Tanyalee Davis
- Actor and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Tanyalee Davis: 3ft 6in of hilarious, inspirational, menopausal Canadian
Kate Copstick champions Tanyalee Davis as she starts her UK tour.
Chortle, 27th February 2024Tanyalee Davis moved back to US from UK after 'humiliating' treatment
A comedian with dwarfism has lashed out about her experience moving to the UK, claiming she was repeatedly 'humiliated' and 'never felt more disabled' before ultimately deciding to return back to the US.
The Mirror, 23rd June 2023Copstick: Comedy's doomed because we have to be woke
"I fear a deepening quicksand of prescription in which the art and craft of comedy is arguably sinking."
Chortle, 11th July 2021Taboo review
The critic may have a horse in this race. Not only to protect the transgressive force of comedy which she holds so dear, but she, too, has been threatened with 'cancellation' after she was accused of being a 'rape apologist' a few years ago for unsympathetic comments about date-rape of an apocryphal teenager who 'dolls herself up, covers herself in make-up, goes out [and] gets shit-faced'. But she and her contributors throw up many interesting questions about the nature of comedy, the flirtations with offence that can give comedy its bite, the need for taboos for that line to exist, the unfair burden of representation on the shoulders of some comedians, and so much more,.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 11th July 2021Tanyalee Davis: Valentine's Q&A
I am still on Tiktok but unfortunately, I've been targeted by online bullies who have targeted my TikTok lives and reported me to get my lives shut down for a week. Luckily the TikTok ban will be lifted before our wedding 21st February. We will be TikTok Live, Clapper Live and Facebook Live. Then we will post a video on YouTube for those that will miss it.
Funny Women, 13th February 2021Abnormally Funny People review
This Zoom gig of eyecatching diversity closed the Unlimited festival and felt like a family gathering with its affectionate mutual mockery.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 18th January 2021Lost Voice Guy to host Radio 4 showcase of comedians with disabilities
Lost Voice Guy is to host a Radio 4 stand-up showcase of comedians with disabilities.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2020Chortle Awards 2020 nominees
Bob Mortimer, Greg Davies, Katherine Ryan, Romesh Ranganathan and Tom Allen are amongst the nominees for the Chortle Awards 2020. Jonny Pelham, Jessica Fostekew and Catherine Cohen have two nods.
British Comedy Guide, 27th February 2020Tanyalee Davis films abuse towards her from mother
This is the moment a furious mother called a 3ft 6in comedian a 'disabled b***h' on a train after she accused her children of leaving litter around her mobility scooter.
Mark Duell, Daily Mail, 3rd September 2018Tanyalee Davis' dismay as scooter rack lost at airport
A comedian has told how she was made to wait two hours to get her mobility scooter from a plane, only to find it was missing a vital custom-made attachment.
BBC, 29th August 2018