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British Comedy Guide: Joz Norris Nominated For Malcolm Hardee Award

 By British Comedy Guide in British Comedy Guide Posted on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
  • British Comedy Guide: Joz Norris Nominated For Malcolm Hardee Award

The shortlisted nominees for this year’s “increasingly prestigious” Malcolm Hardee Awards have been announced.

The Edinburgh Fringe-based awards – which are handed out in memory of the late British comic, agent, manager, club-owner and anarchic prankster Malcolm Hardee – aim to celebrate originality at the annual festival.

Last held in 2017, the awards return in 2019 under the stewardship of British Comedy Guide.

The shortlist for each of the awards’ three prizes are as follows:

Comic Originality

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Charles Quarterman

An Afternoon With Charles Quarterman For One Hour. 2:20pm, Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt

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Jimmy Slim and Lewis Blomfield

Scratch and Sniff. 10:30pm, Heroes & Bob’s BlundaBus

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Joz Norris

Joz Norris Is Dead. Long Live Mr Fruit Salad. 4:40pm, Heroes @ The Hive

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Legs

Legs. 9:05pm, Just The Tonic at The Caves

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President Obonjo

Goodbye Mr President. 9:05pm, The Voodoo Rooms

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Sean Morley

Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More. 3:20pm, Heroes @ The Hive

Cunning Stunt

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E4 & BBC Studios

For exponentially increasing the knowledge of, and sales for, President Obonjo with their “appalling theft of his character”.

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Jimmy Slim and Lewis Blomfield: Scratch and Sniff

For creating and distributing flyers which have scratch-off elements on them.

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West End Producer

For releasing a poster 5 star reviews appearing to be from well-known critics and producers (M Billington, L Gardner, S Clapp, C Mack, Andy Webber). However, the names mentioned were actually members of the public he phoned up who gave permission for their names to be used (e.g. Andy Webber is a man who lives in Bognor Regis).

Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid

In this category, the judges have selected the following comedians for their potential to “survive the vagaries of – and triumph over the good and bad luck inherent in – a comedy career to attain seldom-attained financial success”.

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Candy Gigi

For having a world class voice that could go global, and showcasing it in a new musical genre.

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Catherine Cohen

For her force-of-nature take on millennials and their outwardly perfect, inwardly bleak lives.

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President Obonjo

For winning a legal battle over ownership of his character, or becoming leader of the country.

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Sophie Duker

For being a self-aware, increasingly prominent voice of intersectionality as it changes Western culture.

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Tom Crosbie

For creating a highly addictive video game, and getting people hooked on it during the introduction to his show.


The results will be announced at a ceremony at The Counting House, on Friday 23rd August, starting at 11:59pm. The show will be hosted by President Obonjo and feature sets from a number of comedy acts. It is free to attend, and everyone is welcome.

This year’s judging panel is Marissa BurgessKate CopstickBruce DessauJay RichardsonClaire Smith and Ian Wolf.

Find out more about the awards and previous winners at comedy.co.uk/hardeeshttps://www.comedy.co.uk/live/news/5463/hardee_awards_shortlist_2019/


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