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03/31/2015

Liverpool Improvathon

This weekend I was lucky enough to be one on the performers in Liverpool's annual 'Improvathon', a 33 hour long show organised by fellow Mersey based improv troupe Impropriety, and it was pretty amazing. I'll hold my hand up now and say I wasn't in all of it, as a guest being my first one […]
09/26/2013

Around the World in 80 Haways at Sheffield Comedy Festival 2013

My New show comes to Sheffield Fringe on 26th October. I'm on at the Greystones Venue at 3.30pm, so it's a nice and early show. "Danny Pensive has been around the world and wants to tell you all about it. A new show full of diaries, jokes & philosophical musings from Sunderland’s duffel coated stand […]
08/14/2013

TV Ad - Behind the scenes

Here's a behind the scene's short video form the TV ad I did for Lancashire Magazine a few weeks back, I've never done anything 'blue screen' before. There's a bit in the advert about a gold bar and we had a proper gold bar on set, with a fella charged with guarding it so I […]
07/10/2013

Central Reservation

On Sunday I crashed my car. I was heading Southbound down the A1 when a rear tyre blew out, I lost control, bounced off the side of a box van then spun round 180 degrees into the centre of the road and came to rest in the central reservation facing against the traffic. I sat […]
07/02/2013

Around the world in 80 Haways at Buxton Fringe - July 2013

The New Danny Pensive show comes to Buxton Fringe in two weeks time!!! I'm not doing Edinburgh this year, so this might be the last two full fesitval shows I do this year. Oh, and apparently I'm on the cover of the Buxton Advertiser too. "Danny Pensive has been around the world and wants to tell […]
07/02/2013

Around the world in 80 Haways at Buxton Fringe - July 2013

My New show comes to Buxton Fringe in two weeks time!!! I'm not doing Edinburgh this year, so this might be the last two full fesitval shows I do this year. Oh, and apparently I'm on the cover of the Buxton Advertiser too. "Danny Pensive has been around the world and wants to tell you all […]
06/27/2013

Laughing Matters - comedy interview

Late last year I was interviewed by Jason Thompson for his radio comedy series, Laughing Matters. It's pretty in-depth at around forty odd minutes long, it's probably most I've waffled about what I think about comedy and my approach to doing Danny Pensive. I'll not defend or boast, make your own mind up.   Laughing […]
06/27/2013

Interview with me and John Cooper

Late last year I was interviewed by Jason Thompson for a radio series called Laughing Matters. It's quite in depth at around 40 minutes, if you're interested in thinking and how things comes about with the comedy, it's a well worth a listen.   Laughing Matters - Danny Pensive by Jason Thompson on Mixcloud
06/03/2013

Funny Business at the Comedy Store

Last year I help run some workshops for the BBC's new comedy awards and met all manner of different folks having a go at stand up. This year I'm doing something similar but altogether different coaching a high flying business exec for a project called 'Funny Business'. To nick a bit of wordage from their […]
04/09/2013

Donuts and Hollywood! The Epic United States Video Diary.

I'll warn you, this is a bit of a mega-epic at over 9 minutes, but It's my United States Video diary! If you've been watching these a while you'll know I've been to the state before breifly, but this is a proper epic road trip, from West Coast to East visiting loads of cities including California, […]
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