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| Sam Nicoresti is first trans comedian to win best show in Edinburgh Comedy Awards | Sam Nicoresti is first trans comedian to win best show in Edinburgh Comedy Awards |
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| Sam Nicoresti won the award for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Fringe | Sam Nicoresti won the award for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Fringe |
| British comedian Sam Nicoresti has become the first transgender person to win the award for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Fringe | |
| Nicoresti took the accolade for the show Baby Doomer, which explores life as a trans woman. | Nicoresti took the accolade for the show Baby Doomer, which explores life as a trans woman. |
| Ayoade Bamgboye won best newcomer for her show Swings and Roundabouts - making her the first black woman to take the award. | Ayoade Bamgboye won best newcomer for her show Swings and Roundabouts - making her the first black woman to take the award. |
| This is the first year the Fringe has scrapped the annual award for funniest joke - a mainstay of the festival for the best part of two decades. | This is the first year the Fringe has scrapped the annual award for funniest joke - a mainstay of the festival for the best part of two decades. |
| The esteemed but separate Edinburgh Comedy Awards main prize recognises the best performance and routine overall each year. | The esteemed but separate Edinburgh Comedy Awards main prize recognises the best performance and routine overall each year. |
| It launched in 1981 and takes credit for helping establish the careers of modern comedy greats. | It launched in 1981 and takes credit for helping establish the careers of modern comedy greats. |
| This year it also handed its Victoria Wood award - a panel prize for those who "embody the true spirit of the Fringe" - to Comedy Club 4 Kids. | This year it also handed its Victoria Wood award - a panel prize for those who "embody the true spirit of the Fringe" - to Comedy Club 4 Kids. |
| 'Brilliant future' | 'Brilliant future' |
| Nicoresti took the award and a prize of £10,000 in a shortlist described as the "stars of tomorrow". | Nicoresti took the award and a prize of £10,000 in a shortlist described as the "stars of tomorrow". |
| The Guardian awarded the show Baby Doomer four stars, calling it "an ebullient hour with a sky-high joke count". | The Guardian awarded the show Baby Doomer four stars, calling it "an ebullient hour with a sky-high joke count". |
| Nicoresti said: "Winning the award sure is swell, I'm super excited and stoked and jazzed. I did this for the queers making weird art, and it's a privilege to share this moment with the first all female line-up of award winners." | |
| Meanwhile Bamgboye's show Swings and Roundabouts, which draws on her move to London from Nigeria, has been described as a "thrilling debut". | |
| She told BBC News the show was a running commentary on what it means to suffer - a particular suffering "because of the circumstances of your birth and identity". | She told BBC News the show was a running commentary on what it means to suffer - a particular suffering "because of the circumstances of your birth and identity". |
| Audiences, she said, have come to her shows "wide-eyed" and with "open hearts". | Audiences, she said, have come to her shows "wide-eyed" and with "open hearts". |
| "The reception has been more and better than I could have dreamed," she said. "No one is asking you to prove you're funny, they're there to have a good time and to listen. | "The reception has been more and better than I could have dreamed," she said. "No one is asking you to prove you're funny, they're there to have a good time and to listen. |
| "It's always important to be doing this craft, throwing my hat into the ring and to be recognised in this way is just the start of something - not just for me but for people who look like me." | "It's always important to be doing this craft, throwing my hat into the ring and to be recognised in this way is just the start of something - not just for me but for people who look like me." |
| Nica Burns, director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, said the winners capture the spirit of modern comedy - "bold, brilliant, and deeply connected to audiences". | Nica Burns, director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, said the winners capture the spirit of modern comedy - "bold, brilliant, and deeply connected to audiences". |
| She said: "Sam Nicoresti's Baby Doomer is a masterfully woven, polished and delightfully human show that captures an essential moment with, to paraphrase her words, laughs by the seconds. | She said: "Sam Nicoresti's Baby Doomer is a masterfully woven, polished and delightfully human show that captures an essential moment with, to paraphrase her words, laughs by the seconds. |
| "Ayoade Bamgboye's debut hour is electric, constantly keeping you on your toes. | "Ayoade Bamgboye's debut hour is electric, constantly keeping you on your toes. |
| "What begins as an everyday anecdote about the Co-Op unfolds into a rich, often surreal world, layered with profound emotional depth. She delivers it all with remarkable charisma and presence. Ayoade has a brilliant future ahead of her." | "What begins as an everyday anecdote about the Co-Op unfolds into a rich, often surreal world, layered with profound emotional depth. She delivers it all with remarkable charisma and presence. Ayoade has a brilliant future ahead of her." |
| The Edinburgh Comedy Awards is in its 45th year. | The Edinburgh Comedy Awards is in its 45th year. |
| Prevous winners include Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan, Lee Evans, Al Murray, Sarah Millican, Omid Djalili, Eddie Izzard, Tim Minchin, The League of Gentlemen, Jenny Eclair and Frank Skinner. | Prevous winners include Stephen Fry, Steve Coogan, Lee Evans, Al Murray, Sarah Millican, Omid Djalili, Eddie Izzard, Tim Minchin, The League of Gentlemen, Jenny Eclair and Frank Skinner. |