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More on Stuart Taylor....
He has
been performing stand-up comedy since 1999 and is an
expert MC and veteran of the many and varied venues
on the Cape Town and Johannesburg comedy circuit.
From Blouberg to Boxberg, via Sandton’s Blues Room
and the Grand West Casino, Stuart has entertained
them all.
He performed nationwide on the Green's Spicer Campus
Cities Comedy Tour 2000, at Oppi Koppi in Pretoria
and Worcester and at the Up The Creek and Granaat
Music Festivals, as well as the East Coast Radio Ha,
Ha Comedy Festival in Durban. He also headlined the
holiday show "Frolic" at the Spier Amphitheatre in
December 2001.
Stuart
then debuted his solo comedy/magic theatre show at
Artscape as part of the Cape Town Festival in March
2002 and then went on to do a sold-out 3 week run of
his next one man show “Joker in the pack” at on
Broadway where he performed to critical acclaim –
“Classy style, laid back super professional
presentation” - Cape times life styles “…great
observations from a new perspective” - Cape Argus.
The popularity of the show allowed it to be rerun at
Grand West Casino’s Roxy revue bar for a further 3
weeks. 2004 saw the debut of his much anticipated
3rd solo offering “Dating for Dummies” which was
sold out for 5 weeks and once again blew away all
who attended as well as the press: “Skreeu Snaaks!”
– Die Burger, “Entertainment with a capital E” –
Cape Argus. This show also enjoyed a successful run
at the Grahams Town festival in 2004.
Stuart’s also went on to become the full time host
of SABC’s cult hit show “Going Nowhere Slowly”.
Other
television credits include “Evita Live and
dangerous”, Barry Hilton’s “Funny you should say
that”, “Top Billing”, “The Phat Joe show”, “Heita”,
SABC 3’s “Comedy Showcase” and “Laugh Out Loud”,
South Africa’s biggest ever comedy event.
He is
the South African comedy link for the Lion Red
Sports Café, a New Zealand sports show hosted by
ex-All Blacks Rick Selitso and Mark Ellis on SKY
television. Stuart has also had a Regular comedy
feature on the P4 104.9 and Good Hope Fm Breakfast
Shows.
International credits include performing at the
Pleasance Dome, at the Edinburgh fringe festival
2003 and the Berlin International Comedy Festival
2004
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