The 99 Club Bursary Awards for 2018 have been announced following a showcase final at the comedy club in London compered by Kiri Pritchard-McLean with a headline set by last year's bursary winner Lauren Pattison.

The two bursary winners are Sarah Keyworth and Catherine Bohart, who both receive £500 to help fund their Edinburgh Fringe shows. The standard of entrants was so high the judges gave additional £100 awards to the other finalists Olga Koch, Adele Cliff and Jenan Younis. 

The bursary, now in its second year, is for female and non-binary performers taking their first full length solo show to the Edinburgh Festival