Jaryd Pillay is living proof of the adage that it takes 10 years to become an overnight success. With a decade of performing stand-up comedy under his belt, Jaryd finally had a breakthrough year in 2024 where everything he’d been working on started to click into place. He won the Jive Funny Championship after years of not making it past the first round, which saw him performing to hundreds of people at the Baxter every night for nearly a month at the Jive Comedy Festival. He’s also crafted his solo show The Passion of the Curry to a point where standing ovations are a regular occurrence, and his weekly gig at Ground Culture is one of the most popular in Cape Town.
In this episode, we hear about how he got dumped on the way to perform at the National Arts Fest, his disastrous Durban debut and triumphant return, and how he became the Ferryman in the Resident Evil TV series. Enjoy.
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