Joey Rasdien is the epitome of South African comedy
today. His endearing stage persona is intellectually
absurd, physically hysterical and visually beside
himself. This belies his other profession…
high-level fund management.
His
experience in the financial industry is an advantage
when relating to a corporate audience which makes
him a sought after facilitator/entertainer at
conferences. His corporate clients include SA Post,
SAB Miller, Spoornet, FNB, The Gordon Institute of
Business and Sasol, amongst others. He was also MC
at the Golf 5 car launch last year.
Joey Rasdien
Joey has become a face of the new generation… having
appeared in many television ads, including Cell C,
KFC, Standard Bank and Sanlam. His other television
appearances include Comedy Showcase, Jerry
Springer’s Saturday Night, and Phat Joe.
Quite a versatile performer, Rasdien was also hired
to perform rap in four music video recordings for
the Department of Health for their AIDS campaign.
Joey has performed a lead role in a pilot for a
movie and was on tour with John Vlismas for 5fm’s
Beach tour in December 2002.
Joey Rasdien
Cape Town - Bunny Chow actor and comedian,
Joey Rasdien, seems none too pleased at having to
endure an interview. "It's cold here," the
Johannesburg native says, shivering in the sharp
Cape Town wind. He often jokes on stage about people
assuming he's from Cape Town because he's coloured.
It doesn't stop him from assuming I'm from Durban by
virtue of being Indian. "Would you like to be my
date tonight?" he asks mid-interview, then gets
distracted and starts rambling on again about
himself.
Joey Rasdien
"I talk sh*t for a living," he says
matter-of-factly. "Of course I love it - who
wouldn't?" Rasdien quit his job as a financial
advisor in 2002 at his wife's urging and started a
career in television. "My wife gave me the courage
to do it," he says in a rare moment of sincerity,
the topic of his recently deceased wife still a
painful one.
The big-haired ex-fund manager came to Cape Town
with the rest of his "crew" from the Pure Monate
Show for the International Comedy Festival,
along with a number of international acts. The lobby
of the Fountains Hotel was crawling with comedians,
on their way to interviews or waiting for rehearsals
for the Comedy Awards Evening.
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