Dan Nightingale (born 15 March 1981) is an English stand-up comedian and podcaster from Preston, Lancashire.[1][2]
Career
editNightingale has been a professional comic since 2004.[3][4] He performed his first UK and Ireland tour in 2022 titled Smasher,[5] and subsequently released the show onto YouTube. Nightingale went on his second tour, in 2023 which was titled 'Dan Nightingale's Special' and released the video version on YouTube in January 2024.[6][7]
Nightingale's first appearance on national television was on John Bishop's Only Joking, on Sky 1 in 2013.[8]
In 2013 Nightingale was voted Preston's the 'Entertainer of the Year'.[9]
Dan Nightingale has also appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival multiple times. His debut was in 2005 where he appeared with Josie Long in a show titled 'Audience with Josie Long and Dan Nightingale'.[10] Nightingale's second show, in 2008 was named 'Geronimo' where he was noted for his budding 'star quality'.[11] Nightingale returned to the fringe festival in 2012 with 'The Eleven and a Half Ill Conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale'.[12] In 2013 Nightingale's show was titled 'Love in the time of Cholesterol' and his performances were described as 'comforting'.[13] In his fifth year attending the Edinburgh Fringe Nightingale performed the show 'Dan Nightingale is Trying His Best Not to Be a Dick'. Chortle described this show as 'outrageously funny'.[14] His most recent show was 'Sex, Drugs and My Nanna's Bungalow' in 2018 which garnered positive reviews.[15]
Have A Word Podcast
Nightingale founded the Have a Word podcast with fellow comedian Adam Rowe and Paul Ince in 2020. In 2021, Rowe and Nightingale, under the umbrella of Have A Word, released the song Laura's Gone in a bid to reach Christmas number 1 and raise money for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice and the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust.[16] The song reached number 39 in the Official Charts Company midweek chart.[17]
In 2022, Have A Word won the Best Podcast at the Chortle Awards.[18] In 2023, it was nominated for the Best Comedy Podcast at the National Comedy Awards.[19][20]
As of 18th March 2024, Have A Word is the 17th most subscribed to page on Patreon, however they are ranked 4th for video content. [21]
Awards
edit| Year | Category | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Chortle Awards[22] | Best Compere | Nominated |
| 2015 | Comics' Comic Awards[23] | Best MC | Won |
| 2018 | Chortle Awards[24] | Best Compere | Nominated |
| 2019 | North West Comedy Awards[25] | Best Act | Won |
| Chortle Awards[26] | Best Compere | Nominated | |
| 2020 | North West Comedy Awards[27][28] | Best Act | Won |
| Best Compere | Won | ||
| Best Podcast (Hack Radio) | Nominated | ||
| Chortle Awards[29] | Best Compere | Nominated | |
| 2022 | North West Comedy Awards[30] | Best Act | Won |
| Social Media Award (Have a Word) | Won | ||
| Best Podcast (Have a Word) | Won | ||
| Chortle Awards[31] | Best Podcast (Have a Word) | Won | |
| 2023 | National Comedy Awards[32][33] | Best Comedy Podcast (Have a Word) | Nominated |
Personal life
editNightingale's mother died when he was 16.[34]
Nightingale started a degree in Politics at Newcastle University but dropped out to pursue a career in comedy.[35]
References
edit- ^ He was educated at Hutton Grammar School, a comprehensive since 1978. His father is Peter Nightingale, a tunnelling engineer and his mother, Norma, a teacher who died of cancer when he was sixteen was a governor at Nightingale's school. Nightingale often refers to his family in his routines. His paternal grandparents were Bob and Rita and it is the latter he sometimes uses as a source of affectionate raillery. His grandfather, Bob, was a salesman who lived to the age of 97 and was still playing golf at Penwortham golf club in his last years. McHale, Kirsty (2015-09-06). "Liverpool Comedy Festival 2015: Who is Dan Nightingale?". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Dan Nightingale". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "'I'm back for a Preston wife'". Lancashire Evening Post. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Dan Nightingale". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "Dan Nightingale: Smasher - 2022 Full Special". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "Dan Nightingale's Special - 2023 Full Special". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-01-29.
- ^ "Dan Nightingale's Special". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "John Bishop's Only Joking". www.comedy.co.uk/. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ "Stand-up, sit down, specs on with Dan Nightingale". Lancashire Evening Post. 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ Daoust, Phil (2005-08-09). "Josie Long and Dan Nightingale". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ Hall, Julian (2008-08-21). "Dan Nightingale: Geronimo, Underbelly, Edinburgh". www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ Gallagher, Khristine (2012-08-07). "Dan Nightingale - The Eleven and a Half Ill Conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale". www.threeweeksedinburgh.com. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ Cockburn, Paul (2013-08-02). "Dan Nightingale - Love in the time of Cholesterol". www.broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ Richardson, Jay (2014-08-16). "Dan Nightingale is Trying His Best Not to Be a Dick". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ Fleckney, Paul (2018-08-14). "Dan Nightingale: Sex, Drugs And My Nanna's Bungalow". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ Guide, British Comedy (2021-12-02). "Adam Rowe and Dan Nightingale release Christmas single for charity". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Kunt at No5 in the midweek charts : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "'As good as it got, on and off stage'". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Hepburn, David (2023-02-14). "National Comedy Awards 2023: Here's when you can catch 10 comedians shortlisted for the British comedy Oscars in Scotland - from Fern Brady to Ricky Gervais". The Scotsman. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ "Have a Word Pod - Last 30 Days". Graphtreon. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "5,500 vote in Chortle awards". www.chortle.co.uk. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Dan Nightingale - Awards". www.comedy.co.uk. 2015. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Chortle Awards 2018 results". www.comedy.co.uk. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "North West Comedy Awards 2019 winners". www.comedy.co.uk. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Chortle Awards 2019 results". www.comedy.co.uk. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "North West Comedy Awards 2020 results". www.comedy.co.uk. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ Dessau, Bruce (2020-01-09). "News: North West Comedy Awards – Full Results". www.beyondthejoke.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Chortle Awards 2020 winners". www.comedy.co.uk. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Jason Manford wins two prizes at North West Comedy Awards". www.comedy.co.uk. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "'As good as it got, on and off stage' : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Winners crowned at The National Comedy Awards for Stand Up To Cancer". www.channel4.com. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Everything that happened at the National Comedy Awards 2023". www.virginradio.co.uk. 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Comedy Festival 2013: Dan Nightingale". NZ Herald. 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ "Dan's the man". Manchester Evening News. 2004-08-12. Retrieved 2023-11-16.