This year's Brighton Fringe Awards will be held on Sunday 2 June. During the ceremony, a number of awards will be handed out by Brighton Fringe sponsors and partners.
Each award has its own criteria, some you will be able to self nominate for, others you will be automatically selected for. All the Brighton Fringe 2024 awards are listed below, with information on how to enter, and what the prize entails.
Supported by Chichester Festival Theatre. The Audience Choice Awards are different from other awards because they are voted for by the people who have bought tickets and paid to see your events!
Winners will receive:
Ticket buyers will be prompted to vote for these categories in their feedback emails.
Audience choice award winners are calculated by (volume of votes)/(total capacity of events).
The Audience Choice Awards are different from other awards because they are voted for by the people who have bought tickets and paid to see your events!
Winners will receive:
Ticket buyers will be prompted to vote for these categories in their feedback emails.
Audience choice award winners are calculated by (volume of votes)/(total capacity of events).
This award is for participants who are residents in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex or West Sussex with tour-ready work only. The work that is toured must be in-person so we require applications from in-person events. The prize will enable you to tour to an international festival and includes up to £3,000 towards travel, accommodation and other related touring costs, to be used within 18 months of Brighton Fringe 2024 finishing.
Judges from Brighton Fringe, World Fringes and The Pebble Trust will select the shows based on the application, create a shortlist and then attend each event before announcing their winner at the awards ceremony.
Deadline: 11:59PM Sunday 28 April
Farnham Maltings is a cultural organisation based in south west surrey with a regional, national and international reach. This award is for emerging artists and companies, those who consider themselves early to mid career artists/companies.
Farnham Maltings are offering the following as part of their inaugural award:
- up to £2,000 cash prize to develop their work.
- Mentoring sessions with the Farnham Maltings team and house South East touring network.
- An opportunity to perform at their new Farnham Fringe Festival or within Farnham Maltings programme.
- A Brighton Fringe 2025 registration fee.
To be eligible for the award you must:
- Be an early to mid career artist/company.
- Your work must be an original piece (adaptions will not be considered).
- Your work must be based in theatre and storytelling (this includes comedy based in theatre, children's theatre and physical theatre).
- You must consider yourself to be a theatremaker/s.
Judges from Brighton Fringe and Farnham Maltings will select a shortlist of events based on your application. Judges will then attend shortlisted events, a winner will be selected and announced at the Brighton Fringe Awards on 2 June 2024.
If you would like to submit a video application instead of the form please contact [email protected]
Deadline: Tuesday 30 April 09.00.
This award is open to all events categorised in the 'comedy' genre, whether stand-up, sketch, alternative or clowning.
Winners will receive:
Self-nominate your event via the link below, events will then be shortlist by a panel of comedy performers, producers and industry professionals. The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe Award Ceremony on 2 June.
Self-Nomination form will close on Friday 3 May at 11.59pm.
The Spirit of the Fringe Award is given each year to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to Brighton Fringe. Traditionally, it has been selected by the Brighton Fringe CEO but this year we are asking the Fringe community to nominate who they think is most deserving of this award.
The winner will receive:
The nominated people will be shortlisted by the Brighton Fringe team, and the winner selected by the Interim Managing Director of Brighton Fringe alongside the Board of Trustees.
Deadline for nominations: Sunday 26 May 11.59pm.
The Design for Print Awards has been running for many years to celebrate the important graphic design skills that produce effective communication and promotion about the Brighton Fringe. It is sponsored and managed by the Gemini Print Group. In 2024 all award decisions will be made by a panel of design experts from Gemini Print Group.
The winner of the Design for Print Award 2024:
Nominations will close on Sunday 26 May at 11.59pm.
Gold Arts are proud to present the Community Event Award at this year's Brighton Fringe.
This award is open to any artist, company or organisation whose Brighton Fringe event:
The winner will receive:
Self-nominate via the link below. Applications will be shortlisted by the Gold Arts and Brighton Fringe teams. The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe Awards ceremony on 2 June.
Self-nominations will close on the 3 May at 11.59pm.
Laine Pub Co. are looking to award this year's best Brighton Fringe Newcomer. Criteria for this award is:
Newcomers will be shortlisted from your Eventotron registration by the Brighton Fringe team in collaboration with Laine Pub Co. Judges will then attend the events and announce their winner at the award ceremony.
Winners will receive:
The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe Awards on the 2 June.
Our friends at Brighton Girls will be awarding their Family-Friendly award at our award ceremony on 2 June 2024. A shortlist will be selected by the Brighton Girls staff team and those events will be attended and judged by both staff and pupils.
The prize for this award is:
A free registration for Brighton Fringe 2025.
Marketing support from Brighton Girls.
A free rehearsal space in Brighton Girls' state of the art studio pods.
The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe Awards on the 2 June.
Longtime Fringe champion, Roger Kay, is judging this Memorial Award in honour of his colleague and friend who passed away last year, Lauren Varnfield.
There is no self-nomination process for this event, all theatre events are elegible for this award. A shortlist for this award will be created by Roger Kay and his colleagues, with the winner announced at the Brighton Fringe award ceremony.
The winner will receive:
The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe Awards on the 2 June.
South East Dance are offering an award to a show which centres heavily around dance, whether its main genre is Dance or Circus & Physical Theatre.
The award committee will view dance-based shows throughout Brighton Fringe 2024, and decide upon the most surprising performance to win their award. Shows do not need to apply for this award, the award committee will instead attend dance-based shows that meet their criteria.
The winner of the South East Dance Most Surprising Dance Performance award will be given:
The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe Awards on the 2 June.
There's no need to apply for an award from FringeReview. In fact, they actively ask you not to pitch your show for the award. Their awards aren't based on an application process, rather it all comes down to the views of the review team. If a reviewer believes a show is worthy of an award, it is then re-seen by another reviewer or reviewers. If the award is confirmed, the company will be notified of their success.
Winners receive:
The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe Awards on the 2 June.
The Brighton Fringe Exhibitions Award in Association with Artist Open Houses returns for 2024.
All exhibitions are automatically entered for this award, and will be attend to by the Artist Open Houses team througout the Fringe.
Winners will receive:
The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe award ceremony on 2 June.
More than 160 performers have identified as being neurodiverse – the largest number ever recorded in the history of the Fringe.
To celebrate, a new award, sponsored by Brighton’s leading specialist music college, Supajam has been established to recognise outstanding talent amongst neurodiverse performers. It is hoped that new Brighton Fringe Outstanding Neurodivergent Award sponsored by SupaJam Education will highlight the role that performance and music plays in inspiring people with neurodiversity.
A shortlist of neurodiverse events will be created by the Brighton Fringe and Supajam teams and events visited by judges. The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe Awards ceremony on 2 June.
Winners will receive:
A free registration for Brighton Fringe 2025.
A marketing package for Brighton Fringe 2025 worth £250.
The winner will be announced at the Brighton Fringe award ceremony on 2 June.
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