The Skinny and Fest, Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland are delighted to announce the winners of the week three’s The Besties, in the following categories: 

The Spooky Award – Ghouls Aloud for Elysium, Gilded Balloon

The New Writing Award – Emma Frankland for No Apologies, Summerhall

Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Scottish publishing – 404 Ink, Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Dissident Award – Abdolreza Kahani for Mortician, Edinburgh International Film Festival

The Radgie Award – Rosa Garland for Primal Bog, Assembly Roxy

The Alt Reekie Award – Liam Withnail for Big Strong Boy, Monkey Barrell

The Fringe Legend Award – Mark Silcox for The Gold Trader, PBH Free Fringe, Voodoo Rooms 

The award ceremony took place today (Saturday 23rd August) at the Festival Theatre, hosted by Jess Robinson, whose show Jess Robinson: Your Song is at Assembly George Square Gardens until Sunday.  

The Besties awards, designed by artist Camillo Feuchter a recent graduate of Interior & Environmental Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, use recyclable plastics gathered by the partners and leftover wood sourced locally.  

Reflecting the broad and diverse coverage both magazines produce every summer and celebrating the breadth of Edinburgh’s Festivals, The Besties span all the festival activity taking place in the city over the month of August, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.  

Winners of The Besties are chosen each week by the editorial teams of The Skinny and Fest, drawing on their cross-festival expertise to celebrate the best work happening anywhere in the festivals. 

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