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The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Vanessa Thorpe, Veronica Lee and Flo Cornall

Sam Campbell wins comedy award at Edinburgh festival fringe 2022

Sam Campbell reacts after winning the Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2022 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Sam Campbell reacts after winning the Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2022 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

The top comedy prizes at this year’s Edinburgh festival fringe have gone to foreign talent. The Australian comedian Sam Campbell was named the winner of Dave’s Edinburgh comedy awards, the prestigious competition that celebrated its 40th anniversary this summer.

Campbell, 30, from Queensland, is now the fifth winner of the best show award to come from Australia, overtaking winners from Ireland, who have scooped the prize four times.

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