Fringe Award Winners—in no particular order

The Filipa Bragança Award

Recognising the best solo performance by an emerging female, female-identifying or non-binary artist.

Eva O'Connor in Chicken (Summerhall)

Holden Street Theatres' Edinburgh Fringe Award

Supporting a show’s run at the 2024 Adelaide Fringe.

England & Son

Popcorn Writing Award

Championing brave and imaginative writing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Sabrina Ali for Dugsi Dayz

The LET Award

Les Enfants Terribles’ award to help new artists take their work to the Fringe.

SkelpieLimmer for Scaredy Fat

The Mervs

Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe Awards, now in their 30th year, celebrate the talent, effort and determination of performers who bring a show to the Fringe.

  • A Migrant's Son
  • Al Porter: A Work In Progress
  • Birthmarked
  • Death Suits You
  • Goodbye Uncle Fudgey
  • Ian Stone Will Make It Better
  • N.Ormes
  • Yes-Ya-Yebo!

Asian Arts Awards

Promoting Asian art forms.

  • Best Production - Theatre de la Feuille for Fall and Flow (Hong Kong/China)
  • Best Show - Max Percy for BAKLÂ (Philippines)
  • Best Direction
    • Huang Ying for Journey To The West (China)
    • Chan Chu-hei for Candide – A Voyage Of Disenchantment (Hong Kong)
  • Best Performance
    • Enuji Lim for The Maids (South Korea)
    • Eseul Kim for The Maids (South Korea)
  • Asian Arts Special Award - Mother Courage and Her Children, directed by Zhao Miao (China)

Theatre Weekly The Best of the Fest

  • Best Show of The Fringe – Birthmarked
  • Best Circus - Circa's Peepshow (Club Remix)
  • Best Comedy – The Ice Hole a Cardboard Comedy
  • Best Dance – Groovicle
  • Best Ensemble Performance – May Contain Traces of Nuts
  • Best Event Theatre – Bangers
  • Best Family Show - Mog The Forgetful Cat
  • Best Fringe Debut - Nobody's Talking About Jamie
  • Best Monologue – Lash
  • Best Musical – Public The Musical
  • Best Physical Theatre – Home
  • Best Play – Black is the Color of My Voice
  • Best Score – Police Cops The Musical
  • Best Solo Performance – Kate Sumpter for Spin
  • Best Writing – Unforgettable Girl

Musical Theatre Review's Pick of the Fringe

  • Too Big For Her Britches
  • A Mountain for Elodie
  • Never Trouble Trouble (Till Trouble Troubles You)
  • Lena
  • Public: The Musical

Entertainment Now Awards

  • Outstanding Musical Theatre - Tim Murray for Tim Murray is Witches
  • Outstanding Comedy Show – Ed Byrne for Tragedy Plus Time
  • Outstanding Début - Mary O’Connell for Money Princess
  • Outstanding Theatre - England & Son

In addition the Week-on-Week Awards include:

  • Best Comedy
    • Seymour Mace for Seymour Mace Does Drawring
    • Paul Foot for Dissolve
    • Mary O’Connell for Money Princess
    • MC Hammersmith for Straight Outta Brompton (improv)
    • Rob Auton for The Rob Auton Show (spoken word)
  • Best Theatre
    • Oh My Heart Oh My Home
    • The Strongest Girl in the World
  • Best Début
    • Chloe Radcliffe for Cheat
    • Sachin Kumarendran for Deceit
  • Best Family
    • The Greatest Magic Show

Seoul Arts Awards

Inaugural awards encouraging global exchange of performing arts without language barriers.

  • The 7 Fingers: Duel Reality
  • Circa's Peepshow (Club Remix)
  • André and Dorine
  • IMA
  • Släpstick's Schërzo

Scottish Theatre Awards

Celebrating excellence in Scottish work at the Fringe.

  • Leading Light Award (for the best Scottish production) - Everything Under the Sun by Army at the Fringe Company
  • Bright Spark Award (for emerging Scottish talent) - The cast of The Grandfathers by Reconnect Regal Theatre

Fringe First Awards

Celebrating the best of new writing.

  • A Funeral for My Friend Who Is Still Alive
  • Beasts
  • Blue
  • CHOO CHOO! (Or… Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have)
  • Club Life
  • England & Son
  • Everything Under the Sun
  • Funeral
  • Gunter
  • Heaven
  • JM Coetzee’s Life and Times of Michael K
  • Lorenzo
  • Square Peg
  • Strategic Love Play
  • The Grand Old Opera House
  • The Insider
  • The Last of the Soviets
  • What If They Ate The Baby?

Sit Up Award

Recognising social impact

Woodhill

Neurodiverse Review Awards

Recognising the best work by Autistic, neurodiverse and disabled-led artists.

  • Don Biswas for The Revolution will be Disorganised
  • Eleanor Hill for Sad-Vents
  • Jenny Sealey for Self-Raising
  • Mari Crawford for Bipolar Badass
  • Mark Nicholas & Benny Shakes for Disabled Cants
  • McClaine Beirne for Wheelie Funny
  • Paul Wady for Guerrilla Autistics
  • Robin Ince for Weapons of Empathy
  • Shaharah Gaznabbi for What Can Indian Look Like?
  • Visually Impaired Creators Scotland for Cabaret in the Dark

Mental Health Foundation Fringe Award

Recognising the best new show concerning mental health.

CHOO CHOO! (Or… Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have)