A REDDITCH comedian has won Dave’s Joke Of The Fringe 2023.
This year, Lorna Rose Treen, bagged the title with her gag: “I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah”.
At the Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Lorna is debuting at The Pleasance Courtyard with her nonsensical escapist character show – Skin Pigeon.
Lorna said: “I am blooming chuffed to have won Dave’s best joke of the fringe.
“Are you kidding? I can’t wait to tell my mum.
“It is already such a wonderful joy to be debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, and this is a lovely thing on top. A huge thank you for awarding my stupid joke with this title.”
Now in its 14th year, previous winners of the coveted Joke of the Fringe Award include Masai Graham, Ken Cheng, Olaf Falafel, Tim Vine, Rob Auton, Stewart Francis, Zoe Lyons and Nick Helm.
Recognising comics both established and up-and-coming, the Joke of the Fringe award celebrates the art of joke writing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and acknowledges the talent it requires to create knee-slapping one-liners.
To ensure there is no bias towards well-known comedians during the public vote, the jokes are listed with no reference to the comedian who wrote and performed them, meaning it is purely judged on the humour of the jokes themselves.
Cherie Hall, Dave channel director, said: “It’s that time of year again – Dave’s Joke of the Fringe – and this year we are thrilled to award Lorna Rose Treen’s joke with the win.
“We’ve got an amazing mix of jokes and comedians in our top 10 list this year, the quality of submissions will keep us laughing until next year.”
Lorna has won numerous awards for her creative one liners.
She became the first ever double award winner at the Funny Women Awards in 2022, then went on to win Chortle’s coveted Best Newcomer Award earlier this year
