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Daniel Holmes

Daniel Holmes is a New Orleans-born, Bangkok-based comedian, writer, and oil painter. With over eight years of performing comedy across Asia, including venues like The Laughing Skull in Atlanta and Spicy Comedy in Shanghai, Daniel's act blends cultural commentary and personal stories. As an oil painter with over eleven years of experience, his work has been exhibited in the U.S. and China. He also writes darkly satirical essays and comedic columns on expat life and modern absurdities.

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Bangkok has a real English-language comedy circuit and here’s is what it looks like from the inside

Bangkok has the kind of comedy scene that still surprises people who have never stood in it. The assumption, usually made by people who passed through too quickly or not at all, is that English-language stand-up in Asia is thin, occasional, and mostly a novelty for tourists who have run out of other things to do at 8pm on a…