Ryan Swano
Grief changes you. It cracks you open. It silences rooms that once echoed with laughter.
But in this silence, Dillan Oliphant, dealing with his own grief, found a new kind of comedy, one that doesn’t hide from pain, but walks through it.
This self-produced special captures Dillan’s most personal work yet. It is thoughtful, vulnerable, and quietly powerful.
Dillan Oliphant’s stand-up comedy special, Masekind: Grief is Funny, tackles grief with humour and vulnerability. The comedian shares deeply personal anecdotes about loss and family, weaving together laughter and reflection.
In memory of his late mom, Clarissa Edith Oliphant who passed away in April 2023 at age 55, Dillan’s stories are poignantly relatable observations about life, death, and community, but the y are never melancholic. Dillan Oliphant deals with the sensitive topic of grief using humour in a way that isn’t insensitive.
Dillan Oliphant‘s Masekind Comedy Special: Grief Is Funny is not just a stand-up special.
Told from the perspective of a Coloured South African, it is a story about loss, memory, and how laughter can survive even the darkest nights.
It is gentle, honest, and deeply human. It is a reminder that we can find humour in heartbreak, and light in the cracks we try to cover.
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