Dan Nightingale (born 15 March 1981) is an English

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehear ...

and

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er from Penwortham in

Preston, Lancashire Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston, Lancashire, City of Preston local government district. Preston ...

Career

Nightingale has been a professional comic since 2004. He performed his first UK and Ireland tour in 2022 titled Smasher, 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

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in January 2024. Nightingale's first appearance on national television was on '' John Bishop's Only Joking'', on

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in 2013. In 2013 Nightingale was voted Preston's the 'Entertainer of the Year'. Dan Nightingale has also appeared at the

Edinburgh Fringe Festival The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe, the Fringe or the Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest performance arts festival, which in 2024 spanned 25 days, sold more than 2.6 million tickets and featur ...

multiple times. His debut was in 2005 where he appeared with

Josie Long Josie Isabel Long (born 17 April 1982) is an English comedian. She started performing as a stand-up at the age of 14 and won the BBC New Comedy Awards at 17. In 2006, Long won the If.comeddies Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Festival Frin ...

in a show titled 'Audience with Josie Long and Dan Nightingale'. Nightingale's second show, in 2008 was named 'Geronimo' where he was noted for his budding 'star quality'. Nightingale returned to the fringe festival in 2012 with 'The Eleven and a Half Ill Conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale'. In 2013 Nightingale's show was titled 'Love in the time of Cholesterol' and his performances were described as 'comforting'. In his fifth year attending the Edinburgh Fringe Nightingale performed the show 'Dan Nightingale is Trying His Best Not to Be a Dick'.

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described this show as 'outrageously funny'. His most recent show was 'Sex, Drugs and My Nanna's Bungalow' in 2018 which garnered positive reviews. Have a Word Podcast Nightingale founded the '' Have a Word'' podcast with fellow comedian Adam Rowe and

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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

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and the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust. The song reached number 39 in the

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midweek chart. In 2022, ''Have a Word'' won the Best Podcast at the

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. In 2023, it was nominated for the Best Comedy Podcast at the

National Comedy Awards The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The British Comedy Awards (1 ...

. , ''Have a Word'' is the 15th most subscribed to page on

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and are ranked 3rd for video content.

Awards

Personal life

Nightingale's mother died when he was 16. Nightingale started a degree in

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Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a mem ...

but dropped out to pursue a career in comedy.

References

External links

www.dannightingale.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nightingale, Dan 1981 births Living people English stand-up comedians 21st-century English comedians English male comedians English podcasters Entertainers from Preston, Lancashire Alumni of Newcastle University