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DarkChat Awards 2024
Well, that is now the official end of the of the 2024 Edinburgh festival season, well for us at least as the 2024 DarkChat awards have taken place!
Today we announce the winners of our 15th Annual Awards, honouring our favourite shows from
this year's festival.
Amazingly, these were the first that awards that DarkChatter David has published on Twitter/X all
by himself! No longer can DarkChatter Carl poke fun at his lack of technical skills! (Ed - it won't stop me!)
There were several big winners. Reves picked up 3 awards for Best Entertainment/Music/Dance, Best
Director and the coveted Best Show accolade.
However, DarkChat favourite John Robertson took home the most gongs, triumphing in four categories, Best Moment, Best One Person Show, Best Comedy Show & Best Comedy Performance.
So, we can now go into hibernation until January 2025 when the shows start to be released for next year's Edinburgh festival. And we can't wait!
You can check out all of the winners and a full list of nominees here.
The awards take place later this month, you can follow who wins on our social media feeds closer to the time.
We've also been busy interviewing since the Fringe finished. David Cox spoke to CEO
of the Eric Liddell Community about their Exhibition "The Eric Liddell Exhibition" which
which we loved attending during August, the work of the charity and how they are
celebrating the centenary of Liddell's 1924 Olympic win.
You can read that interview here.
And just like that we are done!
It can't really be over already can it? Whilst the Edinburgh Fringe remains in full swing for another few weeks, DarkChat's race is already run and we have left Edinburgh for another year! We at DarkChat were lower on numbers this year, so were unable to see and review as much as we would like but rest assured we have now got all of those stars and reviews out and you can find those here including our five-star reviews for Rêves, Mairi Campbell, Jordan Brookes and John Robertson.
We've also been lucky enough to speak to DarkChat favourite Luke Wright who told us
about this year's show 'Joy!' and shared some of his Edinburgh memories, you can read
that here or on our News page.
Before we had arrived on Scottish soil the DarkChat wheels had started to turn and
we had already been interviewing some acts that were preparing to "Unleash their
Fringe" this August! The first of those was John Handscombe from Good Wolf People
who told us about the sold-out success of their show this year, The 100-Year Old Letter
and his Fringe experiences through the years.
Most people think the Edinburgh festival was over in August. Wrong!
On Saturday 30th September the 15th Annual DARKCHAT Awards took place honouring our favourite shows from this year's festival. After the Scottish Supper of Haggis Shepherds Pie and Scottish Ice Cream with raspberries, shortbread and tablet were demolished it was time to concentrate on the 2023 DARKCHAT awards
36 shows were battling in 16 categories with a total of 137 nominations. Police Cops: The Musical were the big winners on the night with four wins in total, including the coveted Best Show award.
You can check out all of the winners and a full list of nominees here.
Now it really is over. Roll on August 2024!
DarkChat Awards 2023
