Host of the highly popular LNN (Late Nite News) on eTV's News Channel, Loyiso Gola’s unique sense of humour, affinity towards openly frank and observational commentary has carved him into a comedy genius elevating his status to that of one of South Africa’s most talented comedians.
Loyiso Gola has been performing comedy for 10 years and has graced the stages of all the major festivals and events on the local comedy calendar. In being invited to perform for 2 years running at the Cape Town International Comedy Festival, South Africa’s most prestigious comedy event, he announced his arrival as one of the country’s most talented comedians. His talents were further recognised when he was selected to perform in the “Best of the Festival” line up which included all the best acts at the festival, mostly internationally acclaimed acts.
He has received rave reviews for his one man shows. In 2007 he won a South African Comedy Award. He has also performed in London, Dubai, Gaberone and Lusaka.
His physical comedy skills have not gone un-noticed and he has landed roles on SABC 3’s Comedy Showcase, the drama series Mthunzini.com as well as popular local soapie, Backstage. He was also entrusted with hosting the Metro FM Music Awards and a year later was given the honour of being one of the hosts of the more prestigious South African Music Awards. In addition, he has been granted with the honour of opening for international superstar comedians, Russell Peters and Sugar Sammy in their respective tours of South Africa.
Today you can find Loyiso Gola performing at numerous corporate functions, live shows and club gigs all over the country.
His corporate clients include: Clover, MNet, ABSA, Toyota, HP, Sowetan, DTI, FNB, Nokia, Edgars, Municipality of Durban, University of Cape Town and SAFA.
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