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Comedy Club, and, cru-
                                                                                                                                                                                                    cially, as a new face at
                                                                                                                                                                                                    the Smirnoff International
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Comedy Festival in 1998.
          COMEDIAN                                                                                                         formed at all the major             (Toronto) and The Laugh              major comedy events on
                                                                                                                                                               (New York), Yuk Yuks
                                                                                                                                                                                                    He has performed at all the
                                                                                                                           Kagiso Lediga has per-
                                                                                                                                                               Lounge (New York).
                                                                                                                                                                                                    the local calendar includ-
                                                                                                                           comedy events on the
                                                                                                                                                               Kagiso Lediga is a South
                                                                                                                           local calendar in eluding
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ing the prestigious Cape
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Town International Comedy
                                                                                                                           the prestigious Cape
                                                                                                                                                               African stand-up come-
                                      KAGISO  LEDIGA                                                                       Town International                  dian, actor, producer,               Festival, where he won the
                                                                                                                                                               writer and television pre-
                                                                                                                           Comedy Festival, where
                                                                                                                                                                                                    People’s Choice Award.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other comedy events he
                                                                                                                                                               senter best known for cre-
                                                                                                                           he won the People's
                                                                                                                           Choice Award. Other
                                                                                                                           comedy events Kagiso                ating, writing, producing            Has performed at include
                                                                                                                                                               and starring in the SABC1
                                                                                                                           Lediga has performed at             sketch comedy series                 Laugh Out Loud, Comedy
                                                                                                                           include Laugh Out Loud,             Pure Monate Show, from               Blackout, Kingsize
                               ACTOR & COMEDIAN KAGISO LEDIGA WAS                                                          Comedy Blackout, Kingsize           2003-2004.                           Heavyweight Comedy
                               BORN IN 1978 IN PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA.                                                      Heavyweight Comedy                                                       Jams, Blacks Only, Freshest
                               HE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR NUMEROUS                                                          Jams, Blacks                         He is also known on the             Story by: Warren o ‘grant
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Comedy Festival, Pure
                               GOLDEN HORN AWARDS FOR HIS WORK AS                                                                                              local stand up comedy                Monate Comedy Jam and
                               AN ACTOR, WRITER AND DIRECTOR.                                                              Only, Freshest Comedy               circuit, having performed            the Let Durban Laugh

                                                                                                                           Festival, Pure Monate               in South Africa and abroad           Festival. He has also
                                                                                                                           Comedy Jam and the Let              regularly since 1998.Born            appeared at such comedy
                                                                                                                           Durban Laugh                        in Pretoria in 1 978, Lediga         venues as Blues Room, The
                                                                                                                                                               left his hometown in 1               Armchair, The Underground
                                                                                                                           Festival has also appeared          995 to study English and             Cool Runnings, Dachs,
                                                                                                                           at such comedy venues as            Drama at the University of           Comedy@ 88, Tanz Cafe,
                                                                                                                           Blues Room, The Armchair,           Cape Town. It was whilst             Carnival City, Horror Cafe,
                                                                                                                           The Underground                     studying that he had                 Cherelee’s, Morula Sun,
                                                                                                                           Cool Runnings, Dachs,               his first taste of stand-            Funny Bones, Corallines
                                                                                                                           Comedy@ 88, Tanz Cafe,              up comedy, perform-                  (New York), Yuk Yuks
                                                                                                                           Carnival City, Horror Cafe,         ing during Orientation               (Toronto) and The Laugh
                                                                                                                           Cherelee's, Morula Sun,             Week in 1995.This quickly            Lounge (New York).
                                                                                                                           Funny Bones, Corallines             led to gigs with the Cape
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Story by:  Story by: Warren O’grantWarren O’grant.
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