The Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award is a theater prize given annually at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
History
The Award has presented by the Carol Tambor Theatrical Foundation since 2004. In a formal agreement with the Fringe Society, it will be given in perpetuity.
Rules
All productions which receive a four or five star review in The Scotsman newspaper and have not previously been presented in New York City are eligible for the prize.
The winner is announced at The Scotsman'''s final Fringe First Award ceremony, which is held on the final Friday morning of the Festival Fringe. The winner receives a four-week run at an Off-Broadway Theater in New York, all expenses paid, including: visa expenses; transportation for cast, crew and props; hotel for cast and crew; per diems; guaranteed stipend; and net box office receipts.
The run in New York coincides with the Association of Performing Arts Presenters convention each January for additional exposure and opportunity for transfers to other theaters. The Foundation takes no commercial interest in the future of the production.
Prizewinners
The previous winners are:
2004: Sisters, Such Devoted Sisters by Russell Barr; and Rosebud by Mark Jenkins 2005: Absence and Presence by Andrew Dawson 2006: Goodness by Michael Redhill 2007: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by 1927 2008: Eight by Ella Hickson 2009: Little Gem by Elaine Murphy 2010: Ovid's Metamorphoses, by Pants on Fire 2011: Leo, by Circle of Eleven 2012: Mies Julie by Yaël Farber; Midsummer by David Greig 2013: The Events by David Greig 2014: Object Lesson, by Geoff Sobelle 2015: Key Change by Catrina McHugh 2016: Life According to Saki by Katherine Rundell 2017: The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk by Kneehigh; Borders by Henry Naylor 2018: Ulster American by David Ireland 2019: Mouthpiece by Keiran Hurley Shortlisted: Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show by White Room Theatre; Burgerz by performance Travis Alabanza; Dispatches on the Red Dress by Rowan Rheingans, and Knot'' by Nikki Rummer and JD Broussé
References
External links Best of Edinburgh Award Edinburgh Festival Fringe NY Times Glasgow Herald