Celine Tshika: Comedian

Congo-born, South Africa-raised comedian, actor, and event host delivering sharp, culturally fluent comedy; Savanna Comics’ Choice Newcomer of the Year.

Quick Facts:

Highlights:
  • Savanna Comics’ Choice Newcomer of the Year.
    Credits: Politically Aweh co-host; Supa Team 4 voice role; Jess Goes West creator-star; BBC Comic Relief sketch. 
    Festival and club stages nationwide; Jive Funny Championship finalist; openers for leading South African comics.

Formats:

Stand-up set 20–60 minutes; event host or awards MC; panel moderator.


Audiences:

Corporate functions, awards nights, conferences, festivals, universities, creative industry events.


Outcomes:
  1. A high-energy set that connects across diverse audiences with smart, relatable material.
  2. Custom intros, segues, and sponsor moments to keep programs tight and on time.
  3. Clean to edgy set options calibrated to your brief.
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  • Travels from: Cape Town

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Talent Short Bio

Céline Tshika is a Cape Town based comedian, actor, and filmmaker whose work blends observational humor with pointed social commentary. After an engineering degree, she trained in Acting for Film at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, where she performed as an “International Correspondent” on the satirical show The Mix and Serve. She went on to create and star in the award-winning web series Jess Goes West, and later joined South African satire platform Politically Aweh while building her own sketch projects, including Stank Like a Man and mockumentary The Wapidemic.

On stage, she has appeared at sold-out comedy events across South Africa and was a Jive Funny Championship finalist, with opening credits for Kate Pinchuck and Nik Rabinowitz. Screen work includes voicing “Marjory” in Netflix’s first African original animated series Supa Team 4 and co-starring opposite Asim Chaudhry in a Comic Relief sketch. She was crowned Savanna Comics’ Choice Newcomer of the Year, cementing her status as a rising comedic voice.

Céline Tshika is a Congo-born, South Africa-raised actor, comedian and filmmaker based in Cape Town. She fell in love with acting in high school, and— after an Engineering “degree for the parents” studied Acting for Film at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. There, she played the role of ‘International Correspondent’ on a satirical news show called ‘The Mix and Serve,’ taped in front of a live studio audience. She then created and starred in an award-winning comedic web series “Jess Goes West” about being an African in America.

She has continued her social commentary-based comedy here by joining the satirical news show ‘Politically Aweh’, as well as making her own brand of ridiculous satirical sketches “Stank Like a Man” and the acclaimed mockumentary ‘The Wapidemic.’ This year, she starred in her thriller-comedy short film ‘Surprise!’ that was selected and produced by the Queer Writers Incubator mentorship programme, co-starred across UK comedian Asim Chaudry on a sketch for BBC’s Comic Relief, as well as the award-winning satirical short for the Girls in Film RSA x OTV film race #BraveFutures.

Celine Tshika started stand-up in 2021, delivering her quirky awkward-black girl stories at spaces such as The Armchair, The Raptor Room and Raunchy Renditions. In 2023, she began performing consistently, opening for stand-up comics such as Kate Pinchuck and Nik Rabinowitz, and eventually entered the annual Jive Funny Championship where she was one of seven finalists. No longer able to deny being a comedian, she has now answered her true calling: being a confusing disappointment to her immigrant parents.

She is currently working on various creative projects. Other than her own secret endeavours for world domination, Celine Tshika voices the role ‘Marjory’ in Netflix’s first African original animated series ‘Supa Team 4‘ and is the co-host of Season 2 of South African satire news show ‘Politically Aweh.’

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Talent Videos

NO WORRIES IF NOT — musical comedy sketch on boundaries (Céline Tshika)

A sharp, 1:21 sketch-song where a recovering people-pleaser practices saying no, sets limits, and gently satirizes apology culture and therapy-speak.

This concise sketch frames a former people-pleaser “entering her villain era,” swapping automatic yeses for small, assertive noes. Céline riffs through self talk, mirror affirmations, and the social whiplash that follows when a woman starts setting limits. The lyrics poke fun at apology habits and corporate niceness: she is “done saying sorry,” except for the reflex apology she blurts mid line; she will do the task, but “not in a hurry.”

The bit escalates with a therapy worksheet gag and a mock threat to “draw a boundary,” then runs a refrain of try me once, twice, thrice, four times. The payoff is a soft boundary statement that still tacks on “no worries if not,” calling out how hard it is to unlearn over-accommodation even while doing the work. The tone stays warm and self aware, turning a common anxiety into a tidy, singable beat that planners can drop into reels or showcase pages for quick proof of comedic voice. Source: Céline Tshika’s YouTube upload and channel listing.

Key Moments

00:00 Cold open: “former people-pleaser” vows a boundary era; call centres now “fear her.”
00:10 Hook: “I’m saying, NO! (if that’s okay)” with self soothing caveats.
00:25 Apology loop joke: “I’m done saying sorry… except just now.”
00:36 Practical limits: “I’ll do that thing… but not in a hurry.”
00:45 Therapy worksheets bit; promise to “draw a boundary.”
00:55 Chorus ladder: “Try me once… twice… thrice… four times.”
01:07 Final line in plain language: “I didn’t like it when you did that, would you maybe wanna stop? No worries if not.”
01:18 Button and fade. Runtime corroborated via public listings.

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Cape Town, Western Cape. 

On request; varies by event scope and travel. 

Yes. She tailors set length, tone, and audience references for each event.

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