25-year-old New York comedian Alex Edelman won the Edinburgh Fringe’s Best Newcomer prize on Saturday for his show, Millennial. The prize is awarded to the best full-length debut show on the Fringe. The last American to win was Arj Barker back in 1997; other winners include The Mighty Boosh, Tim Minchin, and Sarah Millican. The overall Best Comedy Show award went to last year’s best newcomer, John Kearns, for his absurdist show Shtick, and the Panel Prize, awarded to the show deemed to best capture the “spirit of the Fringe,” was awarded to the interactive children’s show Funz and Gamez, a show written by comedian Phil Ellis to appeal equally to parents and kids. Below, check out a clip of Alex from this year’s Fringe:
