Maisie Adam Wins Amused Moose Award

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Kate Stone

Maisie Adam is on a winning streak, last year she won So You Think Your Funny and last night she was crowned the winner of the 2018 Amused Moose Award! The 2017 Funny Women Award finalist, whose debut hour Vague has been selling out (get your tickets now!), talked about her height and her epilepsy in her seven-minute winning set.

The final also featured Louise Atkinson, Josh Baulf, Oisin Hanlon, Jack Harris, Rosie Holt, Stephen Trumble, Barney Iley and Joe Hobbs, who took home the Breakthrough Comedian Award.

Previously known as the Amused Moose Laugh Off, the awards launched in 2004. Finalists in the competition who have enjoyed great success include Jack Whitehall, Sarah Millican, Jimmy Carr, Greg Davies, Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan, Katherine Ryan, Simon Amstell, Rhod Gilbert, Alex Horne and Rob Beckett.

Congratulations Maisie!

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Kate Stone
Kate Stone is the editor of Funny Women and an award-winning script writer. She has written comedy sketches for the BBC's 100 Women project and created the Funny Women Awards Comedy Shorts category.
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