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
===== 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)