Eddie Griffin To Headline Laugh Africa Comedy Fest and Host Comedy Roast of Famous SA Celeb
- Legendary American comedian Eddie Griffin is set to headline the highly-anticipated Laugh Africa Comedy Festival in Mzansi in April 2024
- The festival, scheduled for 5 to 7 April at the Sandton Convention Centre, will feature over 50 comedians across English, vernacular and Afrikaans genres
- Social media comedy sensations will join traditional stand-up acts, adding a modern twist to the lineup, and Eddie Griffin will host a comedy roast of a local celebrity
- Briefly News spoke to the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival director Stuart Taylor about what Mzansi can look forward to
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Legendary American comedian Eddie Griffin is set to make his way to Mzansi to headline the highly-anticipated Laugh Africa Comedy Festival scheduled for April.
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Eddie Griffin coming to South Africa
South African comedy lovers are in for a once-in-a-lifetime treat as the internationally acclaimed star Eddie Griffin is confirmed as the headliner of the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival set for 5 to 7 April 2024 at the Sandton Convention Centre.
According to details shared with Briefly News, the event promises to cater for people from all walks of life as it will include more than 50 comedians across three diverse genres - English, vernacular and Afrikaans.
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Acts to look out for at the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival include fan favourites like Tumi Morake, Alfred Adriaan, Mashabela, Chris Mapane and many more. And for the first time in South Africa, social media comedy sensations will join the traditional stand-up acts, adding a modern twist to the comedic lineup.
Eddie Griffin to host a comedy roast of a local celebrity
Fans can also look forward to having a popular local star being roasted. Although more details about who will be roasted are yet to be disclosed, people already know that it's going to be a fire show.
Those who cannot make it to Johannesburg to attend the show can also enjoy the events on the streaming giant Showmax.
Laugh Africa Comedy Festival director on what fans can expect
Speaking exclusively to Briefly News, the director of the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival Stuart Taylor said he wanted to plan a festival that caters for people from all walks of life. He said:
"My starting point was that I wanted a diverse group of comics, I think that was my goal. I said to myself if I am creating a three day festival and it's truly a celebration of all South African comedy then I need comics from all walks of life, it can't be the usual suspects. I need the venec comics on the same stage as the typical English comics on the same stage as people who might appear in only Afrikaans festivals. I want our audience to walk in there as a comedy lover and see the whole spectrum of it.
"Then I started at the very top, the wishlist with the best of the best in those categories. I was very lucky because I have a very good working relationship with every comic in this country, we've worked together for many years. So I got them all and that's what comedy lovers are going to get at the Laugh Africa Comedy Festival."
Speaking about what fans can expect from Eddie Griffin, Taylor said:
"As for Eddie Griffin man this guy has been grinding in the festival in the comedy space for so many years now you know besides being a TV and movie star he's been one of the comics who stayed true to the stand-up comedy like the real love of performing in comedy clubs and comedy tours. If you're on his website he's got a residency right now in Vegas, he is a working comic all over the show is involved with time and I think that's what's very very exciting we wanted a comedian who is not just a name who we all familiar with who we've seen back in the day but wins then done stand up in 20 years they just kind of living off the movies the money we went to legit working comic and Eddie Griffin is 80 is he was funny back then he's in my opinion even funny year now and audiences are going to experience a level of comedy that that that is that is you know we we've been we've been waiting to see and I think he's just he's just a cherry on the on the cake of a really."
Maroon 5, Keane, Ava Max, Lloyiso and more rock Cape Town
Briefly News previously reported that Capetonians got the experience of a lifetime at the Calabash SA event at DHL Stadium in Cape Town. It is safe to say the event kicked off in style with powerful performances from local and international stars who gave thousands who thronged the stadium a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The Cape Town edition of Calabash SA was a complete success, despite being a mid-week concert. Many people were surprised to see the DHL Stadium in the heart of the Mother City filled to the brim on a Wednesday.
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