David Nihill

David Nihill at Shelton Auditorium At Butler Arts Center

David Nihill knows how badly language can fail you when you are far from home. He turns travel and cultural confusion into carefully built stories. The January 30, 2027 performance is listed for 7:30 PM at Shelton Auditorium At Butler Arts Center. The particular appeal of this date is the chance to put an evening around that one distinctive comic voice.

His stand-up and storytelling competition history give Taking Tangents a clear creative identity. David Nihill makes you laugh at yours, too. Born and raised in Dublin, he turns travel, immigration, language-learning flops and cultural observation into stand-up that feels like a great story told by the funniest person at the table. Here's the draw: Nihill is a storyteller as much as a joke-writer. It suggests a comic who knows how to land a punchline and how to build a tale.

He won the San Francisco Comedy Competition and was a runner-up in a Moth US Grand Slam storytelling competition. This stop is listed as the Taking Tangents show, and the title promises a comic who enjoys wandering off the main road. His résumé includes the Dry Bar debut Documented, recorded in 2019, along with Cultural Appreciation and the 2025 show Shelf Help. For this Indianapolis engagement, view ticket options for David Nihill.