Baxter Theatre & Theatre@thePavilion
The Cape Town International Comedy Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with an outstanding line-up of the world’s leading comedians in South Africa’s biggest comedy event to date.
“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. Comedians at this year’s Cape Town International Comedy Festival 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.
Each Sunday of the Cape Town International Comedy Festival the most popular acts of the week will be staged in a Best of the Festival show. This ‘one-stop comedy showcase’ will allow festival audiences the opportunity of sampling the various programmes with one ticket. Hosted each week by one of the international ‘Big Hitters’, this show will feature six comedians from Dange Zone, Main Arena, Queercom and The Very Late Show.
Article compliments of Capetowntoday.co.za
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For the past two months i have been trying to get hold of local stand up comedy on DVD. Ti say it has been a challenge is putting ever so lightly. I have spent hours on the net and even more hours driving around and calling all the major retail outlets. All i managed to find are Barry Hilton and vevntually Marc Lottering. Could someone please tell me where i can get some DVD’s. Don’t you big companies record the comedy festivals? There’s so many comedians here in Cape Town surey some one some where is recording them?? Please help!!!