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An award-winning podcaster is swapping the studio for the stage in his debut one-man show at the Greater Manchester Fringe.
Stand-up poet Daniel J. McLaughlin - a podcast producer for Reach, the UK's biggest publisher - will debut 'Rant in Iambic Pentameter' at the summer theatrical festival in July.
The show, which is part-poetry, part-comedy, part-philosophy, and fully profanity laced, pokes fun at parts of McLaughlin's life, including his diagnosis as a manic depressive.
"Well, it's cheaper than paying for private counselling, and probably quicker than the NHS waiting list. As the old saying goes: a genius is a madman with an audience. I just need an audience, otherwise I am your run-of-the-mill madman," the 28-year-old comedian said.
"But don't worry, it's not a bleak 60-minute show where I whine, "Woo is me." There is far too much of that self-pitying nonsense in the poetry scene. I am here to entertain, first and foremost.
"And even in the bleakest moments, mental illness can be bloody funny. My time spent on a mental health ward contained some of the most hilarious moments in my life - I'll write about it someday."
Salford-born McLaughlin, who was raised in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire for the first 18 years of his life, combines his rants with rhymes, discussing God, Grindr, geese, gay life, and "the bloody government".
His sexuality plays a big part in 'Rant in Iambic Pentameter'. The self-titled "part-time poof" jokes about his bisexuality, experiences of homophobia and hate crime, and lack of success on the dating apps.
"I appeared on the One Show at the start of the year, discussing my attack on Canal Street by a drunken homophobe. It was an important bit of film, but at the same time, it was a bit too worthy for my liking.
"I don't want to be preachy. I don't have a megaphone, or a placard, or a soapbox - I have a microphone and far too many swear words."
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Selected film still
Gummo - Harmony Korine A Single Man - TOM FORD
Heavenly Creatures - Peter Jackson Blue Velvet - David Lynch
American beauty - Sam Mendes grey gardens - David Maysles, Albert Maysles
Mary Poppins - Robert Stevenson The Addams family -Barry Sonnenfeld
Breakfast on Pluto - Neil Jordan the Hours - Stephen Daldry
The Wizard of Oz - Victor Fleming
Selected Exibitions
Joram Roukes, "Les Bon sauvages" stolen Space gallery, London 2013
Hisaji hada "A photographic portrayal of the paintings of balthus",Galerie Alex daniels, reflex, Amsterdam, 2013
selected Reading, quotation Artworks and lyrics
The north -John Bulmer 2013 - Photography
painting, American gothic - grant wood
The great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald
Never let me go - Kazuo Ishiguro
1984- George Orwell
Sell the House 1988,- Christopher wool MOMA LA 2012
Austra - Idenity-Lyrics
Harmone Korine quote,
Gummo solomon quote
Malvina reynolds - Little boxes lyrics
Pattrick "kitten" braden, breakfast on Pluto quote
selected miscellaneous images
Grindr image
Collaged sensationalist news headlines
found postcard of gossiping women
suburban birds eye view
A screen from mi Tinder dating proile. Grindr, Bumble and POF. This old photo from 2016 when i was bigger. Muslim man can have many wife's
Portraits from the Grindr Look-Alike Project. The series is entitled: We Are Never Ever Ever Ever Getting Back Together. Portraits are all sourced images from the smart phone applications Grindr and Scruff, and are all look-alikes of myself and my ex-boyfriend.