As a highly-regarded and thought-provoking MC, Riaad Moosa has performed for most of South Africa's and SA-based major global corporates; investment groups, both local and international and a diverse mix including Orange, Vodacom, Mvelaphanda, Exxaro, Standard Bank, HP and many more.
Being a South African (gotta love it when we're playing or hosting ANY sport!), he is fully behind 2010. "It's such a great way to ignite a passion and consolidate a new national identity" he said on 702 and Cape Talk radio today (12 June 2009).
This qualified medical Doctor started performing stand-up comedy at the Cape Comedy Collective's free Comedy Lab workshops, and just two months later he was the winner of the hotly-contested 'One City, Many Comics' talent competition held as part of the One City Festival in September 1999.
He became a regular headliner on the comedy circuit year and performed on Pieter Dirk Uys’ “Evita Live and Dangerous” eTV comedy show.
A silver medallion graduate of the College of Magic in Cape Town, Riaad started his comedy career as a comedy magician and he was presented with the Comedy Magic award at the Centre for the Magical Arts in Cape Town.
A qualified medical doctor who still does medical locums, he has decided to give his full attention to his first love…comedy. He started doing stand-up comedy while still studying at the University of Cape Town Medical School, becoming an instant hit, receiving rave reviews at his first show.
His humour is based on general observational and opinion-based humour plus his experiences as a young Muslim relating to post-9/11 Islamaphobia – but he skirts around the taboo topics with some deft footwork.
Now, a regular headliner on comedy circuits and bigger productions all over South Africa, Riaad Moosa has starred in the Alex Jay 5fm Comedy Jams and Real Concert’s Winston King Size Comedy shows, headlining the Sprite Soul Comedy Jams in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. He supported Marc Curry of “Hanging with Mr. Cooper” fame, rocking the crowd at the Durban Playhouse & he supported Russell Peters in his show “Made in India” where he received excellent reviews.
He was a part of the largest stand-up show in the history of SA TV, “Laugh out Loud”, in which he joined nine of SA’s top comics to raise half a million Rand for the “Reach for a Dream” foundation.
Riaad Moosa has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, headlining in the “Cape Comedy Collective -the new South Africa stands up” production, displaying his special brand of South African humour on a world stage.
He was a writer and performer for SABC 1’s the “Pure Monate Show”, which achieved cult status amongst the South African urban youth and recently featured in local blockbuster movie, “Crazy Monkey – Straight outta Benoni”.