Kalk Bay's Big Boys bring the laughs

Brothers Ashley and Bradley Searle, known as the Big Boys, are back at the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival this June, performing their now-famous Naked Towel Act.

- ERIN CARELSE

Although they now live nearer to Noordhoek, Kalk Bay is still their creative home, and where their act first began.

“We're real-life brothers,” said Bradley, who was born in 1990, seven years after Ash.

“We started as professional dancers when we were just eight years old. Comedy came later.”

Ashley, whose career in musical theatre includes roles in productions like Fame, Chicago, and We Will Rock You, says the pair officially teamed up in 2010.

“That's when we wrote Big Boys Don’t Dance — our debut show as a duo,” he said.

“We performed it at the National Arts Festival and ended up touring with it for the next 10 years. It took us all over the world,” said Ashley.

The Big Boys have been performing together professionally for 15 years.

Their act, a fusion of comedy and dance, was initially new and untested.