Live Comedy
Daliso Chaponda: Feed This Black Man Again
Daliso performed his first solo show, Feed This Black Man, 20 years ago in Canada. The hour saw him dissect the way Africans were always portrayed as starving, negative stereotypes that were all supported by charities. The jokes were mediocre, it included an offensive rap about poverty and the big finale was his eating a sandwich on stage...
Now, two decades and half a lifetime later, he is a seasoned writer and performer having secured a coveted spot on The Royal Variety Show, written and starred in four series of Citizen Of Nowhere for Radio 4 series (that was nominated for the Rose d'Or) and was a finalist on Britain's Got Talent! So, 22 years after starting comedy, Daliso has achieved more than he imagined was possible!
In this brand-new show Daliso mulls over the wisdom of age. Wouldn't you love a chance to have your first relationship again? Be employed at your first job, but this time stand up to your boss? This show has the same themes as Feed This Man (written when he was extremely thin!), but with brand new jokes that Daliso has re-written.
He talks about how different the show would have been if he wrote it now instead of the original time, and wondered if he would have cared as much about white privilege, or cultural misportrayal as he did as a 21-year-old? Now the 43-year-old Daliso critiques the naievete of that 21-year-old and what ridiculous preconceptions he had and how naive all young people had at the time of ways of 'changing the world'.
In which ways would the young Daliso be disappointed at the person he became? He would have loved the fact he had made a living as a comedian, but less so the fact he has no wife or kids. It's also questionable that over the years he has had weird relationships with girlfriends - a stripper, a single mother and an ex who was a compulsive liar, he has even tried dating an artificial intelligence bot... The young Daliso would have been disappointed. However politically, that would have been his biggest disappointment, as he's not a campaigner... And what will happen to him in 21 years time?
2024 dates
February
Sun 11th: GLASGOW - The Stand
Mon 12th: NEWCASTLE - The Stand
Thurs 15th: KENDAL - Arts Centre
Sun 18th: LEICESTER - Firebug
Sat 24th: OXFORD - North Wall Arts Centre
March
Sat 9th: NORTHFINCHLEY - Arts Depot
April
Fri 5th: LUTON - The Hat Factory
Sat 6th: SOUTHAMPTON - The Attic
Sun 7th: NORWICH - Playhouse
Thurs 25th: MAIDENHEAD - Norden Farm Centre
May
Fri 3rd: NEWPORT - Riverfront Theatre
Fri 10th: ALDERSHOT - West End Centre
Fri 17th: BATH - Rondo Theatre
Tues 21st: COLCHESTER - Arts Theatre
Fri 24th: BEDFORD - The Quarry Theatre
Sat 25th: SWINDON - Arts Centre
June
Sat 1st: YORK - Theatre@41
Sat 8th: BRADFORD - Alhambra Theatre - Studio
Sat 15th: CHIPPENHAM - Neeld Community & Arts Centre
Fri 21st: BROMLEY - Churchill Theatre
Sat 22nd: SOUTHEND - Palace Theatre (Dixon Studio)
Press
- 30th April: A quick chat with Daliso Chaponda (Phoenix Remix)
- 10th March: Daliso Chaponda review (West End Best Friend)
- 12th December: Daliso Chaponda to tour in 2024