Episode 63: Dan Wye on their fringe show “Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?”, queer joy and leaked nudes vs leaked notes?

Episode 63: Dan Wye

**Dan Wye brings their debut stand-up comedy hour ‘Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?’ to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, performing at 9:55pm at Pleasance Courtyard Bunker One from 31st July to 25th Aug. Tickets here**

Following hugely successful sell-out runs across the world as comedy-cabaret sensation ‘Séayoncé’, award-winning performer and one of the most exciting queer voices in the comedy scene Dan Wye is set to bring their hotly-anticipated debut stand-up hour ‘Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?’ to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Have you experienced the intensity of being famous without any of the perks? Been doppelgäng-banged to the point that you no longer exist? Dan Wye has, and they’re going to tell you all about it in their debut stand-up hour ‘Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?, directed by Soho Theatre’s Lee Griffiths (Late Night Gimp Fight). Exploring the power and joy in finding their queer identity and the absurd reality of it being taken away by someone with four BRIT Awards. Lube up for this deep dive into fame and misfortune, accidental celebrity identity theft and being simultaneously on the cusp of tragic and iconic at all times. Dan Wye is an award winning multidisciplinary artist, covering comedy, cabaret, drag and theatre, and has quickly become one of the most prominent and exciting queer cabaret performers in the country. Their performances as the legendary ghost whisperer Séayoncé,

alongside murderous accomplice Leslie-Ann (aka musical genius Robyn Herfellow), has received rave reviews and led them to tour nationally performing at acclaimed arts venues and festivals including three hugely successful Edinburgh Festival Fringe runs, as well as performances at Glastonbury Festival, seven sell-out runs at London’s Soho Theatre (two of which were extended due to popular demand), Underbelly Festival, National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the Royal Opera House, and internationally at the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe Festivals, Sydney World Pride and The Palace in Poland. They also

recently made their US debut, performing at Public Theatre in New York and the Elysian Theatre in LA. Dan has also acted as a dramaturg and co-writer for acts including comedians Grace Campbell and Luke Rollason, sketch duo Siblings and comedy circus shows from Circ Motif and Grounded Circus. Dan is the winner of the Vault Festival’s After Dark award and was the runner-up in the NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show in 2022.

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