Stand Up Chameleon | Anil Desai | Bonus Episode 16

In this episode I have the amazing Anil Desai, we meet a few years back while performing at the same event in London.

Since Anil performed his awe-inspiring and record-breaking ‘52 impressions in 5 minutes’ routine in 2009, he has toured in over 30 countries performing on many of the world’s best stages in India, Slovenia, Indonesia, Singapore, Switzerland, South Africa, Montenegro, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Lebanon, Australia and New Zealand to name a few - helping him become one of the best comedian impressionists to emerge from the UK performing on the international circuit.

Along the way, his solo shows ‘Stand Up Chameleon’, “Hey, Impressions Guy!”, ‘Night at the Movies’ and ‘Impressions of a Hindude’ have garnered rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne, Sydney & New Zealand international Comedy Festivals, Perth Fringe World, and Bulmer’s International Comedy festival in Ireland.

He has also appeared at some of the UK’s biggest music festivals incl. Latitude, Bestival, Splendour Fest, and Chilli Fest since 2010 In recent years he has become a Punchliner Comedy Club regular for Carnival Cruises in Europe, Australia & the Pacific Islands Alongside the comedy career, for the past two decades, Anil continues to work as a professional actor in notable British Film, Television, Radio and Theatre productions.

His break into comedy came when he was cast as a regular in BBC2’s multi award winning Goodness Gracious Me series featuring Meera Syal and Sanjeev Basker.

In late 2018 he can be seen in ITV’s brand new impressions-based panel show series The Imitation Game alongside Rory Bremner, Alexander Armstrong and Debra Stephenson, and voicing various characters on CBBC’s Animal TV.

His corporate and commercial clients incl. Amazon Prime, PWC, Bernardo’s, Ford, Sky Movies, Unilever, Disney, Dixons, and Jaguar amongst numerous others.

Links to videos we talked about

52 impressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3zmuU7ncd0

Heckler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVL2cvulyFk Social Media:

Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @anildesaicomic

Website: www.anildesai.com

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