Barry Varkel is one of South Africa’s best-known contemporary stand-up comedians and comedy writers see his DEC show dates

Barry Varkel is one of South Africa’s best-known contemporary stand-up comedians and comedy writers, and many would claim, its most influential and imitated political commentators. He was born in 1971 in Cape Town to a funny father and manipulative mother and began writing and watching shows at the age of fourteen. He started performing stand-up comedy at the age of thirty eight. He lives in Bakoven with his true love Chrissie.

Catch Barry performing this December 2011 to sold-out audiences:

Monday 5th Dec – Massimo’s Plumstead – 8.30pm
Tuesday 6th Dec – Jolly Roger Plumstead – 8.30pm
Wednesday 7th Dec – Sabrina’s Kloof Steet, Cape Town – 8.30pm Monday 19th Dec – Massimo’s Plumstead – 8.30pm
Wednesday 21st Dec – Sabrina’s Kloof Steet, Cape Town – 8.30pm