He is well know for his comic style of delivery which is dead pan oneliners and always has unique fresh content. This fast rising star makes for great viewing, his static stage presence makes his unnervingly clever jokes accessible to everyone and not only makes you laugh but think as well. He has also made television appearances on various shows as well as headlined for different acts. This was a good decision on his part because just two years later he was an opening act at Trevor Noah’s “The Racist” at the Lyric Theatre and in the same year he was named winner of the Newcomer of the Year award at the Annual SA’s Comic Choice Awards. It provides content in English language in the following category(ies) Comedy.ĭillan Oliphant is a Johannesburg born comedian says he started comedy in 2010 in South Africa and has been active since. This is why a clean set is what you’ll get from shy Oliphant, though he swears it’s because he finds even dark humour funny that he can’t call himself a Christian comedian (a subgenre that’s growing in the country).ĬLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE.Dillan Oliphant is a Youtube Channel from South Africa owned by Dillan Oliphant. Recently becoming a more frequent face on the comedy scene, his highlights include, Opening for award winning comedian Dillan Oliphant at his first One Man. He told me I don’t need to swear to be funny.” “His view was always for me to study, but he encouraged me to do it after he asked me if I was going to swear. We chatted about growing up around his family, the politics of his comedy and his for. “My dad cried when I told him I wanted to be a comedian,” he says. I was in Eldorado Park to speak with Dillan Oliphant who is as. But that trip, watching Chris Rock and then Trevor Noah’s debut one-man show Daywalker, convinced Oliphant that comedy was his calling. “I know, I know, South Africans are more poor and need help more,” he quips as an aside.
His love for writing led him to attempt studying journalism, but comedy didn’t enter his mind until this preacher’s son took a trip to Belgium with his church were they were to perform plays and entertain the disadvantaged. But I hated maths and didn’t enjoy school,” so passing the bar became a distant dream. For local comedian Dillan Oliphant, the digital sphere might be a double-edged sword as he battles to compete with amateur jokers on social media platforms, but it has also opened up a new world. “I wanted to be a lawyer so I could protect people in Eldorado Park – which is where I live – because there’s lots of crime there. The event is also billed as a showcase of the future of South African comedy.Ĭomedy wasn’t always Oliphant’s plan for his future. Oliphant will claim his space alongside the likes of Tats Nkonzo, Donovan Goliath and Monique Nortje in this weekend’s Comic’s Choice Winner’s Lap in Gold Reef City, Joburg.
Just a nomination should make comedians feel like they are in the industry for a reason and all I’m trying to do is get my own space in this industry.” Being chosen as the Newcomer of the Year makes me feel like I belong. “Let’s be honest,” Oliphant tells me when I sit down with him, “it’s not as if newcomers have any fans so it’s good that these awards aren’t voted for by fans. These awards, which are the brainchild of comedian John Vlismas and comedy organiser Taffia Keight of Whacked, are unique in that other comedians nominate and vote for comedians in each category. Recently becoming a more frequent face on the comedy scene, his highlights include, opening for award winning comedian Dillan Oliphant at his first One Man Show Oliphant In The Room, being part of the Stand Up 4 Comedy ensemble alongiside Gavin Kelly, Virgil Prins and Mo Mothebe, being billed on the line up of the Comedy Central International. Thanks to being a man of few words – he’s hailed as a one-liner king-in-the-making – and delivering comedy in a deadpan yet hilarious style, Oliphant was named the Best Newcomer at this year’s Comic’s Choice Awards. “It’s not even in Rosebank,” he exclaims with a toothy grin. Dillan Oliphant LIVE in Cape Town at Protea Hotel. HOTEL SKY - SANDTON on 11 November 2021 at 19:30. Or share a taxi ride with him during which he tells you he should have known that Rosebank college wouldn’t work for him. Catch TUMI in a fresh new LIVE Stand-up Comedy performance at. He is quiet almost to a fault, as such a man of few words, so it is easy to wonder why this 22-year-old stand-up comedian has managed to hold the ears of his peers and the hearts of comedy lovers. You’d be forgiven for thinking he was talking about the new stand-up comedian Dillan Oliphant, who is so quiet, you would never think he kills on stage, writes Helen Herimbi.ĭillan Oliphant is an unassuming individual. That great orator of our time, Lil Wayne, famously said that “real Gs move in silence like lasagne”.
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