• The Funniest Joke of the Fringe is an award presented each year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by the British television channel Dave. The award highlights...
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  • 2008 the channel has given the Funniest Joke of the Fringe award. The award is voted on by the public from a shortlist and aims to highlight the best...
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  • Mark Simmons (comedian) (category Alumni of the University of Kent)
    Fielding. Simmons won the Comics Comic Award in 2022 and in 2024 was awarded Funniest Joke of the Fringe at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Simmons was friends...
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    Lorna Rose Treen (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh)
    At the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, she performed her debut character comedy show Skin Pigeon. With this show, she won the Funniest Joke of the Fringe...
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    Gary Delaney (category Alumni of the London School of Economics)
    newspaper. Delaney had two of his gags included in the top ten of the third annual Dave Award for the Funniest Joke Of The Fringe, the first comedian to do...
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    Olaf Falafel (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    rundowns of the funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2018 Falafel was in Dave channel's, The Mirror's, The Evening Standard's, The Scotsman's and...
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    single one of the Fringe's funniest jokes for the last ten years". 7 August 2019. "The top ten funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe 2022". The Scotsman...
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  • Adam Rowe (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    and well-crafted routine." Rowe won the Funniest Joke of the Fringe award that year with the joke "Working at the Jobcentre has to be a tense job - knowing...
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    Tim Vine (category Comedians from the London Borough of Sutton)
    this year's Edinburgh Fringe revealed". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2016. "Funniest joke of 2013 Edinburgh Fringe". The Daily Telegraph. 20...
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    Jimmy Carr (redirect from Joke Technician)
    February 2024. "Jimmy's joke guarantee pays off". Evening Standard. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2024. "Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme 2003 by...
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    Comedian (section Jokes)
    other joke forms being overlooked, for example in the Funniest Joke of the Fringe awards. Other jokes may rely on confounding an audience's expectations...
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    2019). "36 of the funniest one-liner jokes from Edinburgh Fringe Festival". Daily Mirror. Thompson, Jessie (9 August 2019). "The 25 funniest jokes from Edinburgh...
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    Redditch (redirect from Borough of Redditch)
    cricketer Lorna Rose Treen (born 1994), comedian and winner of the 2023 Funniest Joke of the Fringe, grew up in Redditch Felix Gill (born 2002), professional...
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    Spiegeltent (redirect from The Spiegeltent)
    Leung. In 2018, The Melba won Best Venue at the Melbourne Fringe Festival. The Famous Spiegeltent, perhaps the most lavishly decorated of all, was built...
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  • Laura Lexx (category Alumni of the University of Kent)
    Comedian's Choice Awards and was in the top 10 of the Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2018. The show transferred from the Edinburgh Festival  for a successful...
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    one of the main venues for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Pleasance Theatre Trust operate the venue during this time, and in this guise the complex...
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  • Zoltan Kaszas (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    He has won The Seattle Comedy Competition and performed at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Brockett, Chase (March 2, 2012). "Comedian of the Month: Zoltan...
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    The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum...
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    246. Marshall 2009, pp. 50, 158. Marshall 2009, p. 191. "'The Kirk, the Festival and the Fringe'". lifeandwork.org.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2020. "'Church bells...
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    Meadowbank Stadium (category Multi-purpose stadiums in the United Kingdom)
    played the venue between 2005 and 2007. In 2008, T on the Fringe was renamed The Edge Festival and the stadium was no longer used as one of the main venues...
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  • Ken Cheng (category Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge)
    (22 August 2017). "Ken Cheng's pound coin gag voted Edinburgh fringe's funniest joke". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 August 2017. Withey, Josh (26 September...
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    on the edge of the city's New Town. The Edinburgh club now stages up to ten shows per week and with its connection with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe it...
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    take part in shows on the stage. It is used as a venue for both the Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe each August. It was previously...
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    run during the Fringe. Reformed Christianity portal Scotland portal Church of Scotland Offices Historic Environment Scotland. "University of Edinburgh...
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    Milo Edwards (category Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge)
    Writers, Telegraph (2024-07-26). "Funniest jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, from Zoe Brownstone to Alex Kitson". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved...
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    John Robins (comedian) (category People educated at The Castle School)
    and reached the semi-finals of the So You Think You're Funny competition at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2007, he participated in the "Comedy Zone"...
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    Main C Venues For Edinburgh Fringe 2019". Beyond The Joke. Retrieved 15 July 2019. Venue listing on the Edinburgh Fringe website 55°56′53″N 3°11′14″W...
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    Appleton Tower (category Buildings and structures of the University of Edinburgh)
    building is used by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society as a hub for performers and press, and goes by the name of Fringe Central. The venue is designated...
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  • The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society is the organisation that supports the running of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the largest arts festival in the...
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  • Sarah Keyworth (category Alumni of De Montfort University)
    Big Jokes; they were due to perform the show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that year but the Covid-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the show...
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