Stand Up Comedy

British-Irish comedian Jimmy Carr has announced two South African dates in March 2027 for his global 'Laughs Funny' tour, visiting Pretoria and Cape Town.

Celeste Ntuli turns personal roasts, faith and fearless storytelling into a must-see comedy experience as she takes her hit show to Cape Town

A thoughtful look at marriage, resentment and reinvention, Bradley Cooper’s latest film lets its characters stumble, flail and quietly evolve

From an engineering degree to over 570 000 followers, Vafa Naraghi reflects on taking a leap of faith into comedy

No female acts in the line-up of the almost month-long 12th Jive Cape Town Funny Festival.

It’s becoming clear that local audiences feel uncomfortable hearing too much honesty or activism from the people they are paying to make them laugh.

Ava Vidal is a comedian who doesn’t shy away from the truth, regardless of comedic trends.

"No reason to be at the mercy of venues that don’t really engage with a proper set-up for comedy."

By day Mamelo Mokoena works in online advertising. By night, Mum-z, his alter ego, is one of Johannesburg’s most vibrant up-and-coming comedians.

Jacob Zuma gets off lightly in John Vlismas’s new show, but he takes it out on whites.

But for a trick of fate, Chris Rock might have been a truck driver. Instead the Brooklyn boy is the "funniest man alive".

Warren Foster speaks to stand-up comedians about the Heavyweight Comedy Jam.