title: Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2001
text: # Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2001
  
  The 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was the 54th Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Fringe ran from 5–27 August 2001 and presented 1462 shows over 176 venues.
  
  ## Awards
  
  ### Theatre
  
  **Scotsman Fringe First Awards**
  
  Week One:
  
  * Gagarin Way
  * Runt
  * Like Thunder
  * Bedbound
  * Ferdydurke
  
  Week Two:
  
  * Man in the Flying Lawn Chair
  * Moving Objects
  * Raw
  * Jesus Hopped the A Train
  * Neutrino
  
  Week Three:
  
  * School for Fools
  * Upside Down
  * Cracked
  * Mental
  * Midden
  
  ### Comedy
  
  **Perrier Comedy Awards**
  
  Winner:
  
  * Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness and Alice Lowe)
  
  Nominees:
  
  * Jason Byrne
  * Adam Hills - Go You Big Red Fire Engine
  * Daniel Kitson - Love, Innocence And The Word Cock
  * Dan Antopolski - Antopolski 2000
  
  **Perrier Comedy Awards**
  
  **Best Newcomer Award**
  
  Winner:
  
  * Garth Cruickshank and Eddie McCabe - Let's Have a Shambles
  
  Nominees:
  
  * Andy Zaltzman versus the Dog of Doom
  * Danny Bhoy
  * Cambridge Footlights - Far too Happy (Edward Jaspers, Tim Key, Dan Macaskill, James Morris, Mark Watson and Sophie Winkleman)
  