| London Comedy Award 2012 |
The London Awards for Art and Performance is the country's most expansive awards and recognises artists and performers across many art-forms. Each is presented to an individual or team who have made an outstanding contribution to their art form.
Who better than the nominees themselves to judge each category. We'll be asking nominees in each of the categories to pick their top artist/s and from that we'll arrive at the shortlist and award winner who will receive the trophy. The shortlist and winner will be announced at the Presentation Ceremony in June.
There will also be a public vote, where anyone can vote online. However, this will only be taken into account if there's a tie in the nominee votes.
Long list in competition (click on title for more) - nominations: 16
London Comedy Award Nomination Adam Riches: 'If it sounds terrifying, it is, but it's also extremely funny. The key to Riches' charm is that he never humiliates his stooges more than he humiliates himself. His characters are ludicrous paragons of machismo ... In the end, it's always the audience members who are the heroes.'
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · 9 hrs
London Comedy Award Nomination Terry Alderton: 'The Southend comic's trademark tic is to turn upstage and discuss his show's progress with the voices inside his head. Have I alienated the crowd? Should I not have said that? It's a neat device, which provides meta-theatrical laughs, as well as colouring Alderton's hyperactive, shape-shifting standup with a shade of emotional and mental collapse... Alderton at his best is unstable and deliciously unexpected.'
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Feb 10
London Comedy Award Nomination Mark Thomas: ‘[on his show Walking the Wall, that is, walking the entire length of the Israeli Separation Barrier] .. it’s the story of 300,000 settlers; a 750km wall; six arrests, one stoning; too much hummus and a simple question, Can you ever get away from it all with a good walk?’
Alice Stride · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Jan 18
London Comedy Award Nomination Alun Cochrane: '.. a man who radiates a mournful greyness from every atom of his being, but this funereal attitude somehow serves as the springboard for some wonderfully strong observational comedy.'
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Jan 16
London Comedy Award Nomination Tim Key: 'You may not be surprised to hear that he took part in the Cambridge footlights. You may be more surprised to hear that he did so by blagging a fake PhD at said University, having received his higher education in fact, at Sheffield. So, he’s got cojones. His current show Masterslut, involves an onstage bubble bath, interjections of film, poetic verses written on the back of porno cards, and a recipe for a good raspberry tart.'
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Jan 16
London Comedy Award Nomination Micky Flanagan: ’If it carries on like this,’says cockney comic Micky Flanagan of his newfound success, ‘I'm seriously considering signing off’... his is an unpretentious, cheerfully direct working-class voice that taps into a high-yield seam of blokeish, impish humour.'
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Jan 02
London Comedy Award nomination Tim Vine: ‘I saw a toucan in my garden today. It's quite rare to see a toucan in your garden. Then I got a bit closer and realised it was a magpie eating a banana.’
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Dec 19
London Comedy Award nomination Russell Kane: '.. whirlwind routines of a neurotic pitch, perfect for the 'Family Guy' generation (‘Self-heckle. Postmodern. Relax’ could end up his catchphrase).'
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Dec 15
London Comedy Award nomination Tommy Tiernan: ‘..offers a masterclass in wringing maximum drama from his material... simulating the Big Bang with a bubble-gun.’
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Dec 10
London Comedy Award nomination Stewart Lee: 'This is Lee at his most self-referential and meta-textual..'
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Dec 05
London Comedy Award nomination Jason Manford: 'If Santa ever pops his boots, Jason Manford is the man for the job; he spreads joy like Madonna spreads her weirdly muscular legs.'
Alice Stride · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Nov 30
London Comedy Award nomination Stephen Merchant: '.. an attempt to step out of Gervais' shadow ... it's a resounding success.' [on his show Hello Ladies]
David Knight · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Nov 17
London Comedy Award nomination Sarah Millican: '..arrives on stage to some rather dramatic, X-Factor-esque music. This is incongruous, given her style, which is friendly, inquisitive, conspiratorial and not showbizzy in the least.'
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Nov 14
London Comedy Award nomination Omid Djalili: “Suicide bombing – it’s a cultural thing for us, a bit like jury service”
Venetia Twigg · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Nov 09
London Comedy Award Nomination Ross Noble: 'There’s a fine art to being funny without being offensive, and Ross Noble is one of the few who can tread the line with the self-assurance of a tightrope walker.'
Angela Lord · Facebook · Twitter · Email · Oct 29
