The 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was the 54th Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Fringe ran from 5–27 August 2001 and presented 1462 shows over 176 venues.
Awards
Theatre
Scotsman Fringe First Awards
Week One: Gagarin Way Runt Like Thunder Bedbound Ferdydurke
Week Two: Man in the Flying Lawn Chair Moving Objects Raw Jesus Hopped the A Train Neutrino
Week Three: School for Fools Upside Down Cracked Mental Midden
Comedy
Perrier Comedy Awards
Winner: Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holness and Alice Lowe)
Nominees: Jason Byrne Adam Hills - Go You Big Red Fire Engine Daniel Kitson - Love, Innocence And The Word Cock Dan Antopolski - Antopolski 2000
Best Newcomer Award
Winner: Garth Cruickshank and Eddie McCabe - Let's Have a Shambles
Nominees: Andy Zaltzman versus the Dog of Doom Danny Bhoy Cambridge Footlights - Far too Happy (Edward Jaspers, Tim Key, Dan Macaskill, James Morris, Mark Watson and Sophie Winkleman)