David Quirk: Shaking Hands With Danger

Australian award-winning comedian David Quirk heads to London’s popular Soho Theatre following fantastic runs at this year’s Melbourne, Sydney and Edinburgh Comedy Festivals with a tale that takes us back to one night in Finland; a day that changed everything, when he shook hands with danger and didn’t let go.

Part tribute, part confessional, this is a love story in reverse where people get hurt and cheaters change their spots. Everybody’s done it, or thought about doing it, or knows someone who has. So let’s talk about it.

A triumph at the Australian festivals this year, Shaking Hands With Danger won David the Piece of Wood Award (the comedians’ choice award), a nomination for Best of the Fest (local artist) in Sydney as well as excellent reviews. It’s a good show by a bad person about lovers, infidels and a flight with Slash. It has been in the making for nearly two years and, once you’ve seen it, you’ll know why.

For those who like their comedy so dark it's burnt, David's material travels between the profane and the profound. Since 2006, he has regularly performed on the Australian comedy circuit and has performed full length stand-up comedy shows at the Melbourne, Adelaide and Edinburgh comedy festivals. He is a fixture on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, starred in ABC TV’s Problems, has supported Heath Franklin’s Chopper on tour and wrote and performed in the two hander play The Incident with Edinburgh Comedy Award 2011 nominee Sam Simmons. He also has extremely white eyebrows.