Taking Tangents

After a sold-out world tour, comedian and author David Nihill is back with his brand-new show Taking Tangents, which promises to do exactly that. Leaving Dublin, Ireland, where he was born and raised until the age of 22, David got drunk on travel and never quite hit sobriety. He has lived and worked in twelve countries and visited over eighty. His shows draw on his wide travels, cultural observations, attempts at language study and being a mildly confused immigrant. David is the winner of the prestigious San Francisco Comedy Competition (previous finalists include Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and Dana Carvey) and runner-up in the Moth's largest US GrandSLAM storytelling competition. A bestselling writer, he recorded his debut special Documented for Dry Bar Comedy in 2019, his follow-up Cultural Appreciation in 2022, and his award-winning show Shelf Help in 2025. A festival favourite, David's videos have gone viral many times over, with more than 800 million views and a social following of over 2 million.