by Funny Festival | Jun 4, 2018 | General
Think you know all there is to know about the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival, delivered by Turkish Airlines? Here are some funny facts about Cape Town’s funniest comedy festival… A chance meeting with the legendary cast of the Carry On films in the early...
by Funny Festival | May 31, 2018 | General
Show producer, Eddy Cassar shares the ins and outs of the festival, and just what goes in to putting this brilliant show together every year! Putting together the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival delivered by Turkish Airlines is no easy task. Top comic Tumi Morake...
by Funny Festival | Apr 16, 2018 | General
Charting the “history” of the South African comedy industry is no easy task. Where does one start, post 1994 or from the 1970s with the Biltong and Pot Roast series, or even before that, the 1960s? Books on the early history of Cape Town talk of a stand-up comedian...
by Funny Festival | Apr 5, 2018 | General
“It’s a long way to go, but it’s certainly worth it” is the answer that Eddy Cassar, the curator and producer of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival offers, to the question about his recent visit to the Adelaide Fringe Festival in South Australia. A veteran of ten...
by Funny Festival | Feb 20, 2018 | General
A look back at Cape Town’s winter comedic tonic over the years, through the lens of Festival Producer, Eddy Cassar… With the arrival of democracy twenty four years ago, came a basket filled of new concepts such as one man one vote and freedom of...
