David Mills: GLAMOUR + DESPAIR

GLAMOUR + DESPAIR' is a screamingly jaded look at the apocalypse. In this scathing romp through the boneyard of contemporary culture, Mills eviscerates everything from celebrity to casual sex, gay pride to social media, drugs to affirmations, and much more. It's a sharply satirical look at today’s harrowing headlines.

Mixing biting stand-up, storytelling and a singular take on classic nightclub cabaret into innovative, Mills expertly skewers the unrelenting horrors of contemporary life and our 24 hour reality television, cartoon dystopia. ‘GLAMOUR + DESPAIR’ is a provocative mash-up of biting wit and surprising musical reinterpretations including forgotten 50s classics, undiscovered 70s soul bangers, 90s indie favorites, and current pop hits. Numbers include underappreciated gems by Tom Waits, Billy Barnes, Billy Paul, Charlie Smalls, Odessey and Sports Team.

Award-winning stand-up / cabaret firebrand, David Mills is a bold showbiz iconoclast. After spending over a decade on the cutthroat London stand-up circuit, opening for Margaret Cho and takeing several acclaimed shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival, he returned to NYC in 2023 to conquer the US comedy scene. He’s appeared in films alongside Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Benedict Cimberbatch, Harrison Ford and Rami Malek and is currently smashing the legendary comedy basements of NYC including the Stand, Broadway Comedy Club, Greenwich Comedy Club among others.

‘blisteringly smart, achingly funny, uncompromisingly bold, staunchly unapologetic, blissfully original and completely, totally, absolutely enjoyable”- BroadwayWorld.com