Cape Town Comedy Festival : 1 - 23 September 2006
The Cape Town International Comedy Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary this September with an outstanding line-up of the world’s leading comedians in South Africa's biggest comedy event so far.
“This year we have planned a bigger, better and bolder festival that can take its place proudly alongside the world's major comedy festivals,” promises festival founder and producer, Sam Hendrikse.
After scouting the exceptional acts at venues across the world, Hendrikse is ecstatic about this year’s inclusion of five separate programmes and a line-up of top acts from seven nations that are all guaranteed to send the winter blues packing. They include the British comic legend Julian Clary, top Canadian comedian Sugar Sammy, Aussie ace Charles Pickering as well as local heroes Mark Banks, Kagiso Lediga and John Vlismas.
The festival mainstay - the more family-oriented Main Arena programme – will once again be staged at the Baxter Theatre, while the more edgy, more adult Danger Zone will play alongside in the Baxter Concert Hall.
The V&A Waterfront will serve as another festival hub with the three exciting new additions to the Festival taking place there. In a first for South African comedy, a glittering galaxy of the world’s best gay comedians will be featured in the Queercom programme at the BMW Theatre@thePavilion. This venue will also stage The Very Late Show, a weekend-only show hosted by South Africa’s favourite comics, Corne and Twakkie, and featuring a variety of local and international acts.
The Waterfront will also see an ongoing parade of amazing street performers that include clowns, mimes, acrobats and even giant marsupials! “To celebrate our 10th birthday and to give something back to the city that has so loyally supported us, we are presenting 10 of the world’s leading Street Comedy Performers whose mind-blowing antics literally take physical comedy to new heights,” says Hendrikse.
“The Comedy Festival is now a ‘festival’ in the truest sense of the word, with the incorporation of five separate shows that will run concurrently for the duration of the festival's three week run in September. For the past decade years we have been bringing to Cape Town top acts from around the globe that reflect the latest comedy trends from the international comedy festival circuit. We believe this year’s line-up will exceed everyone’s expectations,” states Hendrikse.
Come join in the fun from 1 - 23 September, 2006 when leading comedians from Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand celebrate the mother city's first decade of comedy with shows that range from traditional stand-up, to street theatre, to racy, risqué reviews.
For more information visit http://www.comedyfestival.co.za
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