Interview With Comedian Daniel Sloss

We chat to British comedy sensation Daniel Sloss about his upcoming tour down under, his experiences travelling the globe, and what 2016 has got in store for the young comic.

Hi Daniel, thanks for setting some time aside to chat to BBM Magazine. How are you doing?

Pretty good thanks!

Where in the world are you at the moment?

At the moment I’m at home in Edinburgh but I’ll be heading down to London today to do the Comedy Store.

Will you be exploring the sights when you head down or is it strictly business?

Oh god no, I don’t do touristy things anymore – I’ve been to London so many times, I just visit my friends really. Then I’m off to France next week. I’m going to Maribel for some skiing and snowboarding which should be good, I’ve got a bunch of gigs there too.

And then Oz? I believe you’re an old hand at touring down under?

That’s right, I’ve done Sydney, Perth, Adelaide for the past six or seven years, I’ve been going to Sydney every year since I was 19. I’m an old pro!

So it’s your first time at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival this year?

Yes – I am so excited for it, I literally can’t wait. Every year for the past couple of years I’ve seen all my mates over there just having the most fun and I’ve always been so jealous so I genuinely can’t wait to go over.

Are you going to be doing material from your show Dark at the comedy festival?

Yes it will mainly be a mixture of that show but also I’ve got some stuff from other shows to bring to Australia too. I reckon it will be a best-of show really.

How do you think the audience at the comedy festival are going to compare to the fringe in Edinburgh?

Yes well I hope and imagine the audiences will be very similar – I’ve heard the vibe of the festival is very similar to the Edinburgh fringe. I do find that there isn’t much of a difference in sense of humour between the Brits and the Aussies though.

How do you find the audiences vary worldwide, are there some audiences that find your jokes more controversial than others?

They hate the word c*nt in America –  like properly hate it! It’s only really Australia where that word is heard or used as liberally which is good for me. I find the Aussies are a bit more difficult to offend!

Are you every inspired for new material on your travels? How does material for your shows come to you?

I’m a grumpy bastard so anything that annoys me really.

So you’re working on a pilot for Warner Brothers Studios, can you give anything away about that?

It’s still in the pipeline, whenever I’m over in America we work on the idea, throw stuff about and work on the premise and just see if we can come up with stuff but because I travel so much at the start of the year with Australia, Austria and France, it’s a slow process. You’ve really got to be over in America to do that so it’s still there but I really need to be in the US in order to get working on it.

How long are you going to be in Austraila for?

I’ll be in Australia for around 2 months, I’m going from Melbourne to Sydney to Perth to Auckland and then back to Perth again I think

What are you going to miss from home?

My best friends and my family. They tend to be the things I miss the most – I tend to not get as homesick as I do when I’m in Australia just because I’ve been going there for around 6 years!

Very sentimental Daniel! Thanks and best of luck with the tour.

Thank you!

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