The Early Days Of The Funny Festival
Excerpts from Eddy Cassar’s upcoming book on the history of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival…
So You Think You’re Funny…
Are you looking for a career in comedy? “One of the most frequent questions I get asked as the Festival Director of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival, is “How do I get onto the line-up and get to try my hand at comedy?” says Funny Festival’s Eddy Cassar. “Well, here...
Media Release: Jive Cape Town Funny Festival
Winter is Cape Town’s biggest season for comedy as the annual Jive Cape Town Funny Festival opens at its home at The Baxter Theatre from 6 June to 3 July 2022. The City will light up with laughs as a host of local comics and international variety performers take to...
25 Comedy Festivals & Counting
Comedy and circus have been life-long interests for Camps Bay resident, Eddy Cassar, which led him to organise the country’s first comedy festival way back in 1997. Now a quarter of a century later, he stands on the brink of organising his 25th major comedy festival...