Daniel Kitson
Daniel Kitson | |
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Born | Denby Dale, England | 2 July 1977
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Years active | 1993–present |
Website | danielkitson |
Daniel John Kitson (born 2 July 1977) is an English comedian, actor, performer and writer.
Early life
Daniel John Kitson was born in Denby Dale on 2 July 1977,[1][2] the son of a primary school headteacher mother and a lecturer father.[2] He was a pupil at Scissett Middle School and Shelley College. He subsequently studied drama at Roehampton Institute, now known as the University of Roehampton.[2][3]
Career
Comedy
Kitson began performing comedy at the age of 16.
In April 2001 he could be seen at Up The Creek, often alongside Jimmy Carr.[6]
As well as stand up, Kitson has written and performed "story shows". The first was A Made Up Story at the
In 2007, Kitson toured It's The Fireworks Talking and the story show C-90 in the UK, Australia, New York and Paris. There was a second Open Air Theatre show in June 2007. Kitson also complemented his Australian tour of C-90 with a loosely structured stand-up show titled At 10 pm, Daniel Kitson Will Be Drinking Tea and Blowing Minds, a reference to a line from the movie Dazed and Confused.
It's The Fireworks Talking won Kitson the
In the first half of 2008 Kitson toured his show The Impotent Fury of the Privileged. He played work-in progress gigs in January and early February before presenting the show at 28 dates during May & June. The show was released as an audio download in January 2017.[9]
In July 2008 he began previews of his Edinburgh Festival show, 66A Church Road: A Lament, Made Of Memories And Kept In Suitcases.[10]
In 2009 Kitson performed two new shows: We Are Gathered Here & The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church, the latter of which was toured in late 2010 and the first half of 2011. Prior to this in early 2010, Kitson also did a short UK tour of 66a Church Road – A Lament Made of Memories and Kept in Suitcases that he initially performed in Edinburgh in 2008 (and then took to Australia.)
In January 2012, his show It’s Always Right Now, Until it’s Later played at the St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY.
In March 2012, Kitson took a brand new stand-up show, Where Once Was Wonder, on a work-in-progress tour around the UK before touring it in Australia and returning for the Edinburgh Fringe in August. The new show comprises all new material and is made up of three stories about "the impossible".[11]
In 2013 he took his new stand-up show entitled After the Beginning. Before the End on a UK tour and also played a few European dates.
Kitson debuted his new play Mouse: The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought at
in 2017, Kitson performed his first stand-up comedy in over four years at
In 2019, Daniel Kitson performed a run at the Battersea Arts Centre for a show entitled Keep. The premise of this show was to read aloud a catalogued list of 20,000 objects[14] in his home, but in true Kitson style an extra narrative and much humour is delivered along the way.
In 2020, during a period where many UK venues were closed due to the
In April 2022, Kitson announced a return to the stage after 2 years. With his new show Outside, he toured outdoor venues in the UK in his first live performances since the start of the pandemic.[16]
Film and television
Kitson appeared in an episode of
In 2007, clips of Daniel Kitson's stand-up were shown on the one-off Channel 4 show
Whilst in his teens, he appeared as a contestant on the ITV quiz show
Kitson voices an "alley rat" in the pilot episode of the
Radio
In 2006, Kitson began presenting his own weekly music-based radio show called The Listening Club. The show, broadcast live 1 am to 4 am on Monday nights / Tuesday mornings from London's community arts radio station
Kitson had originally begun doing radio shows in Australia during the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, on Melbourne-based community station 3RRR. These continued, twice weekly, in 2006 and 2007. The Australian programmes are usually co-hosted with a comedian friend. Co-hosts have included Courteney Hocking, David O'Doherty, Andrew McClelland and Steve Hall of We Are Klang.
He has appeared on the
Kitson appears in Episode 2 of the Flight of the Conchords radio series.
