Comedy
Storytelling
Dan Bain is a standup comedian. This is an hour-long comedy show about glasses, the pandemic, hubris, anxiety and knives.
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Presented by: Noosed Octopus: Theatre, etc
From: Ōtautahi | Christchurch
Over the pandemic, Dan Bain went from being one of Ōtautahi’s most prestigious and respected artists to being a call-centre operator, unable to leave the house without his ‘anxiety knife’. These are the jokes about that.
Hubris
Anxiety
Knives ...
Dan Bain has been a theatre director, playwright, improvisor, street performer, actor, motivational speaker and jelly wrestler since graduating from clown school in 2001. Mostly, though, he’s good at being funny - he literally wrote the book on improvised comedy. He co-created cult improv sensations Perfuct Storm and Improv Seduction, as well as the bafflingly popular sleep-aid podcast Dan Bain’s Sleepy Time Mumbles. As a stand-up comedian, his comedy reflects his unique perspective and cheerful vulgarity, all filtered through his desperate attempts to appear clever.
A permanent, persistent, peculiar fixture in the landscape of pro-comedy in Ōtautahi, he does not quit. You will enjoy yourself, or he’ll die trying.
“The comedy is assertive, flicking between the acerbic and the self-deprecating as Bain leverages nearly two decades’ worth of experience in theatre, street performance and improvisation into a forceful stage persona.” - Flat City Field Notes
“Bain draws the audience in and almost simultaneously pushes us away, daring us to not find him funny.” - Backstage Christchurch
“... the very funny Dan Bain brings some real laughter with his absurd, bizarre routines.” - Theatreview
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