The Cape Town International Comedy Festival enters its second decade with a line-up that sees international stars Mario Joyner, Sugar Sammy, Daliso Chaponda, Kitty Flanagan and Rob Rouse joining local talent Nik Rabinowitz and Trevor Noah. Fresh from Chris Rock?s 'No Apologies' world tour, Mario Joyner takes up the reins as the host of the Main Arena ? the popular main stage of the Comedy Festival held at the Baxter. Renowned for his uncanny ability to see hypocrisy and the sheer ludicrousness of everyday situations, Joyner?s easy delivery and laidback style disguise a razor-sharp wit. Comic superstar Sugar Sammy returns to the Comedy Festival after hosting the Main Arena in 2006. Since appearing in the Mother City two...

It might have been his performances on TV or perhaps it was the clips on YouTube. Whatever the reason, Sugar Sammy was suddenly a hot commodity in Greater Vancouver. The Indo-Canadian comic has performed here thrice before, but the response was never as rabid as what he experienced in early January at Lafflines Comedy Club in New Westminster, the first leg of a two-month cross-country tour to promote his new CD. “That's when it exploded,” he said. “The show went crazy and it sold out. The people really came to see me.” More than 80 per cent of the crowd was Indo-Canadian, a proportion he hadn't seen in Canada before. The show was so popular that Laughlines is bringing him back March 13 to...

(Toronto – December 18, 2007) – A sensation straight out of Montreal, with a rapidly growing national and international fan base, Sugar Sammy can now be heard on his first CD, Down With The Brown, scheduled to drop January 3rd, 2008. Sammy uses impeccable timing to drive home his frank observational humour, and a worldview honed from the widely-shared “Westernized ethnic” experience. Throughout the CD, he riffs on subjects like arranged marriage, his Indian ancestry and the ever-changing multicultural society in which he lives. Down With The Brown is true to that form, a series of clips of Sammy working nightclub crowds in Ottawa. This gives the listener a front-row-of-the-club experience, the closest...

THE buzz around town is Sugar Sammy and his new show Down with the Brown at iZulu Theatre, Sibaya. And you couldn't ignore it, even if you tried: his posters are everywhere and a sound byte from his show is played repeatedly on a popular radio station. Sugar Sammy is noted as one of the hottest comedians on the international circuit. He has performed all over Canada, the US, England and Holland. He was also voted top comedy act for three years running by The Montreal Mirror. I recently caught up with Sugar Sammy at the Royal Grill at Sibaya. This is his second visit to South Africa; he performed at the Cape Town Comedy Festival last September and was a hit with the audience. He tells me he knew he wanted to do stand-up...

Race is often an issue discussed quietly at home. However, Canadian comic Sugar Sammy takes this issue a step further and leaves audiences erupting with laughter, taking everyday scenarios of society's stereotypical attitudes and presenting them with amusing analyses. In his show, on until March 4, he mixes examples of multicultural stereotypes associated with race and ethnic groups. Described as "one of the hottest comedians on the international circuit", he has enjoyed great success, having been voted No 1 stand-up comedian in 2004, 2005 and 2006 by readers of The Montreal Mirror. He has received rave reviews across North America and Europe, and is in Durban after a successful three weeks...

DURBAN is in for a heavy dose of side-splitting stand-up comedy - Canadian comedy hotshotSugar Sammy is headed for Durban. His Durban date comes hot on the heels of a successful three-week run in South Africa, hosting the main stage at the 10th Cape Town International Comedy Festival. The Canadian-Indian comedy star will be launching his new show, Down With the Brown, at Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World. The show will run from February 5 to March 4. Sugar Sammy is often compared to fellow Canadian-Indian comic Russell Peters. He has enjoyed considerable success in his own country and was voted number one stand-up for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by the readers of The Montreal Mirror,...