He also can be heard on the BBC Radio 4 programme Tim Key Delves Into Daniil Kharms and That's All.[21]
Personal life
Live shows
Year | Venue | Show | Type | Notes | |
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2001 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Love, Innocence and the Word Cock | Stand-up | ||
2002 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Something | Stand-up | Won Perrier Comedy Award
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Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit | Benefit | In aid of Waverley Care | |||
The Stonewall Gala | Benefit | In aid of Stonewall
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2003 | UK Tour | Over-rated and on Tour | Stand-up | ||
2003 | Melbourne International Comedy Festival | Something | Stand-up | ||
2003 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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A Made Up Story | Story Show | ||
Stand Up for Freedom | Benefit | In aid of Amnesty International | |||
2004 | UK Tour | Lover, Thinker, Artist and Prophet | Stand-up | ||
2004 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Dancing | Stand-up | ||
2005 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Daniel Kitson 11:30 pm at The Stand | Stand-up | ||
Stories for the Wobbly-Hearted | Story Show | Won Scotsman Fringe First Award | |||
2006 | UK and Australian tours | Weltanschauung | Stand-up | ||
2006 | Regents Park Open Air Theatre
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Weltanschauung | Stand-up | ||
Stories for the Wobbly Hearted | Story show | With Gavin Osborn | |||
2006 | Brits Off Broadway Festival
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Stories for the Wobbly-Hearted | Story Show | ||
2006 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe and UK tour
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C-90 | Story Show | Won Scotsman Fringe First Award and The Stage Acting Award for Best Solo Show | |
The Honourable Men of Art | Stand-up | With Andy Zaltzman, Alun Cochrane, Demetri Martin and David O'Doherty | |||
2007 | Melbourne International Comedy Festival | It's the Fireworks Talking | Stand-up | Won MICF Barry Award | |
2007 | Regents Park Open Air Theatre
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It's the Fireworks Talking | Stand-up | ||
The Ballad of Rodger and Grace | Story Show | With Gavin Osborn | |||
2007 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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It's the Fireworks Talking | Stand-up | ||
2008 | Melbourne International Comedy Festival; Australian and UK tours | The Impotent Fury of the Privileged | Stand-up | ||
2008 | Regents Park Open Air Theatre
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The Impotent Fury of the Privileged | Stand-up | ||
The Revenge of Heckmondwyke | Story Show | With Gavin Osborn | |||
2008 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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66a Church Road: A Lament, Made Of Memories And Kept In Suitcases, By Daniel Kitson | Story Show | Won Scotsman Fringe First Award | |
The Honourable Men of Art | Stand-up | With Andy Zaltzman, Alun Cochrane and David O'Doherty | |||
2008 | Melbourne International Arts Festival and Australian tour | The Ballad of Roger and Grace | Story Show | with Gavin Osborn | |
2009 | Regents Park Open Air Theatre
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Stories for the Starlit Sky | Story Show | Three interlinked stories with music by Gavin Osborn | |
2009 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church | Story Show | Won Scotsman Fringe First Award | |
We Are Gathered Here | Stand-up | Plus UK tour | |||
2009 | Sydney Opera House | 66a Church Road: A Lament, Made of Memories and Kept in Suitcases | Story Show | Showing 24 November – 13 December[23] | |
2010 | UK tour | 66a Church Road – A Lament Made of Memories and Kept in Suitcases | Story Show | ||
2010 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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It's Always Right Now Until It's Later | Story Show | ||
2010 | Latitude Festival | Stories for the Starlit Sky | Story Show | With Gavin Osborn | |
2011 | St. Ann's Warehouse | The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church | Story Show | ||
2011 | UK & Australia tour | The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church | Story Show | ||
2011 | Royal National Theatre | It's Always Right Now, Until it's Later | Story Show | ||
2012 | St. Ann's Warehouse | It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later | Story Show | ||
2012 | Royal Exchange Theatre
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It's Always Right Now, Until it's Later | Story Show | ||
2012 | Regents Park Open Air Theatre
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Lucinda Ding and the Monstrous Thing | Story Show | With Gavin Osborn | |
Where Once Was Wonder | Stand-up | ||||
2012 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Where Once Was Wonder | Stand-up | ||
As of 1:52 GMT on Friday 27 April 2012, this show has no title | Story Show | Script-reading | |||
ZOCK!! | Stand-up | With John Oliver, and Alun Cochrane
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2012 | The Hob at Forest Hill | Fuckstorm3000 | Stand-up | With Andy Zaltzman, Alun Cochrane, and Gavin Osborn | |
2013 | Barrow Street Theatre | After the Beginning. Before the End | Stand-up | ||
2013 | UK & Euro tour | After the Beginning. Before the End | Stand-up | ||
2013 | Manchester Royal Exchange
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Tree | Play | Featuring Tim Key. | |
2013 | St. Ann's Warehouse | Analog.Ue | Story Show | ||
2014 | Royal National Theatre | Analog.Ue | Story Show | ||
2014 | US Tour | Pretty Good Friends | Stand-up | Tour with Eugene Mirman | |
2014 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | A Variety of Things in a Room | Story Show | With Gavin Osborn | |
2014 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Fuckstorm 3001 | Stand-up | With Andy Zaltzman and Alun Cochrane | |
2014 | Battersea Arts Centre | A Show for Christmas | Story Show | ||
2015 | The Old Vic | Tree | Story Show | With Tim Key | |
2015 | Australia & New Zealand Tour | Polyphony | Story Show | ||
2015 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Polyphony | Story Show | ||
2015 | UK Tour | Stories For The Starlit Sky | Story Show | With Gavin Osborn | |
2015 | Connelly Theater | A Show for Christmas | Story Show | ||
2016 | Everyman Theatre | Mouse – The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought | Story Show | ||
