Meet the talented, tenacious  Tashreeq De Villiers.

The 29-year-old performer is currently on stage playing a double role in Marc Lottering’s “Aunty Merle – It’s a Girl!” De Villiers plays the naughty Ben 10 character, Glen Davids as well as the hilarious Pastor Jansen.

“I had to do some research for the pastor role by watching some church-type videos online to see how the priests do it,” said De Villiers.

The multi-talented entertainer started dancing as a drum major at the annual Cape Town Minstrel Carnival from the age of six. He soon became a juvenile solo singer raking in many 1st prize trophies for various Klopse teams and Malay choirs.

At the same time he featured on the TV show Joltyd, with the legend Taliep Petersen. Tashreeq went on to become a comic-song singer and writer for the annual Klopse and Malay Choir events. He is often referred to as “The Comic Champion”.