Daniel’s stand-up show gets X factor status
Scots comedian Daniel Sloss brings his new show X to the Albert Halls on Thursday, November 7. We caught up with for a special Q&A session ...
Tell us a bit about your new show, X…What’s it about, how did you go about writing it, how did audiences respond in Edinburgh?
No. Come and see it. You know those funny movies where all the funny bits are in the trailer? I can’t run the risk of being the comedy equivalent of that. It’s a funny show. It’s my best show yet. But if you’re easily offended then please go away forever. My comedy isn’t even that offensive, but it’s still best you just stay in and watch Strictly. Please.
You’re taking X on tour later this year around the UK, where are your favourite places to perform?
The European cities are all incredible. Vienna, Zagreb, Tallinn. And most of the UK dates are excellent. Some of them absolutely suck, but I can’t specify which ones because I’m doing them again this year and they’ll get upset that I think they suck as an audience. Once I’ve burned all my bridges there I’ll be sure to let you know.
DARK and Jigsaw (previously titled So?) are two of your previous shows that are now available to view of Netflix. How did it feel to secure that deal?
Getting the Netflix deal was a huge moment for me. It was literally five years in the making and I’d lost a lot of faith that it was going to happen. Then right when I’d fully given up on it, they gave me it. The moral of the story? Give up on your dreams sooner.
Can you describe how it felt back in 2009 to become a record-breaking comedian aged only 18, being the youngest comedian to perform a solo season in the West End?
It didn’t feel like anything. I wasn’t aware of the title until two years after. It’s a pretty cool title though, if you ignore the fact that the show sucked.
I’m glad people enjoyed it, but as the leading expert in my material I can categorically say it was not that great a show. At all. I don’t think the title counts if the show sucks. But I guess I was 18. Who listens to an 18-year-old?