# Marc Lottering

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{{Short description|South African comedian}}
{{Use South African English|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox comedian
| name                 = Marc Lottering
| image                = Marc Lottering, 2010 (cropped).jpg
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| caption              = Lottering in 2010
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| birth_name           = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date           = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|12|04}}
| birth_place          = [Cape Town](/source/Cape_Town), South Africa
| death_date           = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|1984|2|20}} -->
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| medium               = Stand-up, television  
| active               = 1997–present
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| spouse               = Anwar McKay
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| website              = {{URL|www.marclottering.com}}
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'''Marc Eugene Lottering''' (born 4 December 1967)<ref>{{cite web|title=Marc Lottering|url=http://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=9697|website=TVSA|accessdate=5 October 2014}}</ref> is a [stand-up comedian](/source/Stand-up_comedy) from [Cape Town](/source/Cape_Town), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), and grew up in the [Retreat](/source/Retreat%2C_Cape_Town) townships of the [Cape Flats](/source/Cape_Flats).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/getting-to-know-marc-lottering-1.978181#.U_VXOkjD7Kk|date=2010-03-08| accessdate=2014-08-21|title=
Getting to know... Marc Lottering|work=iol.co.za}}</ref>

His first show was titled "AFTER THE BEEP" in 1997.

In 2001 he won the Vita Award for Best Actor in a Comedy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eventsource.co.za/ads/marc-lottering/|accessdate=2012-12-21|title=Marc Lottering|work=Event Source}}</ref> and he has also multiple [Fleur du Cap Awards](/source/Fleur_du_Cap_Theatre_Awards).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whoswho.co.za/marc-lottering-5397|accessdate=2012-12-21|title=Marc Lottering|work=Who's Who SA|archive-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227045953/http://whoswho.co.za/marc-lottering-5397|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=29445|title=Marc Lottering's new solo show for the Baxter|date=2012-07-03|accessdate=2012-12-21|work=artslink.co.za|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201812/http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=29445|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2010 he was part of the ''Bafunny Bafunny'' show at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.barryhilton.co.za/news/bafunny-bafunny-the-game-is-on-at-the-royal-albert-hall-on-20th-may-2010/|accessdate=2014-08-21|title=Bafunny Bafunny|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821135043/http://www.barryhilton.co.za/news/bafunny-bafunny-the-game-is-on-at-the-royal-albert-hall-on-20th-may-2010/|archive-date=21 August 2014}}</ref>

In 2010 he married his partner of ten years, Anwar McKay.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/getting-to-know-marc-lottering-1.978181#.U_VXOkjD7Kk|date=2010-08-03| accessdate=2014-08-21|title=
Getting to know... Marc Lottering|work=iol.co.za}}</ref>

In 2017 he staged a musical with a full ensemble and original music called, "Aunty Merle the Musical". The show ran for three sold out seasons in Cape Town and opened for a season in Johannesburg in 2019, which was well received.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In 2019 he wrote a new stand-up show entitled, "Not A Musical", which ran in Joburg, before moving to Cape Town. {{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

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