Dave's a number 1 best-selling author, award-winning stand up, presenter & mental health campaigner.
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.
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.
Since then Dave has gone on to do shows about adult circumcision, veganism, philosophy and mental health.
In 2023 he won Pegasus' Comedy Awards 'Ongoing Comedian Of The Year' at The Edinburgh Fringe.
Dave has been a stand-in for BBC's Mock The Week & Channel 4's Taskmaster and has appeared on BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, ITV's Lorraine, Jeremy Vine On 5, Radio 1, Radio 2 & Radio 4. His comedy special 'Mental' has recently been uploaded to 'NextUp'
He has written for National newspapers including The Guardian, The Telegraph and Metro as well as numerous magazines including Cosmopolitan, GQ and Men's Fitness.
Dave is patron of the award-winning Midlands based eating disorder charity First Steps, a patron of the mental health charity Recovery Assistance Dogs (AKA RAD), and a patron of Oakleaf in Guildford. He is 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.
TV Appearances
BBC – Tomorrow’s World, Presenter
BBC 1 – Trust Me I’m A Doctor
BBC 1 - (Regional) Midlands Today
BBC 1 - (Regional) East Midlands Today
BBC 2 – Mock The Week, Stand In
BBC 2 – Victoria Derbyshire Show
BBC Three – Things Not To Say...
ITV – Good Morning Britain, Guest
ITV – National News, Guest
ITV – Fixers
ITV – Bring It On, Contributor
Channel 4 – First Dates
Channel 4 – Year Dot
Channel 4 - Taskmaster, Stand In
Channel 5 – National News, Guest
Sky – Sunrise, Guest
GB News - The Great British Breakfast, Newspaper Reviewer
GB News-Free Speech Nation
GB News - Tonight Live
Discovery Channel – Mind Control Freaks
London Live – Afternoon
London Live – London Go
Loaded TV – Lads Lit
Reviews
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – Arts Award Voice
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – Bunbury Magazine
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – Voice Mag
★ ★ ★ ★ – The List
★ ★ ★ ★ – Edinburgh Festival Magazine
★ ★ ★ ★ – Three Weeks
★ ★ ★ ★ – Broadway Baby
★ ★ ★ ★ – Wee Review
★ ★ ★ ★ – Entertainment Now
★ ★ ★ ★ – Broadway World
★ ★ ★ ★ – Ed Fringe Review
★ ★ ★ ★ – Fringe Explosion
★ ★ ★ ★ – Theatre & Art Reviews
Thank goodness for Dave; he tells his invaluable story with humour and tongue in cheek charm…hilariously entertaining
The Mail on Sunday
Quirky, moving & hilarious
This is one comic you have to make the effort to see
His upbeat delivery and candid confessions make for an enjoyable, and sometimes enlightening, hour
This show is a gem and deserves everyone's attention
Making light of a serious situation is a fine art and one which Dave Chawner masters with some skill
Sharp, insightful, touching, but above all really, really funny
Three Weeks
A performance that makes you think as well as laugh
Chawner deserves a place among the upper tiers of British comedy
Couldn't be more perfect
Arts Awards Voice
Pegasus Comedy, 'Ongoing Comedian Of The Year 2023'
Radio Appearances
BBC Radio 1 – The Surgery, Guest
BBC Radio 2 – The Jeremy Vine Show
BBC Radio 2 – Graham Norton Show,Clip
BBC Radio 4 – Today Programme, Guest
BBC Radio 5 Live – Saturday Breakfast
BBC Radio 5 Live – 5 Live Daily, Guest
BBC Radio 5 Live – Afternoon Edition
BBC Radio 5 Live – Stephen Nolan Show
BBC Radio 5 Live - 'Investigates'
BBC Radio 5 Live - Radio Chiles
Absolute Radio – Traffic & Travel Reporter
Capital FM – Mental Health Package
Capital FM South Coast Breakfast Show
Heart Radio – Mental Health Package
Classic FM - Traffic & Travel Producer
Smooth Radio – Traffic & Travel Presenter
Gold - Traffic & Travel Presenter
LBC – Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show, Guest
LBC – Andrew Castle Show, Guest
LBC - Andrew Pierce Show, Reporter
LBC – Clive Bull, Guest
LBC – Ian Payne, Guest
LBC - Traffic & Travel Presenter
LBC News - Traffic & Travel Presenter
Talk Radio – Fake News, Team Captain
Talk Radio – Breakfast Show, Weekly Guest
Talk Radio - Petrie Hosken, Reporter
Talk Radio – Drive Time, Guest
Talk Radio - Dr. David Bull, Breakfast Show
Talk Radio - Between The Sheets, Panellist
Talk Radio – Drive Time Traffic & Travel
Fix Radio – The Happy Hour, Presenter
Fix Radio – The Ugly Phil Breakfast Show
Panda Radio – Breakfast Presenter
Times Radio – Calum Macdonald, Guest
BBC Radio Wales – Morning Programme
BBC Scotland – Janice Forsyth Show
BBC Scotland - Mornings With Kaye Adams
BBC London – Afternoon Drive, Guest
BBC 3 Counties - Traffic & Travel Presenter
BBC Solent – Traffic & Travel Presenter
BBC Cambridge – Traffic & Travel
BBC Nottingham - Breakfast Show, Guest
BBC Radio Sussex – Drive Time Show
BBC Radio Surrey - Drive Time Show
BBC Sussex & Surrey (syndicated) - Lunchtime Guest
BBC Radio Leicester – Drive Time Guest
Radio Essex – Traffic & Travel Presenter
BBC Radio Derby – Lunch With...Guest
BBC Radio Kent - Mid Morning Guest
BBC WM - Guest, 'The Men's Club'
BBC Radio Devon – Drive Time Show
BBC Berkshire – Anne Diamond Show
BBC Radio Solent – Breakfast Show, Guest
BBC Newcastle – Guest
BBC Radio Gloucester – Guest
BBC Radio Oxford – Guest