Catch top local comedic acts at Jozi festival
Comedy in our country is growing at a fast pace and Joburg is getting into the groove of having week-long comedy festivals with the Wits Hee Hee Hee Comedy Festival happening this week at the Wits Theatre Complex.
Headline acts include Kagiso Lediga, Joey Rasdien, Corné and Twakkie of The Most Amazing Show and Riaad Moosa.
Other acts include Nina Hastie, Nqoba Ngcobo, Thomas Gumede, Kyle Thorpe, Tumi Morake and the Young Guns of South African Comedy: Denton Douglas, Thomas Cronje, Judy Jake and Wayvinne Dawson.
Nina, who is one of the few up-and-coming female comedians in Gauteng, says that we will be seeing a lot more women taking to the mic this year.
"It's not that we are intimidated by men. Females are getting braver this year. I have been part of the all-female comedy shows together with the likes of Stacey Sacks and Judy Jake," she said.
Look out for a skit she is part of called Shaken not Stirred.
Kedibone Molaudzi will be hosting an open-mic session in the Wits Theatre foyer for students who feel they need to come out of their comedic closets.
"This will be a good opportunity for them to try their luck at comedy and see if it is for them or not," he said.
Kedibone is the brainchild behind the Nu Breed School of Comedy. He hosts the Nu Breed Comedy Jams every Wednesday night at the Horror Café in Newtown. They will be back again after this comedy festival.
He is really passionate about comedy and grooming up-and-coming comics.
"I believe in growing comedy from all angles. I will be going to London and New York this year to attend some comedy workshops. I hope to bring the skills I will learn there back home for our young aspirants."
His plans for the year include launching the Polokwane Comedy Festival, gospel comedy and doing a three-city tour of Joburg, Durban and Cape Town under the Comedy Nine Nine banner. Currently one can check out the monthly humour columns that the Nu Breed comedians write for Kulula.com's in-flight magazine.
The Wits Comedy Festival won't only be about stand-up comedy, though. There will be comedic plays as well, such as Money For Shoes, The Animals, Best Man's Speech, Fusion and, of course, Corné and Twakkie will also have their caravan parked there. And Twakkie, being Twakkie, insisted that he be quoted in this article.
"There's a moer of a lot to see in this one week. If you are stupid and you don't know what to see, let me tell you. Come see The Most Amazing Show with me and Corné and also go see Louw Venter in The Best Man's Speech. He is also no k*k, hey.
"We have some of the best comedians in the world and they just keep on coming up with new stuff. I mean, I can't wait to see what Manto and Jacob Zuma's new material is going to be like," he said.
Your best bet would be going to the Wits Comedy Festival to find out.
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Headline acts include Kagiso Lediga, Joey Rasdien, Corné and Twakkie of The Most Amazing Show and Riaad Moosa.
Other acts include Nina Hastie, Nqoba Ngcobo, Thomas Gumede, Kyle Thorpe, Tumi Morake and the Young Guns of South African Comedy: Denton Douglas, Thomas Cronje, Judy Jake and Wayvinne Dawson.
Nina, who is one of the few up-and-coming female comedians in Gauteng, says that we will be seeing a lot more women taking to the mic this year.
"It's not that we are intimidated by men. Females are getting braver this year. I have been part of the all-female comedy shows together with the likes of Stacey Sacks and Judy Jake," she said.
Look out for a skit she is part of called Shaken not Stirred.
Kedibone Molaudzi will be hosting an open-mic session in the Wits Theatre foyer for students who feel they need to come out of their comedic closets.
"This will be a good opportunity for them to try their luck at comedy and see if it is for them or not," he said.
Kedibone is the brainchild behind the Nu Breed School of Comedy. He hosts the Nu Breed Comedy Jams every Wednesday night at the Horror Café in Newtown. They will be back again after this comedy festival.
He is really passionate about comedy and grooming up-and-coming comics.
"I believe in growing comedy from all angles. I will be going to London and New York this year to attend some comedy workshops. I hope to bring the skills I will learn there back home for our young aspirants."
His plans for the year include launching the Polokwane Comedy Festival, gospel comedy and doing a three-city tour of Joburg, Durban and Cape Town under the Comedy Nine Nine banner. Currently one can check out the monthly humour columns that the Nu Breed comedians write for Kulula.com's in-flight magazine.
The Wits Comedy Festival won't only be about stand-up comedy, though. There will be comedic plays as well, such as Money For Shoes, The Animals, Best Man's Speech, Fusion and, of course, Corné and Twakkie will also have their caravan parked there. And Twakkie, being Twakkie, insisted that he be quoted in this article.
"There's a moer of a lot to see in this one week. If you are stupid and you don't know what to see, let me tell you. Come see The Most Amazing Show with me and Corné and also go see Louw Venter in The Best Man's Speech. He is also no k*k, hey.
"We have some of the best comedians in the world and they just keep on coming up with new stuff. I mean, I can't wait to see what Manto and Jacob Zuma's new material is going to be like," he said.
Your best bet would be going to the Wits Comedy Festival to find out.
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