Huge Davies

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Huge Davies (born Hugh Davies) is a musical comedian known for deadpan delivery whilst wearing a full sized Yamaha keyboard strapped to himself.

Born with the first name Hugh, he performed as Huge, an old nickname, when first performing in Aberdeen, for the sake of anonymity.[1][2]

Davies was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his debut solo show The Carpark[3] which was described as "well-crafted, well-structured and well-performed" by Chortle.[4] The keyboard was described in The Scotsman as “more like a bank of special effects, rather than merely a musical instrument.”[5]

Davies was a semi-finalist in the BBC New Comedy Award in 2017.[6] Davies has appeared on Comedy Central Live at the Comedy Store,[7] Roast Battle[8] and as a writer and performer on BBC flagship satirical radio programme The Now Show.[9] Davies acted in BBC Two comedy series The First Team. Davies has appeared on celebrity game show Guessable alongside host Sara Pascoe, Alan Davies and Nish Kumar amongst others.[10]

On 16 December 2021, Channel 4 commissioned a new three-part short form scripted comedy series, The Artists, created, written by and starring, Huge Davies. The series premieres on Channel 4 Comedy YouTube from 30 December 2021 and will be available later through the on demand service All 4.[11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Huge Davies: 'I'm not taking a shit on stage or anything'". Edinburgh Festival. July 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Huge Davies: 'I'm not taking a shit on stage or anything'". edinburghfestival.list.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ "Huge Davies: | 2019 Best Newcomer Nominee". comedyawards.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  4. ^ "Huge Davies: The Carpark : Reviews 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  5. ^ "Comedy review: Huge Davies, Pleasance, Edinburgh". scotsman.com. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  6. ^ "BBC New Comedy Award 2017, Episode 7 - Semi Final 1 - British Comedy Guide". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  7. ^ "Interview with Huge Davies -". voicemag.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  8. ^ "Who's in series 4 of Roast Battle : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  9. ^ "BBC Podcasts - Comedy". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  10. ^ "Guessable? Series 2, Episode 1".
  11. ^ "Channel 4 Commissions The Artists, Brand New Digital Short- Form Comedy Sitcom Created and Written by Huge Davis". channel4.com/press. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Channel 4 Commissions The Artists, New Comedy Created and Written by Huge Davis". beyondthejoke.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

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