History
The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival has seen some of the best local and international performers entertain our audiences over the years. For some, the Funny Festival stage served as their launch pad to stardom. Have a look at the performers that graced the Baxter Theatre stage over the years…
2024
2023
Alan Committie (SA), Emo Adams (SA), Larry Soffer (SA), Dalin Oliver (SA), Schalk Bezuidenhout (SA), Marc Lottering (SA), Riaad Moosa (SA), Daredevil Chicken (USA)
2022
Alan Committie (SA), Sifiso Nene (SA), Tats Nkonzo (SA), Arlene Petersen (SA), Carl Weber (SA), Ismail Moses (SA), Cabaret Decadanse (CAN), Yosuke Ikeda (JAP), Graeme Mathews (UK)
2020 & 2021 – Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2019
Alan Committie (SA), Kev Orkian (UK), Emo Adams (SA), The Big Boys (SA), Matt Tarrant (AUS), Carvin H. Goldstone (SA), Lindy Johnson (SA), Sifiso Nene (SA)
2018
Alan Committie (SA), Gerry Connolly (Australia), Reagen Allen (South Africa), Ntobeko Ximba (SA), Raymond Raymondson (France), Rob van Vuuren (SA), Siv Ngesi (SA), Khanyisa Bunu (SA), Mooky Cornish (Canada), Richard Garaghty & Goronwy Thom (UK), Tats Nkonzo (SA), Marc Lottering (SA)
2017
Alan Committie (SA), Captain Frodo (Norway), Paul Dabek (UK), Marc Lottering (SA), Mel Jones (SA), Mario – Queen of the Circus (US), Ndumiso Lindi (SA), Daniel Mpilo Richards (SA), Dalin Oliver (SA), Loyiso Madinga (SA)
2016
Alan Committie (SA), Glen Biderman-Pam (SA), Carl Wastie (SA), Gino Fabbri (SA), Marc Lottering (SA), The Big Boys (SA), Kev Orkian (SA), Ennio Marchetto (Italy), Justin-Ray Stoffels (SA), Yaaseen Barnes (SA)
2015
Alistair Izobell (SA), Carl Wastie (SA), Shimmy Isaacs (SA), Tumi Morake (SA), Earl Okin (UK), Mike Raffone (UK), Bruce Airhead (UK), Tracy Klass (SA), Siv Ngesi (SA), Raymond and Mr Timpkins (UK), Carl Weber (SA), I Baccala Clowns (Italy), Dylan Skews (SA), Trevor Noah (SA)
2014
Shaleen Surtie Richards (SA), Carl Wastie (SA), Schalk Bezuidenhout (SA), Christian Lindemann (Germany), Felicity Ward (Australia), Mario – Queen of the Circus (US), Yosuke Ikeda (Japan), Kev Orkian (UK), Marc Lottering (SA), Nik Rabinowitz (SA), Riaad Moosa (SA), Trevor Noah (SA)
2013
Wilfredo (UK), Mooky Cornish (US), Marc Lottering (SA), Steve Rawlings (UK), Carl Wastie (SA), Siv Ngesi (SA), Alan Committie (SA), Prince Abdi (Somalia), Guy McDonald (SA), Kev Orkian (UK), Ndumiso Tafeni (SA) Irshaad Mohamed (SA)
2012
Imran Yusuf (Kenya), Kev Orkian (UK), The Boy with Tape on his Face (NZ), John Hicks (UK), Gamarjobat (Japan), Alan Committie (SA), Piet Potgieter (SA), Kurt Schoonraad (SA) Kagiso Mokgadi (SA), Angel Blythe Campey (SA), Carl Wastie (SA), Maxine Botha (SA), Oliver Booth (SA)
2011
Kev Orkian (UK), Miss Ro (South Korea), Kalki Henenberg (UK), Full House (Switzerland), The Boy with Tape on his Face (NZ), Alan Committie (SA), Carl Wastie (SA), Eugene Khoza (SA), Shimmy Isaacs (SA)
2010
Alan Committie (SA) Craig Hill (Scotland), The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue (UK), Mario, Queen of the Circus (US), Paul Zerdin (UK), Paul Morocco (UK), Al Prodgers (SA), Ndumiso Lindi (SA), Riaad Moosa (SA)
2009
Marc Lottering (SA), Trevor Noah (SA), Tumi Morake (SA), Nik Rabinowtz (SA), Gamarjobat (Japan), The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue (UK), John Lenahan (US), Jonathan Hearns (SA)
2008
Chris Forrest (SA), Les Bubb (UK), Iestyn Edwards (UK), Marc Lottering (SA), Riaad Moosa (SA), Nik Rabinowitz (SA)
2007
Stephen Grant (UK), Lucy Porter (UK), Rebecca Carrington (UK), Junior Simpson (Jamaica), Wayvinne Dawson (SA), Martin Jonas (SA), Marc Lottering (SA), Nik Rabinowitz (SA)
2006
Men in Coats (UK), Jackie Loeb (Australia), Dave Fulton (US), Marc Lottering (SA), Riaad Moosa (SA), Conrad Koch (SA), Mel Miller (SA), Dave Levinsohn (SA), Cokey Falkow (SA)
2005
Julia Morris (Australia), Tina C (England), Andrew Maxwell (Ireland), Earl Okin (England), Tony Gerrard + (England) Cokey Falkow (SA), Kurt Schoonraad (SA), Dave Levinson (SA), Stuart Taylor (SA), Ndumiso Lindi (SA), Riaad Moosa (SA), Nik Rabinowitz (SA)