More accolades revealed tomorrow!

The winners of the best comedy clubs and venues in this year’s Chortle Awards can be revealed tonight.

Following more than 6,000 votes  from comedy fans and across the industry, the winners are;

Best venue

LONDON: The Bill Murray
THE NORTH: Hot Water, Liverpool
THE SOUTH: Brighton Komedia
MIDLANDS & EAST: Birmingham Glee
SCOTLAND: Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
WALES: Cardiff Glee

Best comedy night

LONDON: 99 Club at Ku Bar 
THE NORTH: XS Malarkey, Manchester
THE SOUTH: Goat Comedy, Hove
MIDLANDS & EAST: The Jericho, Oxford
SCOTLAND:  Red Raw, Glasgow Stand
WALES:  Not awarded (too few votes)

Best themed comedy night

LONDON: Stamptown, an anarchic alternative night at the Moth Club
THE NORTH: Barking Tales at the Zombie Shack, Manchester, which has a focus on mental health
THE SOUTH: Bent Double, an LGBT night at Brighton Komedia
MIDLANDS & EAST: Comedy Carousel at Birmingham Glee
SCOTLAND:  Insufficient votes
WALES: Insufficient votes

The winners of the main categories will be announced in four waves tomorrow at 10am, midday, 2pm and 4pm.

Almost nine in ten respondents described themselves as comedy fans (88 per cent), with 4 per cent industry, 3 per cent each semi-pro and open spot comedians, and 2 per cent pro comedians

We also asked for demographic information and found a slight male bias (49 per cent to 47 per cent female). The biggest age group was 25 to 34-year-olds (29 per cent) followed by 35 to 44 year olds (25 per cent) with the average age around 36.

More than a third of our readers go to live comedy at least once a month an slightly fewer (29 per cent) plan to go to the Edinburgh Fringe in August, though the question was asked before the coronavirus lockdown started,

There will no Chortle Awards ceremony this year, but the winners will be revealed on this four tranches tomorrow:

10am: The specialty awards –  character, improv and sketch; music and variety; best compere, offstage contribution

Midday: Media categories: - book, internet, TV and radio awards

2pm: Individual awards -  best newcomer, breakthrough act, club comedian, TV comedian

4pm: Live show awards- best show, best tour plus comedians’ comedian

And as a reminder, here are the nominees:

Best newcomer
Brodi Snook
Charlie George
David Eagle
Patrick Spicer 
Toussaint Douglass

Breakthrough act
Jonny Pelham
London Hughes
Janine Harouni
Jessica Fostekew

Character, improv and sketch award
Colin Hoult as Anna Mann
The Delightful Sausage
Goodbear
Jack Tucker
Tarot

Music and variety act
Catherine Cohen 
Flo & Joan 
Jonny & The Baptists
Joz Norris
Spencer Jones 50 Minute Disco Experiment 

Club comedian
Adam Rowe
Larry Dean
TanyaLee Davis
Tez Ilyas
Zoe Lyons

Best compere
Dan Nightingale
Ian Smith 
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Mick Ferry
Rich Wilson 

Best show
Jordan Brookes: I’ve Got Nothing
Catherine Cohen: The Twist...? She's Gorgeous
Jessica Fostekew: Hench
Max & Ivan: Commitment
Jonny Pelham: Off Limits 

Best theatre/arena tour
Ben Elton
Frank Skinner: Showbiz
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas
Rhod Gilbert: Book Of John
Stewart Lee: Snowflake/Tornado 

Book award
Happiness and Tears:  The Ken Dodd Story by Louis Barfe
Son Of A Silverback by Russell Kane
Who Am I Again? by Lenny Henry

Internet Award
Do The Right Thing 
Inside the Comedian 
Michael Spicer: The Room Next Door
Off Menu podcast with James Acaster and Ed Gamble 
100 Reasons To Hate.. with Ian Smith

Radio Award
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!
Dead Ringers
Kevin Eldon Will See You Now
Mark Steel’s In Town
The Skewer

TV Award
Cunk & Other Humans On 2019 
Derry Girls
Fleabag 
Harry Hill’s Clubnite
A Year In The Life Of A Year

TV Comedian
Bob Mortimer
Greg Davies
Katherine Ryan
Romesh Ranganathan 
Tom Allen 

Published: 17 Mar 2020