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Danny Bhoy (born Danni Chaudhry) is a Scottish comedian who has performed in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the United States.


Early life

Bhoy was born in
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,
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, as one of four children. Danny attended
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and
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in
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and studied
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at the
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. His father is of Indian descent and his mother is Scottish. His humour is observational, often involving his own personal experiences as an international comedian. While he does mention his Indian heritage, his shows centre on Scottish social patterns. Despite his stage name, Bhoy, he is not a
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fan (Celtic are nicknamed ''The Bhoys''); his favourite team is in fact
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. His stage name stems from his grandma's nickname for him, Danny Boy, but due to a performing dog already having that name registered with
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, he added the H to Bhoy.


Career

Bhoy began stand up in 1998 after going to see his first comedy show at the
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. A year later, he won The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award, Britain's biggest competition for comedy newcomers. In 2001, Danny took his first full-length solo show to the Edinburgh Festival, where, within a week, he had sold out his entire three-week run, and added extra shows to cope with the demand for tickets.Bhoy's official website
/ref> By the spring of 2003, Danny's comedy started to take a different direction. That year he also entered the Australian comedy market, with his first solo show at the invitation-only
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. This led to various Australian TV appearances on ''
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'', '' The Glass House'', and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala. In November of that year, Danny was invited to perform on the Royal Variety Show. In 2005, Danny was invited to take part in the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, where the Montreal Gazette described him as "the stand out hit of the festival". In November, Danny was invited to take part in the inaugural Las Vegas Comedy Festival. Bhoy toured Australia in 2007, ending his tour at the Sydney Opera House,2007 Tour Dates
and 2009 with the last show at His Majesty's Theatre, Perth.2009 Tour Dates
Bhoy appeared on the ''
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'', broadcast on 5 March 2010, and the
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's "Saturday Night Stand-up", which was broadcast on 17 April 2010. He appeared on
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with his new routine, "Subject to Change: Danny Bhoy", which was broadcast on 22 May 2010, and appeared on '' Live at the Apollo'', broadcast in December 2010. In early 2011, Danny began touring Australia with his show Messenger (Please Do Not Shoot), selling out his shows at the
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. He also sold out all his performances at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, and had to add two additional shows at a different venue due to popular demand, both of which also sold out. Bhoy's 2012 show, ''Dear Epson'', was loosely centred upon a series of letters to well-known companies. He toured the show following a run at the Edinburgh Fringe.


Stand-up DVDs

* ''Live at the Sydney Opera House'' (15 August 2007) * ''Live at the Athenaeum'' (5 August 2009) * ''Subject to Change'' (8 November 2010) erformed_live_in_Montreal,_Quebec,_Canada.html" ;"title="Montreal.html" ;"title="erformed live in Montreal">erformed live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada">Montreal.html" ;"title="erformed live in Montreal">erformed live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada* ''Live at the Festival Theatre'' (26 November 2012)


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhoy, Danny Living people People educated at Merchiston Castle School People from Moffat Scottish people of Indian descent Scottish stand-up comedians British expatriates in Australia 20th-century Scottish comedians 21st-century Scottish comedians Scottish male comedians Year of birth missing (living people)