Dave Williams
An amenable and engaging performer
The Stage
Inspired one-liners punctuated with surreal nonsense.
The Scotsman
A fine, original comic mind…always surprising the audience with his wit.
Manchester Evening News
Dave has been a full-time comedian since 1998 and is booked for both compering and sets by a wide range of bookers and venues across the UK.
He has performed overseas in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Australia, including a week headlining the Sydney Comedy Store. He has also performed in Cyprus for soldiers returning from Afghanistan.
In 1998 and 1999 Dave took solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, performing Caffeine – “a fantastic Fringe debut” (The List) – and Coffee with Dave Williams at the Gilded Balloon. He also performed an updated café themed show, 24 Hour Latte People, at the Manchester Comedy Festival in 2007.
Corporate clients have included BP, HSBC, First Group, Sainsbury’s and a range of sports clubs (awards nights, dinners etc).
Dave has been a contributor to Radio 4 Extra’s topical comedy show Newsjack and has been tour support for Jason Manford and Tom Stade, including the gigs that were filmed for Tom’s live DVD in 2014
Combining comedy with his former career as a management trainer, Dave runs the Frog and Bucket’s stand-up comedy course. He is also available to create and deliver bespoke workshops in comedy and creativity.
In 2014 Dave performed his first spoken-word show on the Edinburgh Fringe. Prufrock and Me is a poignant account of growing up and is based on the T S Eliot poem The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock.