Born, bred, and buttered in Soweto, Khanyisile Ngwenya may be physically brittle due to being diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta at birth. However, her unbreakable spirit pushed her to finally jump onto the stage and start telling jokes in December 2020. Since then, she’s performed around the country, opening for some of the biggest names in South African comedy and has been crowned the ‘Newcomer of the Year’ at the Savannah Comic’s Choice Awards in 2025. Now Khanyisile takes centre stage to tell her story in the first showing of her Work-in-Progress solo show, A Tall Story. Her comedy explores disability, sex, family, our society, and navigating as a black woman living with a disability