Dave's a number 1 best-selling author, award-winning stand up, presenter & mental health campaigner. 

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Dave's 1st Edinburgh show, Normally Abnormal, sensitively used humour to explore his anorexic past. The show received critical acclaim, had sell-out shows and went on UK tour. As a result, the show was given an award by The UK's Eating Disorder Charity  at The Houses Of Parliament in 2014. 

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In 2015 Dave was asked to give a TED Talk on the topic of eating disorders. This caught the attention of a publisher and he was asked to write a book based on his experiences. This became Weight Expectations -part memoir, part self-help guide aiming to engage, entertain and educate people about anorexia.

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Since then Dave has gone on to do shows about adult circumcision, veganism and mental health. 

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He's a stand-in for BBC's Mock The Week & Channel 4's Taskmaster, a regular Friday presenter on The Talk Radio Breakfast Show with Julia Hartley-Brewer and has appeared on BBC Breakfast, ITV's Lorraine, Jeremy Vine On 5, Radio 1, Radio 2 & Radio 4. 

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Dave has written for National newspapers including The Guardian, The Telegraph and Metro as well as numerous magazines including Cosmopolitan, GQ​ and Men's Fitness.

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Dave is patron of the award-winning Midlands based charity First Steps, a Fellow of The Mental Health Collective and a founding member of The Speaker's Collective. He is Mental Health First Aid trained & a media ambassador for Mind, The Mental Health Foundation  and Beat. 

Reviews

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – Arts Award Voice 

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – Bunbury Magazine

★ ★ ★ ★ – The List

★ ★ ★ ★ – Edinburgh Festival Magazine

★ ★ ★ ★ – Three Weeks

★ ★ ★ ★ – Broadway Baby

★ ★ ★ ★ – Wee Review

★ ★ ★ ★ – Ed Fringe Review

★ ★ ★ ★ – Voice Mag

★ ★ ★ ★ – Fringe Explosion

★ ★ ★ ★ – Theatre & Art Reviews

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Thank goodness for Dave; he tells his invaluable story with humour and tongue in cheek charm…hilariously entertaining 

The Mail on Sunday 

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Quirky, moving & hilarious 

Indy 100

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This is one comic you have to make the effort to see

The Scottish Herald 

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His upbeat delivery and candid confessions make for an enjoyable, and sometimes enlightening, hour

Steve Bennett, Chortle

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This show is a gem and deserves everyone's attention

The List

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Making light of a serious situation is a fine art and one which Dave Chawner masters with some skill

The Wee Review

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Sharp, insightful, touching, but above all really, really funny

Three Weeks

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A performance that makes you think as well as laugh

Broadway Baby

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Chawner deserves a place among the upper tiers of British comedy

Voice Magazine

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Couldn't be more perfect

Arts Awards Voice