Angry Boater Live in Ely

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As featured on C4’s ‘Narrow Escapes’ Joel Sanders is the former Las Vegas comedian who swapped the hubbub of the city for a NICE CALM LIFE on the waterways.

If you could abandon it all to follow a dream, would you?

Now in its 12th year, ‘Angry Boater’ is a revelatory evening of comedy & stories about the joys, perils & madness that come along when you swap the comforts of suburbia for a nomadic life on the UK’s waterways .

Formerly, Joel was the comedian with a grand plan of becoming the first Brit to play all 50 US States. He managed 40, performing everywhere from the Deep South’s redneck bars to casinos & theatres in the more traditional destinations. Joel lived the dream and worked with many of his comedy heroes, including Robin Williams.

But in 2008 he gave all that up for a narrowboat on the UK’s unpredictable & archaic waterways. To this day he’s still floating around searching for …..

…. he’s not really sure.

Last year, Channel 4 followed Joel‘s adventures as he travelled on his narrowboat between shows in London & The Midlands and, in the new series of ‘Narrow Escapes’ (airing from May 2025), they return to Joel as he prepares for his biggest voyage ever – taking his narrowboat out to sea.

Whether you’ve thought about living on a boat or if you can’t imagine anything worse, ‘Angry Boater’ will take you on an authentic comedy journey unlike anything else you’ll experience this year.