Published on Wednesday 30 November 2011 17:27
ONE of the UK’s fastest rising stars of comedy, Daniel Sloss, makes his first appearance at Banbury’s mill Theatre on Sunday, December 4.
Still only 21, Sloss started doing stand-up comedy aged 16 and has appeared on a number of television shows.
His appearances include Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, 8/10 Cats, Rob Brydon Show, Comic Relief’s Mock the Week and The Paul O’Grady Show.
He has also had his own BBC show, The Adventures of Daniel and has sold out in three Edinburgh Fringe seasons.
And he was also voted 2011 Scottish Variety Award’s Best new Comedian.
His October 2009 debut in London’s Soho Theatre made him the youngest ever stand-up to perform a solo season in the West End and he has performed in Europe, Australia and south east Asia.
This new show is called The Joker and his mill gig is one of 50 dates on an autumn UK tour.
He has extraordinary talent and stage presence for one so young and he claims comedy first crept into his life as part of his self-defence mechanism at home!
“Everyone in my family is genuinely very funny,” he said.
“I grew up in a house where we were always insulting each other so I had no choice but to be constantly coming up with good comebacks.
“I had terrible, terrible exam results at school but then I realised that comedy was something I enjoyed doing and I was quite good at it so I decided to stick at it.” not a performer to be affected by nerves, Daniel Sloss is in charge from the moment he walks on stage, commanding attention from the word go.
He is shaking off his label as a funny adolescent – has endured the label of half-man half-Xbox – and is now enjoying being branded as one of our youngest comedy success stories.
He is harnessing his inherent charm and natural timing and presence to become one of the most sought out comics in the country.
Sloss is described by critics as ‘nigh on impossible to dislike’ – a charming elongated Macaulay Culkin lookalike and a protégé of Frankie Boyle, for whom he writes some fantastic material.
Sloss is described as ‘charming, self-deprecating and genuinely funny’ by Time out, and Sunday Express described his show as ‘hysterical… a stunning show of observational humour’. Daniel Sloss will appear live at The mill Theatre, Banbury on Sunday, December 4 at 8pm.
Tickets cost £13.50 or £10 concessions and are available by calling The mill box office on 01295 279002 or by visiting themillartscentre.co.uk
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