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Robby Collins - Comedian and MC - Johannesburg

 

He has been around the SA stand-up club circuit where he caught the eye of big names in the comedy industry. He has opened for the likes of Marc Lottering, played the support act for Trevor Noah’s ‘Daywalkers, Back by popular demand” show - and has performed at a number of  big production comedy events nationally. 

Robby has won awards such as the ThunderHead NEW Act of the year award and landed a role in the local TV series Scandal. Robby was nominated in the Breakthrough Act category in the first Comics Choice Awards 2011.

Robby started in the theatre performing at the Catalina Theatre in 2006. His first play was "Wherez It @" a youth comedy drama. From there he stared in "Taxi Jam" a musical protest comedy drama. In the beginning of 2007 he sat down with his sister and began writing the script for "Rush-In-Ru-let" a comedy drama set in an apartment building in Point Road Durban.

Robby Collins

In 2008 he got back in to acting with the 1980's production "Sophiatown" which was successful. Since last year July Robby has been doing Stand-up Comedy in and around Durban winning the ThunderHead New Act of the Year Award, 2008.

Robby Collins

In 2009 he began travelling around South Africa doing the comedy club circuit and being noticed by the big names in the business. Marc Lottering soon asked him to open for him in Port Elizabeth and after that came the opportunity to open for Cokey Folkow and John Vlismis in Durban. In June he performed at the 99% Zulu Comedy Show at the ICC and the 99% Xhosa Comedy Show in Port Elizabeth.

Robby Collins

In July he performed at the Tshwane Comedy festival. Robbie’s career is being carefully molded -  he’s looking to be the next best thing in South African comedy. He’s been booked to open for Trevor Noah at the Daywalker’s Back By Popular Demand Show for an audience 3000 people at the Gold Reef City’s Lyric Theatre.

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Robby Collins - Comedian and MC - Johannesburg

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