Kieran Hodgson and Sarah Keyworth shortlisted for 2018 Edinburgh Comedy awards!

We are delighted to announce that Kieran Hodgson has been nominated for the Best Show Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and that Sarah Keyworth has been nominated for the Best Newcomer Award. 

Sarah Keyworth is nominated for Dark Horse, her debut hour where she charts her journey of self-acceptance. The remaining shows are fully sold out. 

Kieran Hodgson is nominated for ’75, a storytelling show about the prehistory of Brexit. The remaining shows are sold out, despite the addition of several extra shows, but Kieran will be taking the show to the Soho Theatre for several weeks across January and February 2019. (Buy tickets here).

The awards will be presented on August 25 and are judged by a panel chaired by the Sunday Times’ comedy critic Stephen Armstrong. Best of luck to them both!

Praise for Kieran Hodgson’s ‘75

‘It’s breathless, it’s bonkers and it’s often high-brow…’ ✭✭✭✭✭ The Wee Review 

‘There are quite a few shows about Brexit at the Fringe this year… But I highly doubt any are quite as frenetically witty and refreshingly even-handed as ‘75’ ✭✭✭✭✭ Theatre Weekly

 ‘It’s breathless, it’s bonkers and it’s often high-brow…’ ✭✭✭✭✭ The Wee Review 

‘Everything’s unusual – and ravishingly entertaining, informative and full of insight and laughs – in the show…’  ✭✭✭✭ The Times 

‘There’s a delicious perfectionism here to the writing, structure and delivery that puts most other shows to shame’  ✭✭✭✭ The Telegraph 

‘Another sterling display of comic prowess from Kieran Hodgson’ ✭✭✭✭ The List

‘It’s a show about Brexit that manages to be inclusive, clever and funny at the same time’ ✭✭✭✭ Short Com

‘Hodgson’s considerable skills as a vocal caricaturist are part of the pleasure here; so too the frequency and quality of the jokes…' ✭✭✭✭ The Guardian  

‘This is rich, thoughtful but belly-laugh stuff from an act whose showy virtuosity as both a character and confessional comic is backed by some outstanding writing’ ✭✭✭✭ The Scotsman

'It's the mother of history lessons, both good to know and also holds your interest in increasingly inventive ways.' ✭✭✭✭ The Skinny 

'The laughs keep coming' ✭✭✭✭ The Arts Desk 

‘ [Hodgson] injects the history lesson with personal drama, whip smark jokes and performance flourish..’ ✭✭✭✭ Chortle 

'One of the best researched and most thoughtful takes on the topic you are likely to see - insightful as well as genuinely funny.' ✭✭✭✭ What's On Stage 

'Refreshingly objective and well-round' ✭✭✭✭ Edinburgh Festivals 

‘Humorous analogies will make you giggle throughout this smartly written solo piece, impressively executed’  ✭✭✭✭ Entertainment Focus 

‘The disgustingly talented Kieran Hodgson is back…’  ✭✭✭✭  Short Com  

Praise for Sarah Keyworth’s Dark Horse

'Keyworth manages to take huge and complex ideas, and condense them into something that is both amusing and perfectly formed'  ✭✭✭✭✭ Young Perspective 

'I don’t think I’m the only one predicting recognition for this comedian in the very near future.' ✭✭✭✭✭  Funny Women 

'Fresh, razor-sharp and wonderfully off-kilter' ✭✭✭✭✭  The Herald 

'She’s pulled off a debut that’s heartwarming yet not cloying, and political powerful yet not preachy, not to mention extremely funny.' ✭✭✭✭  (4.5 stars) Chorlte 

'Extremely funny, current, nostalgic '  ✭✭✭✭  Entertainment Focus

'A joyous hour brimming with the importance of simply being yourself.' ✭✭✭✭  The List

'A smart, poignant show with plenty of big laughs.'  ✭✭✭✭  Theatre Weekly 

'Heartwarming, relevant and very funny.' ✭✭✭✭ ITalkTelly 

'You’d struggle to find anyone who wouldn’t enjoy this show.'  ✭✭✭✭ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine