The Awards Line-up

‘Stir Social Impact’ Award – Proudly sponsored by Stir, the ‘Social Impact’ Award hones in on productions with an impactful message on the world as it stands today. Touching on resonant political and cultural themes, these shows are particularly primed to connect communities and leave audiences walking away with new perspectives to support meaningful change. 

‘Artistic Risk’ Award – The ‘Artistic Risk’ Award provides a financial prize for the artist who exemplifies the Fringe ethos of breaking down tradition by taking some form of risk in their performance. These are the trailblazers who embrace uncertainty in service of their art, willingly embracing the potential for failure, and who test out new paths in performance structure, style, and content.

‘Best of the Fest’ Award – Well-known and much beloved. ‘Best of the Fest’ describes one show that displays an extraordinary level of theatrical quality and creativity. Also affectionately known as “the show that everyone is talking about”, winners of ‘Best of the Fest’ may use this title to promote their shows across other festivals.

‘People’s Choice’ Award – As determined by our returning ‘People’s Choice’ audience survey, this award spotlights the production most-loved by our loyal Fringe audiences.

‘Volunteer’s Choice’ Award – An award given to the show that stole the hearts of our volunteer team. There are few fans as loyal and the Fringe volunteer team, so this is a title to bewildered with pride.