Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2001

The 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was the 54th Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Fringe ran from 5–27 August 2001 and presented 1462 shows over 176 venues.^[1]

Awards[edit]

Theatre[edit]

Scotsman Fringe First Awards[edit]

Week One:

Gagarin Way
Runt
Like Thunder
Bedbound
Ferdydurke

Week Two:

Man in the Flying Lawn Chair
Moving Objects
Raw
Jesus Hopped the A Train
Neutrino

Week Three:

School for Fools
Upside Down
Cracked
Mental
Midden

Comedy[edit]

Perrier Comedy Awards[edit]

Winner:

Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness and Alice Lowe)

Nominees:

Jason Byrne
Adam Hills - Go You Big Red Fire Engine
Daniel Kitson - Love, Innocence And The Word Cock
Dan Antopolski - Antopolski 2000

Best Newcomer Award[edit]

Winner:

Garth Cruickshank and Eddie McCabe - Let's Have a Shambles

Nominees:

Andy Zaltzman versus the Dog of Doom
Danny Bhoy
Cambridge Footlights - Far too Happy (Edward Jaspers, Tim Key, Dan Macaskill, James Morris, Mark Watson and Sophie Winkleman)

References[edit]

^ "Fringe Annual Report 2001" (PDF). edfringe.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2009.

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[Report01-1] "Fringe Annual Report 2001" (PDF). edfringe.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2009.

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