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
Theatre
Scotsman Fringe First Awards
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
Perrier Comedy Awards
Winner:
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
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
- ^ "Fringe Annual Report 2001" (PDF). edfringe.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2009.