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The final nominees in the 2024 Chortle Awards can now be revealed.

All in the running for best show, they are:

• Ahir Shah: Ends
• Ian Smith: Crushing
• John Kearns: The Varnishing Days
• Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
• Paul Foot: Dissolve
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Voting now opens to decide the winners - have your say here

Julia Masli and Ian Smith lead this year’s nominations with three apiece.

Estonian clown Masli has been shortlisted for best show for her improvised agony-aunt session entitled ha ha ha ha ha ha ha and currently running at Soho Theatre in London. She also has a nominee for breakthrough act, and in the sketch, variety and improv category.

Smith is up for best show for his latest offering, Crushing; for best compere and for best podcast for Northern News, the show he co-hosts with Amy Gledhill, herself also in the running for breathrough act.

Several other comedians are up for two awards: Sam Campbell as a breakthrough act and as a TV comic; Ahir Shah for best show and breakthrough act, Paddy Young for newcomer and the social media award  and Kiri Pritchard-McLean for compere and club comedian; and Christopher MacArthur-Boyd for best club act and best podcast for Liam Withnail & Christopher MacArthur-Boyd Enjoy An Album.

The shortlists were drawn up by a panel of comedy journalists and bookers, and the winners will be decided by a public vote at chortle.co.uk, which has just opened and will close on February 22.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony in Central London on March 4.

Here are all the nominees 

BEST NEWCOMER

Joe Kent-Walters 

John Tothill

Kate Cheka

Kyrah Gray

Paddy Young

BREAKTHROUGH ACT

Ahir Shah

Amy Gledhill

Ania Magliano

Julia Masili

Sam Campbell

SKETCH, VARIETY OR IMPROV AWARD

Foxdog Studios

Julia Masli

Lachlan Werner

Lorna Rose Treem

Simon David

BEST CLUB COMEDIAN

Christopher MacArthur-Boyd

Dan Tiernan

Kiri Pritchard-McLean

Slim 

Susie McCabe

BEST COMPERE

Ian Smith 

Kiri Pritchard-McLean 

Sam Nicoresti

Sikisa

BEST SHOW

Ahir Shah: Ends

Ian Smith: Crushing

John Kearns: The Varnishing Days

Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Paul Foot: Dissolve

BEST TOUR

Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

Peter Serafinowicz: Brian Butterfield Placeholder Name

Nick Mohammed: The Very Best and Worst of Mr. Swallow

Sara Pascoe: Success Story

BEST TV SHOW

A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou

Ghosts

Such Brave Girls

Taskmaster 

The Change

BEST TV COMIC

Joe Lycett

Lucy Beaumont

Rosie Jones

Sam Campbell

RADIO SHOW

Crybabies Present… Bagbeard 

Elis James & John Robins

Jessica Fostekew: Sturdy Girl Club

Olga Koch: OK Computer

Sarah Keyworth: Are You a Boy or a Girl?

BEST PODCAST

Born Yesterday with Alexander Bennett and Andy Barr

Liam Withnail & Christopher MacArthur Boyd Enjoy An Album

Northern News with Amy Gledhill & Ian Smith

Three Bean Salad with Mike Wozniak, Ben Partridge and Henry Paker

Where There's A Will There's A Wake with Kathy Burke 

SOCIAL MEDIA

Ed Night & Paddy Young

Jazz Emu 

Rosie Holt

Troy Hawke

Munya Chawawa

BOOK

My Lady Parts: A Life Fighting Stereotypes by Doon Mackichan

Scatter Brain by Shaparak Khorsandi

Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

What's That Lady Doing? by Lou Sanders

Published: 8 Feb 2024