Daliso Chaponda: Topical Storm
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Daliso Chaponda: Topical Storm

Presented by: Foxlowe Arts Centre


0 LEEK: Foxlowe Arts Centre (info)
P Sunday 8th February, 2026
N Door time: 7:00pm
Start time: 8:00pm
. 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult)
C Comedy

Event information

Daliso Chaponda has been writing jokes about the news for over a decade - on Have I Got News For You, Radio 4' News Quiz, Australia's Good News Week and many more besides. (In fact he's seen the news from both sides, having been in the tabloids himself.) But recently the news has been so absurd, chaotic and overwhelming that it more or less mocks itself. Where do we go from here?

Topical Storm is Daliso's response. A show not about THE news but about news itself.

★★★★ 'Full of sharp one-liners and well crafted gags...a real talent' Metro

Copy (150 words): Daliso Chaponda has been writing jokes about the news for over a decade - on Have I Got News For You, Radio 4' News Quiz, Australia's Good News Week and many more besides. (In fact he's seen the news from both sides, having been in the tabloids himself.) But recently the news has been so absurd, chaotic and overwhelming that it more or less mocks itself. Where do we go from here?

Topical Storm is Daliso's response. A show not about THE news but about news itself. Journalists, bloggers, fake news, satirical news: have we lost the thread of it all? Is the reporting of news endlessly polarising us as a society rather than educating us? Would we be better off going right back to the first ever news bulletin - the original caveman drawing on a wall - and starting from scratch? Daliso does just that in this explosive new standup show.

Quotes: ★★★★ 'Full of sharp one-liners and well crafted gags...a real talent' Metro
'Gets laughs out of topics other comedians shun' The Guardian
'Brilliantly bold, thoroughly engaging and provocative' Wee ReviewDaliso

doors 7pm starts 8pm £17 +BF

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General Admission

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Total price: £18.70
Ticket price: £17.00, Booking fee: £1.70

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Total price: £17.60
Ticket price: £16.00, Booking fee: £1.60

Venue information

LEEK: Foxlowe Arts Centre
0 Market Place
Leek
Staffordshire
ST13 5HN
> www.foxloweartscentre.org.uk
! 01538 386112
` Parking availble opposite in Market Place or Stockwell Street