The foul-mouthed prophet _{by Alessia Belsito-Riera}

Foul-mouthed Aussie comedian Daniel Muggleton is so excited for his New Zealand tour of You May Be White, I May Be Crazy that he’s thinking of wearing something special. Typically, he dons one of his eight red tracksuits and shoes, “but last time customs washed them on arrival, and they didn’t dry by showtime, so I had to do the set in my slides”, he says.

As for his signature red kit, he used to wear one regularly in the UK due to the weather. “I met Jim Jefferies in the tracksuit and he asked me to open for him at Manchester Arena (which was dope) so I changed into something else to perform like I always did. When I got off stage he said to me ‘You’re the only comedian I’ve ever met who has a look until they get on stage’”. So he’s worn it ever since.

Since his jaunt with Jefferies, Muggleton has gone on to sell out shows around the globe, release several televised specials and stand-up albums, open for some of the biggest names in the biz, and win awards aplenty, plus amass pages of five-star reviews and over 30 million views on his viral videos.

Now, he brings his unique combination of bracing social commentary and lightning-fast crowd work to San Fran on the 24^th of June. Muggleton says his new show is about family but reminds us that so is The Fast & Furious. “If not, I promise it’ll be a fresh hour of race, politics, and dicks”.