Riaad Moosa
Cape Town based Dr. Riaad Moosa is one of South Africa’s most popular, award-winning and innovative comedians and comedy Masters of Ceremonies; he also happens to be a qualified medical doctor! Recently, Riaad has also flexed his comedic and dramatic acting muscles, playing the lead in the movie ‘Material’, which inspired audiences all over South Africa. He also played a cameo role in “MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM.
He has also appeared in such hits as ‘Laugh Out Loud’ and he featured in the comedy-collective feature film ‘Outrageous’. On the small screen, he was a regular on eNCA’s ‘Late Nite News with Loyisa Gola’.
His sold-out One Man Shows have included : ‘Strictly Halaal’ and ‘Riaad Moosa For The Baracka.’
On stage, Riaad has supported such international superstars as Eddie Izzard, Marc Curry of ‘Hanging with Mr. Cooper’ fame and Russell Peters in his show ‘Made in India’.
He was the first recipient to receive the ‘Comics’ Choice Award’ at the inaugural Annual South African Comic’s Choice Awards.’
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.

"Riaad was very engaging and relevant. The feedback from the staff was overwhelmingly positive and if the opportunity arose, we would certainly choose Riaad again. Most appreciated that he did not focus on a specific religion/ race and no one felt uncomfortable, which tends to happen when a comedian focuses on a specific group."
Communication SpecialistMultichoice South Africa
Riaad was absolutely brilliant. For Sunday night he managed to get a very negative crowd to relax and have a great evening. On Monday he was challenged with small groups who were very reluctant to sit and listen. But he was still able to loosen up the crowd and leave a lasting impression of the event. Our client was very happy and has requested to use him again.
Nelia Blumrick | Event ManagerAgile Solutions for City Press
"I would just like to personally say thank you very much for your work on the City Press re-launch events around the country. It was great to work with someone that is so professional. I look forward to working with you again in the future! "
Nelia BlumrickAgile Event Solutions
"Riaad was the complete package, everyone commented on how awesome he was!"
Andrew Penderis | Regional Sales ManagerWesbank
"Riaad was perfect and very well received."
SecretariatSAPOA KZN