Daniel Sloss Live Shows
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Sloss was the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in London's West End, at the age of 19.[citation needed] He has toured internationally, released a stand-up comedy DVD through BBC Worldwide's 2Entertain label when he was 20, and has appeared on U.S. television shows such as Conan[2] and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.[3][4]
Daniel Sloss was born in Kingston upon Thames on 11 September 1990, the oldest of four children. He has two younger brothers, Matthew and Jack.[6] His sister, Josie, was born with cerebral palsy and died at age 7. He moved with his family to Scotland at the age of four, settling in Fife. He attended East Wemyss Primary School and Waid Academy in Anstruther.
When Sloss was sixteen, he was put in contact by his mother with comedian Frankie Boyle, who performed at a conference she was attending. After asking him for work experience, Sloss received coaching by Boyle during his run at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and also wrote jokes for Boyle on BBC's Mock the Week. He credits Boyle for his initial success. In October 2007, Sloss performed his first stage gig at The Stand in Edinburgh, which lasted five minutes.[7][1]
In August 2010, Sloss's second solo show Daniel Sloss: My Generation sold out the entire run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[citation needed] The show later transferred to London for a season at the Soho Theatre in September before returning to London during the tour playing at the Bloomsbury Theatre in November. This show became his first ever headline live tour, and went on to tour Scotland throughout the autumn of 2010.[citation needed]
In August 2011, Sloss premiered his new show Daniel Sloss - The Joker at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, selling out a nearly four-week run in the new 400-seat Assembly Theatre venue, still aged just 20. This was followed by a 50-date national tour in the autumn.[10]
In August 2013, he launched his new show Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up at the Edinburgh fringe, again with an extended season at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre and again followed by a substantial autumn tour throughout the UK. He subsequently performed this show at 2014's Sydney International Comedy Festival and Perth International Comedy Festival.[citation needed]
In August 2014, his new show Daniel Sloss - Really...?! premiered at the Edinburgh fringe, again with an extended season at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, followed by a substantial European tour of 20 shows in 15 countries in the autumn as well as UK dates.[citation needed]
In 2015, Daniel wrote and subsequently performed his 7th show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe DARK. DARK went on to tour for over 80 dates across 15 countries in Europe and throughout the UK. In January, an extended hybrid version of DARK ran for a week at London's Soho Theatre (rebranded DARK REVOIR as DARK had been performed at the London's Royal Albert Hall, Elgar Room in December as part of the UK tour. In February, Daniel transferred the 90 minute version of his solo show (renamed DARK) to New York for a week-long, off-Broadway run at the SoHo Playhouse as well for 2 shows in Los Angeles at the Westside Comedy Theatre. The New York Times featured Daniel on the front page of its Arts section.[11]
He opened for Dave Chappelle's two shows as well as starred in the "Best of Edinburgh" line-up at San Francisco's Sketchfest[12] and returned to New York for the second off-Broadway run of his award-winning show DARK at the SoHo Playhouse.[13]
In February 2018, Sloss taped his comedy special DARK at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.[14] Part of a two-special deal with Netflix, it was announced on 17 May that DARK and its sequel show So? would both be released later in 2018.[5] Netflix released both shows on 11 September 2018, with So? being retitled Jigsaw.[15][16] Sloss has claimed that Jigsaw caused over 120,000 break-ups, over 300 divorces, and hundreds more cancelled engagements.[17][18]
August 2018 saw Sloss premiere his 10th solo show, Daniel Sloss: X during his 11th season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe season.[19] The subsequent tour again covers 25 European countries, ending with a new season in London's West End.[20] The show received critical acclaim for Sloss' jokes about masculinity as well as its ending segment, a frank analysis of the rape of one his close friends by another friend and societal causes of sexual violence.[21][22]
On 25 October 2023, Sloss opened for The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice, Critical Role's live show at OVO Arena Wembley where the cast reprised their characters from their second campaign.[23]
In January 2011 he performed on ITV1's Jason Manford's Comedy Rocks and in March 2011, was part of the BBC's Comic Relief marathon online broadcast with David Walliams called 24 Hour Panel People, as a panellist on Mock the Week.[24][25]
The following year, Sloss featured on the BBC's Stand Up for Sport Relief performing a set as well as coaching heavy weight boxing champion Tyson Fury for the latter's stand-up comedy debut.[26]
In September 2012, he recorded a TEDx Talk in Ealing and performed on Set List: Stand-up Without A Net for Sky Atlantic, alongside an all-star lineup of US and international comedy alumni.[27] In October 2012, Sloss appeared in the seventh series of Russell Howard's Good News.
In the first half of 2017 he featured on Comedy Central's Drunk History re-telling the story of William Wallace (portrayed by Keith Allen) as well as the Dave Channel's Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. Later that autumn Sloss appeared on Comedy Central's Roast Battle with his episode's battle with USA's Desiree Burch getting the highest ratings of the series.[29]
Sloss was the only comedian to appear in the Dispatches episode "Russell Brand: In Plain Sight", which revealed allegations of sexual assault and rape against presenter and comedian Russell Brand.[30]
Sloss' hobbies include gaming, watching Robot Wars (in which he appeared as a member of the Bot Out of Hell team in 2002) comedy films, and playing football. He is a supporter of English football team Chelsea FC.[34] He has several tattoos such as a portrait of Nikola Tesla, cartoon tigers drawn in the style of Calvin and Hobbes, a picture of Anthony and the Aardvark, and an image of the Joker.[35]
In 2010, his new solo Fringe show My Generation was a smash-hit, selling out every performance. His 2011 follow-on, The Joker, sold an astonishing 10,000 tickets, subsequently touring for 50 dates across the UK in a tour produced by Live Nation, after they took him on as their youngest solo comedy client. In 2011, he was also hailed as the Best New Comedian at the Scottish Variety Awards.
In August 2015, his eighth solo Fringe hour DARK was hailed by audiences and press alike for its masterful handling of challenging subject matter and again sold over 10,000 tickets. He then embarked on his biggest tour to date, performing DARK for over 80 dates across the UK and throughout 16 countries in Europe.
In January 2016, Daniel extended DARK to a 90-minute version for its season in London at the Soho Theatre before taking it to the USA. He appeared on Conan for a fifth time, performed a run of DARK in LA at the Westside Comedy Theater, and made his solo debut in New York with an off-Broadway season of DARK in the Soho Playhouse, to great acclaim, being featured on the front page of the New York Times Arts section.
In February 2018, Daniel taped DARK in Los Angeles at the Belasco Theater. Part of a two-specials deal with Netflix; it was announced in May that DARK, along with sequel show So? (now retitled Jigsaw) was to stream worldwide on the platform in the summer of 2018.
In August 2018, Daniel premiered his tenth solo full-length show, Daniel Sloss: X. This was his 11th season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but this time the venue expanded its capacity to 1200 and he did the sold-out run to great press and audience acclaim, whilst tackling his most challenging material to date.
Early December also saw Daniel perform two shows in Inverness on the first weekend that indoor comedy shows were permitted in Scotland (however still only in the Highlands) since March. These were his last live events of the year and he subsequently increased his presence on Twitch, regularly playing online games and chatting with fans.
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