Future Night Out - Daniel Kitson.

Stand up comedy is incredibly popular at the moment, and everyone has their favourite comedian. 

Your favourite might be Peter Kay, Michael McIntyre or even Stewart Lee, but unless your favourite is Daniel Kitson, your opinion is wrong.

You haven't heard of him?

Kitson has a reputation within the comedy industry for shunning television work due to the perceived lack of control over the final product in comparison to stand up. He did appear in an episode of That Peter Kay Thing, The Arena, and as the recurring character Spencer in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, a move that Peter Kay said "of all the great things he's done, this is what he's least proud of, the bastard." on the show's DVD commentary. He then said, "the bastard" each time Kitson appeared. The rift is such that when Phoenix Nights out-takes were screened in April 2006, Kitson's face was pixellated out in some scenes. Kitson himself has been quite outspoken in his dislike of Kay and his experiences on Phoenix Nights, calling Kay "comedically lazy and overrated", and an "obnoxious bully of a man".According to Chortle, it is a show Kitson considers "lazy and racist".He has vowed to eschew future television projects of this nature, and any future work with Kay.

In 2007 clips of Daniel Kitson's standup were shown on the one-off Channel 4 show 100 Greatest Stand-Ups where he came 27th.^[14] In an updated version of the poll in 2010, he was voted 23rd. Chris Addison commented that 'Kitson is the finest comedian of his generation'. Stewart Lee also commented, after seeing a stand-up set by Kitson, that he saw stand-up 'about as good as it could get'.

Whilst in his teens, he appeared as a contestant on the ITV quiz show Blockbusters.

Kitson voices an "alley rat" in the pilot episode of the Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler comedy "Penelope: Princess of Pets" which was aired in 2010 by Channel 4.

Youtube doesn't really do the man justice though. If you weren't one of the lucky few to get tickets to see him in Liverpool on 8th May, you should check out his Bandcamp page, as he has 4 albums available there and 2 of them are even free. You have literally nothing to lose!

Dancing - Free/40p

The Stand - Free/40p

The Ballad of Roger and Grace - £2.50

Weltanschauung - £2

Trust me on this one, you won't regret it!