Performer Name: David Eagle

Show Name: David Eagle Flying Solo

Show Description

Songs, stories and stand up from multi-award winning comedian and folk singer, David Eagle. David is blind, and his comedy often explores how his disability means the most ordinary, commonplace events are turned into surreal and convoluted dramas: accosted by faith healers, bamboozling aggressive Australians and escaping arrest after a nocturnal accordion-based anti-social incident. Occasionally he dons his accordion (often as a spiteful repost to hecklers) and performs one of his songs, one of which was described by the Guardian as “a comic tour de force.” You may have seen David on stage with the folk band The Young’uns, three-time winners at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. You may have seen him on Rosie Jones’s TV show. You may have heard his stand up on BBC Radio 4, including multiple appearances on The Now Show. His debut Edinburgh Fringe Show won multiple awards including 2024’s Spirit Of The fringe, previously won by comedians Stewart Lee, Ross Noble, Adam Hills, Flight Of The Conchords and League Of Gentlemen. Let’s be honest, you’re running out of excuses not to come. "David is brilliantly clever, musical, moral. Brilliant/nuts Heartily recommend!" (Rufus Hound) “My God, David Eagle makes me laugh. A ludicrously amusing gentlemen” (Miles Jupp) “David's an unique and very funny comedian. Highly recommended.” (Paul Sinha) “just seen the future of stand up comedy and his name is David Eagle” (Boothby Graffoe)

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Just basic light on stage.
Tech requirements are dependant on venue, for smaller spaces I can do everything without amplification, otherwise basic vocal mic on stage setup with the option to use my wireless accordion mic set up, which requires two xlr inputs into a desk. Performance ares needed: enough to fit a man and his accordion, and I'm quite thin and light, if that helps.
Happy to discuss when booking
David Eagle is a member of three-time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winning band The Young’uns. In 2018 he branched out into stand up and is now a Radio 4 regular, appearing on the last few series of the Now Show. In August he made his TV debut, performing stand up on Dave’s “Rosie Jones’s Disability Comedy Extravaganza”. His stand up explores how being blind often transforms everyday life into surreal, surprising comic adventures. One of his accordion-driven songs was described in The Guardian as "a comic tour de force." He has won numerous awards including The Spirit Of The Fringe Award at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival (previously won by Stewart Lee, Ross Noble, League Of Gentlemen and Adam Hills), and his debut solo show, The Eagle Is Candid, won Best Variety Show at Leicester Comedy Festival and was nominated for Best Show at Edinburgh Fringe. In 2019 he was crowned New Comedian Of The Year by Leicester Square Theatre, and at both Bath and Nottingham Comedy Festivals. "David is brilliantly clever, musical, moral. Brilliant/nuts Heartily recommend!" (Rufus Hound) “My God, David Eagle makes me laugh. A ludicrously amusing gentleman.” (Miles Jupp) “David's an unique and very funny comedian, and this debut hour comes highly recommended.” (Paul Sinha) “just seen the future of stand up comedy and his name is David Eagle” (Boothby Graffoe) "David Eagle is the secret to human happiness. He's a step away from the big time." (Simon Jay, Neurodiverse Review) “constantly hilarious, gag on gag, leaving an audience gasping in admiration, and applause that goes on for minutes.” Bath Echo