] or call 01273 647119.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
- Komedia is a leading arts and entertainment organisation operating live entertainment venues.
- Founded in 1994 by Colin Granger, Marina Kobler and David Lavender. Komedia’s local, national and international programme, spans a full range of entertainment: from theatre and music through to cabaret, comedy and live literature.
iii. Komedia is owned by Colin Granger, Marina Kobler and Richard Daws.
- The easiest way to buy your tickets is online, 24 hours a day, at https://www.komedia.co.uk/. There is a £2 per ticket booking fee for on-line sales. Our Box Office phone line, 01273 647100, is now open Tuesday-Saturday from 12-5pm only. The Box Office email inbox, [email protected], is also monitored during the timings above.
v. Jill Edwards is the UK’s leading comedy coach as well as the promoter/booker at Comic Boom comedy club and is based at Komedia Brighton: http://www.jill-edwards.co.uk