2016 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | An Insufficient Number of Undeveloped Ideas Over Ninety Testing Minutes | Stand-up | ||
Mouse – The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought | Story Show | ||||
2016 | St. Ann's Warehouse | Mouse – The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought | Story Show | ||
2017 | Battersea Arts Centre | Stories For The Starlit Sky | Story Show | ||
2017 | The Roundhouse
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Something Other Than Everything | Stand-up | ||
2017 | Royal Exchange Theatre
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Something Other Than Everything | Stand-Up | ||
2017 | Studio Theatre | A Short Series of Disagreements Presented Here in Chronological Order. | Story Show | ||
2018 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Good For Glue | Stand-up | ||
2019 | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre | Outside. Again. | Story Show | With Gavin Osborn | |
2019 | Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton | Hilarity Charity Gala | Benefit | In aid of Central Youth Theatre | |
2019 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Everything Smells Of Orange | Stand-up | ||
Shenanigan | Story Show | ||||
2019 | Battersea Arts Centre | Keep | Story Show | ||
2019 | Studio Theatre | Keep | Story Show | ||
2019 | St Ann's Warehouse | Keep | Story Show | ||
2020 | UK Tour | Dot. Dot. Dot. | Story Show | Streamed online to ticket holders | |
2021 | Online Show | Shenaniganagain | Story Show | Streamed online to ticket holders. Released on physical formats Summer 2022 under the name 'Shenanigan' | |
2022 | UK Tour | Outside. | Stand-up | ||
2022 | Shakespeare's Globe | Maybe a Ghost Story. | Story Show | Performed on 26 and 27 October 2022 at Shakespeare's Globe, London | |
2023 | Melbourne International Comedy Festival | I Shall Have a Good Think When Everybody’s Gone Home | Stand-up | ||
2024 | UK Tour | Collaborator | Story Show |
Recordings
Kitson has released audio and video recordings of some of his live shows on Bandcamp and Vimeo:
Audio
The Ballad of Roger and Grace w/ Gavin Osborn (2012)[24]
Midnight at The Stand (2012)[25]
Dancing (2012)[26]
Weltanschauung (2012)[27]
After the Beginning, Before the End. (2015)[28]
The Impotent Fury of The Privileged (2017)[29]
It's The Fireworks Talking (2020)[30]
We Are Gathered Here (2021)[31]
Shenanigan (2022)[32] – Vinyl/CD/Cassette only
Video
It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later. (2018)[33]
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church (2020)[34]
Stories for the Wobbly Hearted (2020)[35]
Tree (2023) [36]
Outside (Upcoming)[37]
(Years are of the recording's release; years of the corresponding live shows are listed in the 'live shows' section.)
References
- ^ "Comedy: Out on his own". The Sunday Times. 3 November 2002. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "The Independent: The hirsute of happiness". London. 23 August 2001. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "31 Years of Discovering Comedy Genius". Fosters Edinburgh Comedy. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "If.Comedy Awards (formerly Perrier Awards) Past Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 11 January 2009.
- ^ a b "IMDB biography of Daniel Kitson". IMDb. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Listings: May 2-9". News Shopper. 27 April 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ Merritt, Stephanie (27 July 2003). "The Guardian: I want to tell you a story". London. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Wobbly Stories". Archived from the original on 23 September 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2006.
- ^ "At last... Daniel Kitson releases his 2008 show : News 2017 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Royal Exchange Archived 5 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine Listing
- ^ "Bristol Times: Daniel Kitson – Where Once Was Wonder (WiP) @ Tobacco Factory". BristolTimes.com. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "What's on | Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres".
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Daniel Kitson: Keep : Reviews 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "A Tour Of Empty Theatres". Daniel Kitson. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Daniel Kitson Mail list". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "100 hundred greatest standups. IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "The Apiary – Penelope: Princess of Pets Pilot". Archived from the original on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ "British Comedy Guide – Penelope: Princess of Pets". Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ "BBC 'Protests greet male Perrier shortlist' article". BBC News. 21 August 2002. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ^ BBC Radio 2 Comedy
- ^ Del Signore, John (12 January 2012). "Theater Review: Daniel Kitson's It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ Pickering, Bree. "66a Church Road by Daniel Kitson". Concrete Playground.
- ^ "The Ballad of Roger and Grace. (2006), by Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Midnight at The Stand (2005), by Daniel Kitson". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Kitson, Daniel (19 February 2012). "Dancing. (2004)". Bandcamp. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Weltanschauung (2006), by Daniel Kitson". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "After the Beginning, Before the End. (2013), by Daniel Kitson". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "The Impotent Fury of The Privileged (2008), by Daniel Kitson". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "It's The Fireworks Talking (2007), by Daniel Kitson". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "We Are Gathered Here (2009), by Daniel Kitson". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Last Few Outside Shows and Record Shop Update". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Kitson, Daniel (5 February 2018). "Watch It's Always Right Now, Until It's Later. Online | Vimeo On Demand". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Kitson, Daniel (18 August 2020). "Watch The Interminable Suicide Of Gregory Church Online | Vimeo On Demand". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Kitson, Daniel (24 August 2020). "Watch Stories For The Wobbly Hearted. Online | Vimeo On Demand". Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Tree – Online Screening (7pm London) EXTRA SHOW ADDED ON THURSDAY 23RD". 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "Last Few Outside Shows and Record Shop Update". Daniel Kitson. Retrieved 30 July 2022.