Winners have been announced for the  second annual North West Comedy Awards, with Dan Nightingale scooping two of them.

He was named best act an best compere, while Liverpool’s Hot Water comedy club scooped three gongs.

The accolades were handed out at the Frog and Bucket comedy Club Manchester last night.

The venue organised the awards with agents A Rush Of Laughter – who collected a couple of the titles between them. Nominations and winners were voted for by the public 

The winners are 

Legend award: Agraman of The Buzz club

Best Act: Dan Nightingale  (pictured)

Nominees: Adam Rowe, Harriet Dyer, Simon Lomas

 

Best Compere: Dan Nightingale

Nominees:  Danny McLoughlin, Freddy Quinne, Paul Smith

 

Alternative Act: Harriet Dyer

Nominees:  Delightful Sausage, Keith Carter as Nige, Tom Binns as Ivan Brackenbury

 

Breakthrough Act: Hannah Platt

Nominees:  Chris Kehoe, David Bawden, Tony Wright

 

Best Comedy Club:  Hot Water Comedy Club

Nominees:  The Comedy Station, The Frog & Bucket, XS Malarkey

 

Best Small Comedy Club: Giggle Shack

Nominees:  Barking Tales, New Comedians @ The Comedy Store, Off The Rails Saddleworth

 

Best Promoter: A Rush Of Laughter

Nominees:  Colin Havey, Peter Vincent (Manfords Comedy Club), Rob Riley

 

Venue Of The Year: Hot Water Comedy Club

Nominees:  The Comedy Store, The Frog & Bucket, The Lowry

 

TV/Radio Act Of The Year: Tez Ilyas

Nominees:  Johnny Vegas, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Phil Ellis
 

Best Tour/Solo Show: Gary Delaney - Gagsters Paradise

Nominees:  The Delightful Sausage - Ginsters Paradise, Harriet Dyer - The Dinosaur Show, Phil Ellis - Au Revoir

 

Best Podcast: Alex Boardman & Chris Kehoe - Mondeo Law

Nominees:  Dan Nightingale - Hack Radio, Eddie Hoo & Dave Longley - Arguing For The Sake Of Arguing, Harriet Dyer - Don’t Worry (Bi Polar) Happy

 

Social Media Award: Hot Water and its regular compere Paul Smith

Nominees:   Adam Staunton, Danny Sutcliffe, Sam Avery - Learner Parent

 

Best Open Mic: Beat The Frog

Nominees:  The Comedy Balloon, Gleeson’s Massive Gong, New Stuff At The Store