New Comedian Of The Year (Leicester Square Theatre 2019, Bath Comedy Festival 2019, Nottingham Comedy Festival 2018) and member of three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning band The Young'uns
The David Eagle Podcast returns with a bumper bunker-based Herbal Tea Of The Week, as we visit a tea house in Slovakia, situated in a bomb shelter. Six teas from six different countries go to war, but which one will be triumphant. Plus we talk about various recent stand up comedy gigs, including playing to a room of screaming, crying babies, performing for the military, and a surprisingly harrowing experience in Coleshill, Birmingham. And we conclude matters with a lovely little Slovakian soundscape. Enjoy, and we promise to be back a lot sooner than twenty-seven months.
A very quick update to simply mention that I have gigs coming up, including Sheffield, London, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Nottingham and Barton upon Humber. Since the last time I advertised my gigs to you I’ve done the show 24 times at the Edinburgh Fringe, won two awards and was nominated for Best Show, so if you book to see me you are pretty much guaranteed to have at least a fairly decent time; although, there is always the possibility that I might have an off-day, or that you are just a cantankerous sod who is never content. Book tickets now to avoid missing out and to help with my anxiety.
The other news is that I’ve been on TV, on Rosie Jones’s Disability Comedy Extravaganza, so if you’re too lazy to get off your arse and come and see me gigging, you can at least watch me without leaving the house.
If you’re too lazy or disinterested to do either of those things, then it begs the question, why are you even reading this? Obviously I don’t expect an answer from you, being the lazy so-and-so that you are. Sorry, I’m not sure why I’m having a go at you. This probably isn’t the right way to get people to see you do comedy.
This August I’ll be at Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the entire run. That’s the first twenty-five days in August, but a note to any prospective burglars, my house in Sheffield will be occupied during that time by my wife who has been practising martial arts. Anyway, the show is called The Eagle Is Candid. Here’s the poster, the show blurb, and a link for you to buy tickets in advance of August, which helps minimise the chance of me having a mental breakdown, thanks.
Blind comedian and folk singer tells tales of his adventures travelling the world. Accosted by faith healers, aggressive Australians, and a near-arrest after a nocturnal accordion-based anti-social incident. The show also includes a couple of his comedy songs, one of which was described by the Guardian as “a comic tour de force”; and another one which wasn’t.
This week I was back on The Now Show on BBC Radio 4, and you can listen to it here
I’m now on tour with The Young’uns. Perhaps you’d care to join us. Tickets here
Inspired by Paige Hunter who has saved 30 lives in Sunderland by tying messages of hope onto the railings of the Wearmouth Bridge, Tiny Notes, our new single is available now to stream/download here.
Last weekend The Young’uns did a very mini Christmas tour and here is a compilation of clips from those gigs, in a podcast hilariously titled Merry Gigsmas.
We weren’t planning on playing clips from our wedding on the podcast, primarily because we thought it would be boring for you: “I do” “I Will” “to have and to hold” etc etc. But then the wedding turned out to be a bit more exciting than anticipated. Listen to find out why.
