Backstage Comedy Presents: Daniel Fernandes - Live in Hong Kong

Daniel Fernandes is one of India’s leading English Stand-Up comedians. With a comedy career spanning 10 years, he is a regular at venues across the country and has performed internationally at comedy festivals in the Netherlands (Utrecht International Comedy Festival), Singapore (Singapore Fringe), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur International Comedy Festival)and Australia (Melbourne International Comedy Festival).

He headlined ‘Comedy Zone Asia’ at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2016 where he also performed his solo show ‘Daniel Fernandes – Unoffended’’ He returned to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2017 to feature in the first ever Indian comedy showcase at the festival and was the first Indian comic to feature in the MICF Roadshows in 2017 and 2018 in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia. His TV credits include ABCTV’s ‘Comedy Up Late’ aired in Australia and Comedy Central Asia’s ‘Stand-Up Asia’. In April 2019, Daniel set a record for India’s longest unscripted live stand-up performance of 6 hours at his improvised stand-up show, ‘Talk to Me – Iron Man’. He routinely tours a 90 min version of this show across the country.

Daniel’s material is a mix of observational, political and dark humor with a dash of social commentary. He is also known for his audience interactions at live shows. His self-titled YouTube channel currently at over 22 million views has been a huge hit with fans in India and abroad particularly for his bold material. Some of his most popular videos feature Stand-Up on topics like Student Suicide, Marital Rape, the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Capital Punishment, the Syrian crisis and the US Presidential Elections.

In 2019, he wrapped up a tour of his latest comedy special ‘Shadows’ which has received rave reviews from fans and critics alike. After traveling with the show across India, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and London, it was taped in Mumbai and was released on his YouTube channel on November 01, 2019 on a pay-asyou-like revenue model which was another industry first.

When he is not on stage, Daniel is an avid podcaster and also runs a comedy production company called Microphone Entertainment which curates and produces live comedy at clubs and comedy festivals in India.