Dan Nightingale Explained
Dan Nightingale (born 15 March 1981) is an English stand-up comedian and podcaster from Preston, Lancashire.[1] [2]
Career
Nightingale has been a professional comic since 2004.[3] [4] He performed his first UK and Ireland tour in 2022 titled Smasher,[5] and subsequently released the show onto YouTube. Nightingale went on his second tour, in 2023 which was titled 'Dan Nightingale's Special' and released the video version on YouTube in January 2024.[6] [7]
Nightingale's first appearance on national television was on John Bishop's Only Joking, on Sky 1 in 2013.[8]
In 2013 Nightingale was voted Preston's the 'Entertainer of the Year'.[9]
Dan Nightingale has also appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival multiple times. His debut was in 2005 where he appeared with Josie Long in a show titled 'Audience with Josie Long and Dan Nightingale'.[10] Nightingale's second show, in 2008 was named 'Geronimo' where he was noted for his budding 'star quality'.[11] Nightingale returned to the fringe festival in 2012 with 'The Eleven and a Half Ill Conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale'.[12] In 2013 Nightingale's show was titled 'Love in the time of Cholesterol' and his performances were described as 'comforting'.[13] In his fifth year attending the Edinburgh Fringe Nightingale performed the show 'Dan Nightingale is Trying His Best Not to Be a Dick'. Chortle described this show as 'outrageously funny'.[14] His most recent show was 'Sex, Drugs and My Nanna's Bungalow' in 2018 which garnered positive reviews.[15]
Have A Word Podcast
Nightingale founded the Have a Word podcast with fellow comedian Adam Rowe in 2020.In 2021, Rowe and Nightingale, under the umbrella of Have A Word, released the song Laura's Gone in a bid to reach Christmas number 1 and raise money for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice and the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust.[16] The song reached number 39 in the Official Charts Company midweek chart.[17]
In 2022, Have A Word won the Best Podcast at the Chortle Awards.[18] In 2023, it was nominated for the Best Comedy Podcast at the National Comedy Awards.[19] [20]
As of 18th March 2024, Have A Word is the 17th most subscribed to page on Patreon, however they are ranked 4th for video content. [21]
Awards
Personal life
Nightingale is married to his wife Laura, and they have two children. His mother died when he was 16.[34]
Nightingale started a degree in Politics at Newcastle University but dropped out to pursue a career in comedy.[35]
References
- Web site: McHale . Kirsty . 2015-09-06. Liverpool Comedy Festival 2015: Who is Dan Nightingale?. 2023-11-16 . Liverpool Echo . en.
- Web site: Dan Nightingale . 2023-11-14 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2013-11-18. 'I'm back for a Preston wife' . 2023-11-16 . Lancashire Evening Post . en.
- Web site: Dan Nightingale . 2023-11-14 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: Dan Nightingale: Smasher - 2022 Full Special . 2023-11-14 . www.youtube.com . en.
- Web site: Dan Nightingale's Special - 2023 Full Special . 2024-01-29 . www.youtube.com . en.
- Web site: Dan Nightingale's Special . 2023-11-14 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: John Bishop's Only Joking . 2023-11-15 . www.comedy.co.uk/ . en.
- Web site: 2014-01-19. Stand-up, sit down, specs on with Dan Nightingale . 2023-11-16 . Lancashire Evening Post . en.
- Web site: Daoust . Phil . 2005-08-09. Josie Long and Dan Nightingale . 2023-11-15 . www.theguardian.com . en.
- Web site: Hall . Julian . 2008-08-21. Dan Nightingale: Geronimo, Underbelly, Edinburgh . 2023-11-15 . www.independent.co.uk . en.
- Web site: Gallagher . Khristine . 2012-08-07. Dan Nightingale - The Eleven and a Half Ill Conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale . 2023-11-15 . www.threeweeksedinburgh.com . en.
- Web site: Cockburn . Paul . 2013-08-02. Dan Nightingale - Love in the time of Cholesterol . 2023-11-15 . www.broadwaybaby.com . en.
- Web site: Richardson . Jay . 2014-08-16. Dan Nightingale is Trying His Best Not to Be a Dick . 2023-11-15 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: Fleckney . Paul . 2018-08-14. Dan Nightingale: Sex, Drugs And My Nanna's Bungalow . 2023-11-15 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: Guide . British Comedy . 2021-12-02 . Adam Rowe and Dan Nightingale release Christmas single for charity . 2023-11-14 . British Comedy Guide . en.
- Web site: Bennett . Steve . Kunt at No5 in the midweek charts : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2023-11-14 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 'As good as it got, on and off stage' . 2023-11-14 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: Hepburn . David . 2023-02-14. National Comedy Awards 2023: Here's when you can catch 10 comedians shortlisted for the British comedy Oscars in Scotland - from Fern Brady to Ricky Gervais . 2023-11-16 . The Scotsman . en.
- Web site: National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed . 2023-11-14 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: Have a Word Pod - Last 30 Days . 2024-03-18 . Graphtreon . en.
- Web site: 2009-02-05. 5,500 vote in Chortle awards . 2023-11-16 . www.chortle.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2015. Dan Nightingale - Awards . 2023-11-16 . www.comedy.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2018-03-19. Chortle Awards 2018 results. 2023-11-16 . www.comedy.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2019-02-07. North West Comedy Awards 2019 winners. 2023-11-16 . www.comedy.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2019-03-18. Chortle Awards 2019 results . 2023-11-16 . www.comedy.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2020-01-09. North West Comedy Awards 2020 results . 2023-11-16 . www.comedy.co.uk . en.
- Web site: Dessau . Bruce. 2020-01-09. News: North West Comedy Awards – Full Results. 2023-11-16 . www.beyondthejoke.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2020-03-18. Chortle Awards 2020 winners . 2023-11-16 . www.comedy.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2022-01-19. Jason Manford wins two prizes at North West Comedy Awards . 2023-11-16 . www.comedy.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2022-03-30. 'As good as it got, on and off stage' : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide . 2023-11-16 . www.chortle.co.uk.
- Web site: 2023-02-17. Winners crowned at The National Comedy Awards for Stand Up To Cancer . 2023-11-16 . www.channel4.com . en.
- Web site: 2023-02-18. Everything that happened at the National Comedy Awards 2023 . 2023-11-16 . www.virginradio.co.uk . en.
- Web site: 2013-05-12. Comedy Festival 2013: Dan Nightingale . 2023-11-16 . NZ Herald . en.
- Web site: 2004-08-12. Dan's the man . 2023-11-16 . Manchester Evening News . en.
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