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Common thread: Celeste Ntuli doesn’t change her material for audiences in different cities because she finds that South African audiences share similar experiences and humour. Photo: Supplied

Queen of comedy in the Mother City

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

Simple story: Will Arnett and Laura Dern star in Is This Thing On? It’s not a laugh out loud comedy but Will
Arnett’s performance is affecting and the chemistry between him and Dern is believable. Photo: Supplied

Marriage is no joke

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

Life re-engineered: Comedian Vafa Naraghi, who hails from Mahikeng in North West, is about to embark on his first solo national tour, titled Becoming South African. Photo: Man Magazine South Africa

‘This Is the most alive I’ve felt: Vafa Naraghi on language, laughter and the journey of belonging

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

At the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival women will only be in the audience this year

Are women just not funny enough?

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

Censoring satire: No inconvenient truths for us, please

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: Laughter eases the blow

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

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Café by Durban day, carnival of comedy by night

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

Serious about 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.

Finding the happy anger

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

Everybody loves Chris

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

Gagging on sex and race

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