Background
Dangerfield was born in Dartford, Kent, attending The Downs School.
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Chris Dangerfield
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He lives in Soho, London. Dangerfield"s flyer entitled you to 10% off the services therein. Stand-up comedy
lieutenant was the show Sex Tourist that established Dangerfield as a radical and original comedy voice, receiving many excellent reviews, including those of writer Will Self, and being one of the stand-out success stories of the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe.
Dangerfield performed a one-off special of Sex Tourist at The Comedy Cafe, Shoreditch, selling out in 2 days, beating the 20-year record of the venue.
His 2014 show ‘Sex With Children’ cemented Dangerfield firmly in the United Kingdom Comedy scene, tackling difficult subject matter with panache, style and humour, producing an ‘astonishing piece of work’ (The Scotsman) That earned him much praise in the comedy media. During this show, Dangerfield was sent a Courgette by a feminist organisation who also targeted Jimmy Carr and Jim Jefferies, with the instruction to "Go fuck himself".
Dangerfield once toured the United Kingdom"s living rooms with fellow comic Trevor Lock, performing for many types of people in their own front rooms, although many were students and comedy fans, they notably performed for Boy George, Sadie Frost and Kate Moss who described Dangerfield as "looking like Peter Cook but sounding like Dudley Moore". He has appeared frequently on Independent Television, ITN, British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4, with appearances on Comedy Central, National Broadcasting Company, and other global networks.
Comedic Style
Dangerfield is known for living in the margins of society and giving out his finds like sweets.
Grotesque imagery, personal experience and magical realism are all packed together in an energetic and blurry performance as long form storytelling is punctuated with improvisations and frequent tangents, often forgetting where he started. In 2015 Dangerfield began his solo podcast Dangerfield"s Sunday Prescription an improvised weekly rant that quickly built up a cult following.
Achievements
Politics
He studied contemporary art and music at Dartington Art college before going on to post-graduate study at Leeds University where he read Marxism, psychoanalysis and French post-structural thought, achieving a master"s degree aged just 24.
Views
He has appeared with Rupert Everett on Channel 4 Show "Sex for Sale" discussing how he once spent £150,000 on Chinese Prostitutes and BBC3’s ‘Prostitution: What’s The Harm’ Where he defended the right of Prostitutes and punters alike.
