Cork Comedian ‘Blown Away’ by Edinburgh Fringe Win
- Cork comedian roger O'Sullivan has told The Ray D'Arcy Show that winning the Comedians' Choice Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has "kind of...
- O'Sullivan, originally from Coachford, joined RTÉ Radio 1 on Monday to reflect on his win.
- Ray D'Arcy commented,"And people will stand up and take notice of you now - people who are booking venues,people who are doing panel shows,all that sort of thing."
Roger O’Sullivan Wins Comedians’ Choice Award at Edinburgh Fringe
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what Happened: A Near Miss Turned Triumph
Cork comedian roger O’Sullivan has told The Ray D’Arcy Show that winning the Comedians’ Choice Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has “kind of blown me away”, revealing that his Edinburgh show, Fekken, almost fell through.
O’Sullivan, originally from Coachford, joined RTÉ Radio 1 on Monday to reflect on his win. he explained, “I moved over to London a few years ago to do stand-up there, and it’s so hard to get settled into the scene that getting something like this, voted [for] by comedians, it really just makes you feel like you’re accepted now.”
Ray D’Arcy commented,”And people will stand up and take notice of you now – people who are booking venues,people who are doing panel shows,all that sort of thing.”
O’Sullivan enthusiastically replied, “It’s all ahead of me now! I’ll tell you, Ray, they’ll be disappointed they crossed me, I’ll tell you that much!”
The Comedians’ Choice Awards: A Prestigious Recognition
The Comedians’ Choice Awards are unique within the Edinburgh Fringe, being “the only Edinburgh Fringe prizes steadfast solely by performers”. O’Sullivan joins esteemed company, as fellow Irish comedian Alison Spittle won Best Show for her latest work, Big.
A Venue Crisis Averted: Alison Spittle’s Crucial Support
Spittle wasn’t just a fellow award winner; she played a pivotal role in ensuring O’Sullivan’s Edinburgh dream became a reality.
“About a month and a half before the festival, my original venue had a change of management and the whole thing fell through,” O’Sullivan recounted. “I was ready to give up, to be honest. I was just like,’Well,it’s the Universe telling me I shouldn’t do it’. But turns out the Universe was wrong anyway, because Alison Spittle told me, ‘No, no, no, you have to – by hook or by crook, you have to do it. You’ve worked hard on the show’.
“She helped put me in touch with some people that sorted me out with a last-minute venue.