Dan Mitchell (comedian)






























Dan Mitchell
Birth name Daniel Mitchell
Medium
Stand-up, Television
Nationality Welsh
Years active 2005—present
Genres Social satire
Notable works and roles Show Me The Funny

Dan Mitchell is a Welsh-born comedian originally from Brechfa, a village near Carmarthen. In his youth, Dan had a fascination with comics and comedy. Having had his comedy appetite raised by running the local pub quiz, he started his career in comedy in 2005 and ran a regular stand-up night, which he compered, at Cardiff’s Pen and Wig pub.[1] He also ran comedy panel show, "Panel 9 from Outer Space", with fellow comedian Clint Edwards and friend Laura Bryon.


Dan Mitchell was the presenter of BBC Radio Wales' now-defunt comedy news quiz, 'What's the Story?' made by Tidy productions.


Dan Mitchell finished 2nd in the 2011 ITV reality/talent series Show Me The Funny.[1][2]


Dan appears as himself in an episode of Cynic (Web series) which features comedian Ted Shiress.[3]


He was diagnosed at age seventeen with Tonic Clonic epilepsy, the absurdities of which he often talks about in his comedy act.[4][5]


He is good friends with fellow Welsh comedian James Dunn, and they have performed together in the live show "It's a Dogs Life", where Mitchell plays the role of Sinbad, a dog that lived with James in a small flat in Caerphilly. It is currently being piloted for potential broadcast on Made in Cardiff TV after raving reviews in the Newport Comedy Festival.


Dan also runs a comedy/speakeasy gig called Lafty Devil Comedy in his man cave at Crafty Devil Brewery/shop in Canton on the first Thursday of every month.




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 DVDs


    • 1.2 Radio


    • 1.3 Theatre


    • 1.4 Competitions




  • 2 References


  • 3 External links





Career



DVDs


He appears in the extras of Rhod Gilberts DVDs "The Award Winning Mince Pie" and "The Cat that looked like Nicholas Lyndhurst"



Radio


  • He was a regular panellist on the now-defunct BBC Radio Wales comedy program What's the Story?[6] and, from series 6, was the host.[7]


Theatre



  • In July 2011 he performed in the Comedy play 'Humanzee' as part of Cardiff Comedy Festival 2011.[8]

  • He co wrote and appeared in sell out murder mystery play And the Killer is..? with Becky Brynolf.[9]



Competitions



  • Finalist - Budweiser’s Legends of Laughter (2006)[10]


  • Welsh Comedy Festival - Filmed by the BBC as part of their Funny Business series, screened in Autumn 2007. This series highlighted the burgeoning comic scene in Cardiff and also followed the ups and downs of hundreds of comedians all hoping to secure a £30,000 contract.[11]

  • Welsh Unsigned Stand-up Award (2010)[12]



References





  1. ^ ab http://www.itv.com/showmethefunny/comics/dan-mitchell/


  2. ^ Powder Blue Internet Business Solutions. "Dan Mitchell". chortle.co.uk..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "Ted Shiress". tedshiress.co.uk.


  4. ^ http://www.actionwork.com/mpower/mpowerissue2bSmall.pdf


  5. ^ Dan Mitchell discusses epilepsy on Wales Today (08/02/08). YouTube. 8 February 2008.


  6. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112c30


  7. ^ "BBC Radio Wales - What's the Story?". BBC.


  8. ^ http://www.chapter.org/23399.html


  9. ^ walesonline Administrator (1 August 2010). "Theatre Preview: And The Killer Is?". walesonline.


  10. ^ "Big Head Media - big head media". buildingmy.com.


  11. ^ Welsh Comedy Festival


  12. ^ "WELSH UNSIGNED STANDUP AWARDS: HEAT ONE". Buzz Magazine.




External links



  • Dan Mitchell on Twitter



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