Daniel Sloss

Daniel Sloss
Born (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990
Kingston upon Thames, London, England
Medium Stand-up, Television
Nationality English
Years active 2007–
Website danielsloss.com

Daniel Sloss (born 11 September 1990) is a Scottish comedian, actor and writer, notable for having become established as a professional live and television performer whilst still in his teens.[1][2] He was the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London's West End aged 19 and also signed a DVD deal with BBC WW's 2Entertain label. He was also commissioned by the BBC for a broadcast sitcom pilot The Adventures of Daniel, and has appeared on US television programmes including The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Conan.[3][4][5][6]

Early life

Sloss was born in Kingston upon Thames and moved with his family to Fife in Scotland at the age of four. He attended East Wemyss Primary School and secondary school at Waid Academy in Anstruther. He was offered a place at the University of Dundee to study history but decided to take a gap year to see if he could make comedy work as his full-time career. He rejected the offer after the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe.

Comedy career

Stand up

Sloss performed for the first time at The Laughing Horse in Edinburgh, August 2007, after completing a two-day stand-up comedy course.

His first Edinburgh Festival Fringe was in August 2008, where he shared a 30-minute show with fellow comic Davey See.[7] Life in 2D ran for 10 days in the Espionage venue as part of the Free Fringe. That same Fringe, aged 17, Sloss became one of the youngest-ever finalists in the UK's premier So You Think You're Funny? comedy competition, the final of which is hosted by the Gilded Balloon venue during the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2009, he sold out his debut full length Edinburgh Festival Fringe season Daniel Sloss – Teenage Kicks and in October took this show to London to the Soho Theatre to become the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in the venue as well as in London's West End.[8]

In August 2010, Sloss's second solo show Daniel Sloss: My Generation sold out the entire run at The Pleasance venue at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show later transferred to London for a season at the Soho Theatre in September before returning to London during the tour playing at the Bloomsbury Theatre in November. This show became his first ever headline live tour and went on to tour Scotland throughout the autumn of 2010.

On 6 March 2011, he performed his first set at the Hammersmith Apollo alongside comedian Dara Ó Briain to support wildlife charity Our Disappearing Planet.[9] Also in March 2011, Sloss made a sell-out return to the Sydney Comedy Festival and then embarked on a tour across South East Asia with fellow comic Craig Hill.

In August 2011, Sloss premiered his new show Daniel Sloss - The Joker at the Edinburgh Fringe, becoming one of the biggest ticket sellers across the fringe selling out every seat to every show for his nearly 4 week run in the flagship new 400 seat Assembly Theatre venue, still aged just 20. This was followed by a Live Nation-produced 50 date national tour (supported by Kai Humphries) in the autumn.[10]

Recording the DVD freed Sloss to present a completely new hour-long show Daniel Sloss - The Show at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe in a 30 show season to packed houses at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

In August 2012 he recorded a set for the BBC's Comedy Marathon Edinburgh Fringe showcase and in September was part of Channel 4's Comedy World Cup panel show hosted by David Tennant, before travelling to LA to tape smash-hit stand-up improvised show Set List for Sky Atlantic as well as perform some live club sets at some of LA's most prestigious clubs including the Improv. That same month he also featured on comic book maestro Mark Millar's final GFT Geekfest, performed on BBC Three's Russell Howard's Good News and gave a TEDx talk, recorded in Ealing. He then went on to perform an extensive UK tour of Daniel Sloss - The Show, with more than 50 dates and again supported by Kai Humphries and produced by Live Nation.

2013 began with sell-out tours of Norway and Sweden as well as performances at the Altitude Comedy Festival in the in Austrian alps alongside John Bishop and Eddie Izzard, from which Daniel was featured in ITV2s documentary about the event. He returned to Australia for seasons at the Sydney International Comedy Festival and Perth International Comedy Festival.

In August 2013 he launched his new show Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up at the Edinburgh fringe, again with an extended season at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre and again followed by a substantial autumn tour throughout the UK. He subsequently performed this show at 2014's Sydney International Comedy Festival and Perth International Comedy Festival.

In August 2014 his new show Daniel Sloss - Really...?! premiered at the Edinburgh fringe, again with an extended season (performing 2 shows a night on weekends) at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, followed by a substantial European tour of 20 shows in 15 countries in the autumn as well as UK dates including 2 shows at London's Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Room. He also performed at the Altitude Comedy Festival, comedy and snowboarding in the Austrian Alps.

In 2015, Daniel wrote and subsequently performed his seventh show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, DARK. Along with a number of fellow comedians including Tom Stade, he wrote, co-produced and starred in the six-part internet sitcom M.U.F.F. DARK went on to tour for over 80 dates across 15 countries in Europe and throughout the UK. In January, an extended hybrid version of DARK ran for a week at London's Soho Theatre (rebranded DARK REVOIR, as DARK had been performed at the London's Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Room in December as part of the UK tour). In February, Daniel made his fifth appearance on Conan and transferred the 90 minute version of his solo show (renamed DARK) to New York for a week-long run at the Soho Playhouse as well for 2 shows in Los Angeles at the Westside Comedy Theatre.

