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Huge Davies (born Hugh Davies) is a musical comedian known for deadpan delivery while wearing a full-size Yamaha keyboard strapped to himself.

Born with the first name Hugh, he performed as Huge, an old nickname, when first performing in Aberdeen, for the sake of non-identification. [1]

Davies was nominated for the Best Newcomer award at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his debut solo show The Carpark [2] which was described as "well-crafted, well-structured and well-performed" by Chortle. [3] The keyboard was described in The Scotsman as "more like a bank of special effects, rather than merely a musical instrument." [4] In 2023, a recording of The Carpark was released by 800 Pound Gorilla Records on YouTube and other streaming platforms. [5]

Davies was a semi-finalist in the BBC New Comedy Award in 2017. [6] Davies has appeared on Comedy Central Live at the Comedy Store, [7] Roast Battle , [8] and as a writer and performer on BBC flagship satirical radio programme The Now Show .[ citation needed ] Davies acted in BBC Two comedy series The First Team . Davies has appeared on celebrity game show Guessable alongside host Sara Pascoe, Alan Davies and Nish Kumar among others. [9] In 2022, Davies appeared as a guest on two episodes of the British comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown . [10] [11]

On 16 December 2021, Channel 4 commissioned a three-part short-form scripted comedy series, The Artists, created, written by and starring Davies. The series premiered on Channel 4 Comedy YouTube from 30 December 2021 and is available through the on demand service All 4. [12] [13]

In 2023, Davies performed his second show, Whodunnit, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [14] He returned to the festival again in 2024 with his third show, Album for My Ancestors (Dead), [15] and was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Cunning Stunt. [16]

A rumour went around in 2024 that Huge Davies was signing for professional championship club Hull City as a back-up striker option for Chris Bedia and Joao Pedro. However, this was soon put dead in the water as Hull City already had Mason Burstow in the ranks.

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