Daniel Simonsen
Daniel Simonsen is a Norwegian comic and the 2012 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner for Best Newcomer. Simonsen has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe since 2009
Upcoming Shows
- Saturday February 28th 07:00PM - Midtown Comedy Club
- Daniel Simonsen, Adam Strauss, Vincent James, Sean Conrad, Danny Palmer, Heikal Mohamed
- Midtown Comedy Club, part of the Tribeca Comedy group, showcases NYC's best rising talent alongside some of the most renowned comedians in the world. With just 70 seats, every spot offers a perfect view in an intimate, electric atmosphere. A full drink menu featuring classic and creative cocktails rounds out the experience for an unforgettable night. There is a one-drink minimum per person at Midtown. FeaturingDaniel SimonsenVincent JamesSean ConradDanny PalmerAdam StraussHeikal MohamedDaniel Simonsen is Norwegian/Chilean stand-up and writer who made his US late- night debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers. He can be seen in Stavros Halkias’s new film, Let’s Start A Cult. He has appeared on CC Stand-Up Featuring, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Stavvy’s World, and recurred on Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar. Danny Palmer was nominated for best comic at the Los Angeles Comedy Festival and auditioned for Comedy Central's Up Next segment of the New York Comedy Festival. In 2013 he came in first place in his Laughing Devil festival quarter final show (of 12 comics) and came in 3rd place overall out of 45 comedians selected from across the country. He's also done the Breakout Artist Series at Caroline's Comedy Club in Times Square. In the past few years he has performed in over 15 festivals including New York Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, Los Angeles, Boston, Austin's Out of Bounds, Atlanta's Laughing Skull, New Orleans, NYC's Laughing Devil, NYC's Stand Up 360, Atlanta's Black Box, and NYC's Devil Fest Competition.The New York Times said Adam Strauss "mines a great deal of laughter from disabling pain," the Chicago Tribune called him "arrestingly honest and howlingly funny" and Time Out called his solo show The Mushroom Cure "riveting; a true-life tour de force." He won the New York Fringe Festival's Overall Excellence Award for Solo Performance and the Leffe Beer Craft Your Character storytelling competition. He's lost too many things to list here.
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