Steve Day is a British deaf stand-up comedian.

Stand-up comedy

Day was a finalist in the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award in 2000, and a finalist in the

Hackney Empire New Act of the Year The NATYS: New Acts of The Year Showcase, previously known as The Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, is an annual industry showcase that promotes new waves of emerging Comedy and Variety acts. It ran at the Hackney Empire Theatre from 1988 until ...

in 2002. Day has had several one-man shows at the

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 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 ...

: "Deaf in the Afternoon" (2002), "A Night at the Pictures" (2005), "Comprehensive Steve Day" (2006), "A Night at the Pictures (2007), Should I Stay or Should I Go? (2008)", and "Run, deaf Boy, Run" (2011). In 2005, Day performed as part of "Abnormally Funny People", with Steve Best,

Liz Carr Elizabeth Anne Carr (born 21 April 1972) is an English actress, comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist. She is known for portraying the role of Clarissa Mullery in the BBC crime drama ''Silent Witness'' (2013–2020), ...

, Tanyalee Davis, Chris McCausland and Simon Minty. He still makes occasional performances as part of the group, most recently a promotional video for the Disability Rights Commission. He tours extensively around the UK.

Radio

Day has appeared on and written for several

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...

shows.

Personal life

Day lives in

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, West Midlands. He has three children and two step-children with his wife, former Olympic athlete,

Georgina Oladapo Georgina Esther Day (née Oladapo; born 15 May 1967) is a former English sprinter and long jumper who represented Great Britain in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Biography Oladapo was born on 15 May 1967 in ...

Day.

References

External links

Myspace page

Chortle review

Steve Day on YouTube

GOJO video for Disability Rights Commission
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