Sam Nicoresti took the esteemed award for their show Baby Doomer, while Ayoade Bamgboye won the award for best newcomer.

Sam Nicoresti has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for the best show on the Fringe, becoming the first trans comedian to take the accolade.

An Edinburgh Fringe show which explores life as a trans woman has won a prestigious award at the famous festival. Sam ...

Sam Nicoresti has won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for the best show on the Fringe, becoming the first trans comedian to take the accolade. Accepting the prize, they said: ‘A year ago, my girlfriend ...

The winners have been announced for the 2025 edition of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Sam Nicoresti's Baby Doomer won best comedy show. The show explores the comic's life as a trans woman, taking in a ...

The Edinburgh Comedy Award – the world’s largest comedy prize – has launched the careers of countless stars, from Al Murray ...

Also honoured at the awards was Ayoade Bamgboye, who received the coveted Best Newcomer award for her debut show, Swings and ...

An act which explores life as a trans woman has won the prestigious Best Comedy Show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Sam Nicoresti, who has won the accolade known as the “Oscars of Comedy”, said the Fringe had “changed fundamentally” over the ...

The winners of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025 have been announced at a ceremony hosted by former winners Amy Gledhill, and ...

Sam Nicoresti will return to Edinburgh Fringe with Baby Doomer (Best Show Nominee Leicester Comedy Festival 2025), a show about losing your mind and finding the perfect skirt suit.

In pursuit of the perfect skirt suit, Sam Nicoresti has devised an excellent antidote to the state of the world.