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.

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

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)