A man who left behind a successful stand-up career in Las Vegas to live out his dream aboard a narrowboat is appearing at the 2025 Llangollen Fringe Festival.
Joel Sanders, aka Angry Boater, is bringing his show to Llangollen Town Hall on Monday July 14.
Last year, he took his narrowboat on to the sea in the middle of the night. Channel 4 filmed it for series two of its popular Narrow Escapes daytime series which has just aired. He was also a big part of the first series.
Joel says: “I have lived on a canal boat for 15 years, prior to which I was a comedian touring the US with the plan of being the first Brit to gig in all 50 states - I managed 40.
“I performed everywhere from redneck bars across the Deep South to the casinos of Las Vegas and worked with many of my comedy heroes, including Robin Williams.
“When I swapped Vegas et al for the UK’s waterways, I started to develop Angry Boater.
“I took the show to Edinburgh several times. For the rest of the year, I would typically arrange last minute shows at venues near the canal wherever I happened to be moored.
“This is my first proper tour of Angry Boater and the first time the show will have been seen in Llangollen.”
His Angry Boater act is described as a smart, sharp and totally original evening of stand-up, storytelling and brutally honest reflections on chasing dreams, letting go of everything you know and floating into the unknown.
As Joel puts it: “Deep comedy from shallow waters is coming to a town near you soon.”
* Info and tickets at: www.llangollenfringe.co.uk
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