Pictures
 Early in the fest, We were there after the shows, taking pictures of the comedians drinking and jolling. Click here
 Thursday was party night after the show - and all the comedians popped in and stayed. Click here
 Friday night we went backstage at the Fresh Faces venue, while they nervously chugged energy drinks in preparation. Click here
 While the Fresh Faces Slaved everyone else partied hard at the Baxter bar. Best pics. Here
Review the fest Have your say on Smirnoff and other gigs right here.
Fresh Faces: The line-up featured four up and coming or totally new comics a night. All the details in our Jo'burg and Cape Town line-ups.
 99 fest in photos Comedyclub.co.za covered last years fest, and took pictures of the comedians drinking after their gigs, backstage, and jolling at clubs around Cape Town. Click here
Glossary of SA Comedy
This is link is specially for the overseas guys. Stuff you need to survive the African stage.
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Mini-review: Main Arena
The lineup in the Main Arena is the best we've seen out of all four festivals. MC Ross Noble got a typically reticent Cape Town audience to stop acting like a typical Cape Town audience and really let their hair down. Pity he remained onstage long after his job had been done. Jocelyn Jee opened with a cheeky warmth and displayed her excellent grasp of local swear words. Ever heard someone say "naai my stukkend" in a pommie accent?
Local comics Al Prodgers and David Kau were brilliant in the first half, Mark Banks equally so in the second. We noticed a striking difference: all the foreign performers walked on and off stage. All the South Africans ran. Could this be reflective of our environment?
American Arj Barker gave the most original performance, spinning off from tangent to surreal tangent. Hilarious stuff. The evening ended with crowd pleasing Adam Hills involving the audience far more than necessary. All round, a great evening and well worth the bucks.
Mini-review: Danger Zone
We were there: Get to the Danger Zone: The line-up is a good one overall, but it's easy to come out with the impression that comedians rarely progress past the anal stage on the path to adulthood. This is obviously not true. Comedians are wonderful, insightful people who deserve all your money.
After a barrage of homophobia from most of the acts, American Scott Capurro, ambled onstage and casually told the audience he's gay. Then he said Jesus Christ was gay. Then he added a new meaning to the Second Coming. It was justice, poetry in motion, and a relief to see a comic in the Danger Zone brave enough to hit the audeince where it really hurts. Equally brilliant was Lee Mack, who took the time to adapt his material to South Africa. Brilliantly shaded repetition and trickery. Mandy Knight did a good set on Thursday, after struggling for the first two nights.
Bit of gossip: One of the overseas comedians actually dared to demand a room with a sea view. ComedyClub hears he was told to either bare his lot in his lowly suite at the President Hotel, or fuck off back to his squat in London. We regret to inform you that you can still catch his act at the fest.
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