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Sketch character comedian Adam Riches won the prestigious main Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2011.
His show "Bring Me The Head Of Adam Riches" was picked by the judges as the best of the Fringe, and takes the title of Best Show of 2011, and the accompanying £10,000 prize. Collecting the trophy Riches said: "It's an honour. Wow. Thank you very much. It's terrific. Overwhelming really. When you come up [to Edinburgh] you have limited ambition, you just want to put a good show together, so thank you very much to the panel and to everyone who came to see the show."
The judges praised Riches for his "trademark mix of character comedy, anarchic stagecraft and a fearless level of audience engagement". The producer of the awards, said: "Congratulations to Adam Riches, who is utterly original, extremely funny and a huge talent. He will no doubt be seen on your television screens in the near future."
His show "Bring Me The Head Of Adam Riches" was picked by the judges as the best of the Fringe, and takes the title of Best Show of 2011, and the accompanying £10,000 prize. Collecting the trophy Riches said: "It's an honour. Wow. Thank you very much. It's terrific. Overwhelming really. When you come up [to Edinburgh] you have limited ambition, you just want to put a good show together, so thank you very much to the panel and to everyone who came to see the show."
The judges praised Riches for his "trademark mix of character comedy, anarchic stagecraft and a fearless level of audience engagement". The producer of the awards, said: "Congratulations to Adam Riches, who is utterly original, extremely funny and a huge talent. He will no doubt be seen on your television screens in the near future."
