Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2001
# Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2001

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.

## 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:

* Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness and Alice Lowe)

Nominees:

* Jason Byrne
* Adam Hills - Go You Big Red Fire Engine
* Daniel Kitson - Love, Innocence And The Word Cock
* Dan Antopolski - Antopolski 2000

**Perrier Comedy Awards**

**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)
