Meet Mzonke Maloney – Jive Funny Championship Winner

Meet Mzonke Maloney – Jive Funny Championship Winner

by | May 31, 2023 | General, Media

Film maker, Mzonke Maloney won the prestigious Jive Funny Championships at Canal Walk and now moves onto the bill of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival. Originally from Klerksdorp, Mzonke has lived in Cape Town since an early age. A film maker by profession who was...
Media Release: Jive Cape Town Funny Festival Returns

Media Release: Jive Cape Town Funny Festival Returns

by | Feb 17, 2023 | General, Media

Cape Town’s winter comedic tonic, The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival returns to the Baxter Theatre from 5 June – 2 July for its 24th season. Started way back in 1997 by publicist and comedy lover Eddy Cassar, the Funny Festival has grown into the country’s oldest and...
So You Think You’re Funny…

So You Think You’re Funny…

by | Mar 28, 2022 | General, Media

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

Media Release: Jive Cape Town Funny Festival

by | Mar 23, 2022 | General, Media

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

25 Comedy Festivals & Counting

by | Feb 15, 2022 | General, Media

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...