Comedian with a 'fearless level of audience engagement' beats joint-favourite Nick Helm to most prestigious standup prize in UKHis show invites the audience to play swingball and impersonate Daniel Day-Lewis. Now anarchic comedian Adam Riches has had the last laugh: he has won the most prestigious prize in UK comedy.Riches won the Foster's Edinburgh comedy award at a lunchtime ceremony on Saturday, pipping to the pos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PM on August 27, 2011