The prize will likely be awarded to up-and-coming expertise on the comedy circuit.
In 2021, we sadly misplaced the comedian genius of Sean Lock. A fixture on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, the beloved comic’s profession additionally encompassed stand-up and scripted comedy.
Now, in his reminiscence, Channel 4 has introduced The Sean Lock Comedy Award to showcase gifted new writers and performers “who embody the choice comedic spirit of Sean and Channel 4”.
The recipient of the award good points a singular alternative to kickstart their profession in TV comedy. They’ll obtain £5,000 to help their reside work in addition to a script fee from Channel 4’s comedy staff and author shadowing on Channel 4’s comedy leisure reveals. Plus, a £1,000 fee to put in writing a script for Channel 4’s digital strand. They will even obtain help and mentoring classes from Channel 4’s commissioning groups.
As a part of the award, Channel 4 has labored with a number of reside comedy venues and promoters throughout the UK to appoint and shortlist a bunch of standout finalists. They’re all up-and-coming skills on the comedy circuit, taking their subsequent steps into the broader world of writing and performing.
The next finalists have been invited to carry out reside at a comedy occasion this week to have fun the award:
Alex Bertulis-Fernandes
Mamoun Elagab
Kyrah Grey
Kuan-wen Huang
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd
Tadiwa Mahlunge
Mike Rice
Eric Rushton
Lorna Rose Treen
Anna Thomas
Lily Webb
The winner of the award will likely be introduced sooner or later. All eleven finalists additionally get the chance to satisfy with a Channel 4 comedy commissioner for a mentoring session.
Comic and Sean’s pal, Invoice Bailey, who helped Channel 4 to create The Sean Lock Comedy Award mentioned:
“I’m delighted that Channel 4 have created The Sean Lock Comedy Award. It’s a option to honour Sean’s reminiscence and to encourage others to pursue their very own distinctive comedian brilliance.”
Damon Pettitt from Off The Kerb and Sean’s former agent mentioned:
“I hope the recipient proves to be a worthy winner and reveals the identical integrity, work ethic and eye for the absurd, in each writing and efficiency so evident in Sean’s nice physique of labor.”
Charlie Perkins, Head of Comedy at Channel 4 mentioned:
“Channel 4 are honoured to have collaborated with Sean’s family and friends on our first comedy scheme that melds the genres of scripted, leisure and digital collectively. Combining a love for Sean’s polymathy and supporting and nurturing new generations of homegrown comedy expertise, we’re proud as hell to be a part of this award. Thanks a lot to our passionate nomination panel for giving up their time to assist stretch our tendrils out throughout the UK. It’s an unimaginable shortlist and we are able to’t wait to see what all of them stand up to subsequent. To Sean!”
You may learn extra concerning the award right here at Channel 4.