Dan Mitchell (comedian)

Dan Mitchell
Birth name	Daniel Mitchell
Medium	Stand-up, television
Nationality	Welsh
Years active	2005—present
Genres	Social satire, observational comedy
Influences	Vic and Bob, Graham Linehan
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 ^[1], 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. He also ran comedy panel show, "Panel 9 from Outer Space", with fellow comedian Clint Edwards and friend Laura Bryon.

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

Career

Television

• 2011 - He was a contestant in the UK TV comedy competition "Show me the Funny" and finished 2nd.^[6]
• 2007 - The Comedy Club 'Funny Business' final which aired on prime-time BBC2 Wales in Jan/Feb 08. ^[7]
• The Big Welsh Joke
• Pobol y Cwm^[8]

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 BBC Radio Wales comedy program What's the Story?^[9]
• The Rhodri Williams Show

Theatre

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

^[10]

• He co wrote and appeared in sell out murder mystery play "And the Killer is..?" with Becky Brynolf.^[11]

Competitions

• Finalist - Budweiser’s Legends of Laughter (2006)^[12]
• 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.^[13]
• Welsh Unsigned Stand-up Award (2010) ^[14]

References

1. ^ http://www.itv.com/showmethefunny/comics/dan-mitchell/
2. ^ http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/d/33230/dan_mitchell
3. ^ http://www.itv.com/showmethefunny/comics/dan-mitchell/
4. ^ http://www.actionwork.com/mpower/mpowerissue2bSmall.pdf
5. ^ Dan Mitchell discusses epilepsy on Wales Today (08/02/08)
6. ^ http://www.itv.com/showmethefunny/comics/dan-mitchell/
7. ^ http://www.hahaheehee.co.uk/comedians/dan-mitchell.html
8. ^ http://www.giggle-magazine.co.uk/more.php
9. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112c30
10. ^ http://www.chapter.org/23399.html
11. ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2010/08/02/theatre-preview-and-the-killer-is-91466-26975649/
12. ^ http://bigheadmedia.buildingmy.com/#/lol-2006/4519994304
13. ^ Welsh Comedy Festival
14. ^ http://www.buzzmag.co.uk/uncategorized/wusa-heat-one-a-summary/

External links

• Dan Mitchell on Twitter
• Dan Mitchell's Blog
• His 'ask me anything page'
• His Youtube channel
• Dan's MySpace page
• Dan's routine in Episode 2 of Show me the funny

Persondata
Name	Mitchell, Dan
Alternative names	specileptic
Short description	Comedian
Date of birth	1977
Place of birth	Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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