Australian Hannah Gadsby has been named joint winner of the Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The comedian’s show Nanette was declared joint winner of the Best Comedy Award with that of British stand-up John Robins’ The Darkness of Robins.
It has been a record-breaking year for Gadsby after taking out the Best Comedy Performer at the Helpmann Awards, the Barry Award for Best Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the award for Best Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
The 39-year-old announced at the Helpmann Awards in July that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival would be one of her last outings as a stand-up before she retires to Tasmania.
She will sign off on Nanette at a string of shows in Sydney and Melbourne between September and November.
Gadsby and Robins saw off competition from seven other nominees to each win 10,000 pounds ($16,300).
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It is the first time in the Fringe festival’s 70-year history that it has named joint winners.
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