Tring employee wins Edinburgh Festival comedy award
Published Date:
26 August 2008
AN employee for a Tring company has won a prestigious comedy award at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Edward Aczel, who works at the Grass Roots Group, won the 2008 Malcolm Hardee Award.
The Award is for "comic originality of thought or performance" at the Edinburgh Fringe. It commemorates anarchic comedian and club owner Malcolm Hardee, the late 'godfather of alternative comedy' known for spotting and encouraging comic talent including Keith Allen, Jo Brand, Jenny Eclair, Harry Enfield, Harry Hill, Paul Merton, Al Murray, Vic Reeves, Jerry Sadowitz, Jim Tavare and Johnny Vegas.
Malcolm drowned in 2005. An award will be made in his memory annually until 2017.
The Award was introduced by TV comedy star Omid Djalili and presented by Malcolm Hardee's son Frank and sister Clare during the "Late 'n' Live" show at the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh, in the early hours of Saturday August 23.
Edward Aczel will be hosting the brand new Aylesbury Comedy Club at the Queens Park Arts Centre, Aylesbury on September 12 at 8pm.
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26 August 2008 1:54 PM
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