Daniel's new show for 2016 is called SO? and will premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August, followed by UK and European tours in the autumn.

Television

Aged 16 and 17 Sloss wrote a small amount of material for comedian Frankie Boyle for two series of BBC's Mock the Week.[11] He was the first stand-up comedian to perform on Channel 4's Paul O'Grady Show (2009) and was commissioned by the BBC in April 2010 to pilot his own sitcom, The Adventures of Daniel, which transmitted on 23 August 2010, substantially out-rating the other two comedy pilots in the series of three, despite having been schedule at 10 days notice and not bring included in most TV listings.[4]

He featured on series 2 of BBC1's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow on 18 September 2010, and two weeks later on the first series of BBC2's The Rob Brydon Show alongside Stephen Fry as well as on Channel 4's 8 out of 10 Cats.

In January 2011 he performed on ITV1's Jason Manford's Comedy Rocks and in March 2011, was part of the BBC's Comic Relief marathon online broadcast with David Walliams called 24 Hour Panel People, as a panellist on Mock the Week. [12][13]

The following year, Sloss featured on the BBC's Stand Up for Sport Relief performing a set as well as coaching heavy weight boxing champion Tyson Fury for the latter's stand-up comedy debut.[14]

In September 2012, he recorded a TEDx Talk in Ealing and performed on Set List: Stand-up Without A Net for Sky Atlantic, alongside an all-star lineup of US and international comedy alumni.[15] In October 2012, Sloss appeared in the seventh series of Russell Howard's Good News.

In December 2013 he made his USA television debut with an appearance on Conan, as well as making his headlining seasons at Crackers Comedy in Indianapolis and Comedy Works in Denver. He was booked to come back on exactly 2 months later, which in turn led to a third invite - 3 appearances in just over 6 months, the first stand-up ever to achieve this. In addition, Daniel signed a talent deal with Conan O'Brien's production company Conaco to develop his own show for a Hollywood studio.. He also appeared on the Pete Holmes Show, @midnight, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and back in the UK was featured on ITV's Sunday Night at the Palladium.

Sloss also appeared in Beardyman's One Album Per Hour as part of Beardyman's 2 part YouTube series; other guest producers included Tim Minchin and Jack Black.[16]

In February 2015 he made his fourth appearance on Conan.[17] and in February 2016, he appeared for a fifth time on the show.

Personal life

For a number of years Sloss lived with fellow comedian Kai Humphries in Edinburgh. He has studied acting since he was eight years old, ran his own monthly LOL comedy club at the Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy for a year when he was 18 and his hobbies include playing computer games, watching Robot Wars (in which he appeared as a member of the Bot Out Of Hell team in 2002), comedy films and playing football. He is a supporter of Chelsea.

Television appearances

Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows

London seasons and touring solo shows

References

  1. ↑ Donaldson, Brian (3 March 2009). "Interview: Daniel Sloss". Scotsman.com (Johnston Publishing Ltd). Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Scots star Daniel Sloss on how sadness from loss of sister led to career in comedy" Daily Record, 21 January 2012
  3. ↑ White, Gregor (5 May 2010). "Number One star Tinchy Stryder heads for Stirling". Stirling Observer.
  4. 1 2 "BBC Three embarks on new sitcom pilot – The Adventures Of Daniel". BBC Press Office. 12 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "Daniel Sloss on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson". 2 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Team Coco".
  7. ↑ "LIFE IN 2D". Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Sloss: The Show". Derby Theatre. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Dara O'Brian holds charity gig for Tropical Zoo". Hounslow Chronicle (Trinity Mirror). 23 February 2011.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Sloss Tour Dates & Tickets". Ents24.com. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  11. ↑ "Let's get started". Edinburgh Festival Magazine (2009). Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  12. ↑ "BBC Three - Comedy At The Fringe - Daniel Sloss". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  13. ↑ "Daniel Sloss Live On Comedy Rocks w/ Jason Manford". YouTube. 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  14. ↑ "2012 Stand up for Sport Relief". bbc.co.uk. BBC Three. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Daniel Sloss". setlistshow.com/. Setlist. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Daniel Sloss". beardyman.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Daniel Sloss Stand-Up 02/24/15". teamcoco.com. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  18. ↑ "Life in 2D". Chortle. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  19. ↑ "Daniel Sloss – Teenage Kicks". Scotsman.com. Johnston Press Digital Publishing. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  20. ↑ "My Generation". Edinburgh Festival Guide. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  21. ↑ "The Joker". Ed Fringe. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

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