Cape Town Comedy gigs this week

Here is your week in laughs

Monday:
Comedy on Long at Zula Bar
21h00
R50
Tracy Klass (Host),
Carl Webber (support),
Dylan Skews (Headliner) and open mics
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C.O.M.E at Ragazzi
20h30
R40
MC: MARTIN DAVIS (UK)
ACTS:
MOJAK LEHOKO (JHB)
SIMMI AREFF (JHB)
LAZOLA GOLA (JHB)
MARCEL OUDEJANS
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Martin Davis

Comedy at Massimo’s
20h30
R80 incl. Bottomless pizza
Kellyn Coetzee,
Angel Blythe Campey
Bianca Clarke
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TheatreSports at the Intimate Theatre.
20:30
SA’s longest running Improv company.
Various players.
Phone 0729393351 to book.
Tickets are R50

Tuesday:

TheatreSports at the Kalk Bay Theatre.
20:30
SA’s longest running Improv company.
Various players.
Phone 0729393351 to book.
Tickets are R52.50

Wednesday:

Jokers at Sabrina’s
20h30
R50
Angely Blythe Campey
Kellyin Coetzee
Mojak Lehoka
Marcel Oudejans
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Thursday:

Jou Ma se Comedy Club at the Players Cafe
20:30
R80
MEL JONES
LITTLE PAUL (DBN)
MOJAK LEHOKO (JHB)
ANGEL
MARTIN EVANS
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On Going:

Sensational Funny Man Alan Committie heads up and hosts a star-studded comedy line-up as the Fugard Theatre proudly presents its very first Fugard fest of Comedy, from 29 November to 17 December.
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Alan Committie

Have a good one.

Perfect week is a go!

Ah yes, a perfect week. This has been an idea of mine since I started this blog way back in mid 2011. Basically, it is a week where I will watch comedy live, every day of the week. Well, most likely in the night.

So starting on Friday (cause I start a week whenever I want okay!) will be my first perfect week. Here is the plan.

Friday Night – Comedy at Synergy
Saturday Night - Comedy at Synergy
Sunday Night – Comedy at Beefcakes
Monday Night – Comedy on long at Zula Bar
Tuesday Night – Dirty Jokers at the Jolly Roger
Wednesday Night – Jokers Comedy at Sabrinas / Fugard Comedy Fest
Thursday Night – Jou Ma se Comedy Club at the River Club.

I will keep you updated through the various forms of social media (mostly twitter, does g+ still exist?) and if you want to join you are more than welcome of course. Buy me a beer and we can laugh together.

The Fugard Theatre Celebrates the Silly Season with a Fest of Comedy

Just received this press release. Sounds rad!

Sensational Funny Man Alan Committie heads up and hosts a star-studded comedy line-up as the Fugard Theatre proudly presents its very first Fugard fest of Comedy, from 29 November to 17 December.

Alan and his Comedy Committee of Rob van Vuuren, Carmen Maarman, Hope Maimane and Jo Galloway will treat audiences to a three-week festive frolic on the Fugard Theatre Stage. In a deliciously hilarious comedy revue romp, this team of many talents reflects on a long 2011, and is sure to have audiences laughing well into 2012.

In the spirit of holiday season overindulgence, the Comedy Committee will be joined every night by yet another funny friend, in a line-up that will see the cream of the comedy crop gracing the Fugard stage. Mark Banks joins the ranks for the first week, and will be up to his usual uncontrollable madcap antics from 29 November to 3 December, an additional 17h00 show has been added to Saturday 3 December.  Skirtin g around relatively taboo topics with charm and ease, comedy doctor Riaad Moosa will split your sides and keep you in stitches at the same time, when he joins the gang for the 6^th, 7^th and 10^th December.  During the final week, 12 to 17 December, Stuart Taylor brings his intelligent comedy magic to the mix to round off a fantastic season of laughs. 

“…it’s time to laugh. It has been a long year with so much happening in it - particularly at the Fugard Theatre. I think it is time we all kick back and allow some of the country’s finest funny people to let us slip into the holiday season. The Fugard Theatre is going to be buzzing during this fest of comedy! Come and join us for a sundowner in our rooftop tent overlooking the city and the glorious mountain...” says Daniel Galloway, General Manager of the Fugard Theatre.

With a team that are no strangers to local and international stages, this promises to be much more than stand-up silliness - although a little bit of that never goes amiss, and seems a perfect way to celebrate the arrival of the silly season….

Generous discounts are offered for advance group bookings of ten or more and for Friends of the Fugard. Tickets cost R100 – R140, and are available through Computicket.

Cape Town's Comedy Gigs this week

This week’s gigs!


Monday


TheatreSports at the Intimate Theatre.
20:30
SA’s longest running Improv company. 
Various players. 
Phone 0729393351 to book. 
Tickets are R50


C.O.M.E at Ragazzi
20:45
MC: BRENDAN MURRAY 
GUEST SLOT: NIK RABINOWITZ 

ACTS:
NINA HASTIE 
NGOMA NTOYI 
DALIN OLIVER 
RUSTUM AUGUST 


Open Mic:
Blake Kent 
Phone 0796166333 to book
Tickets are R40
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Comedy on Long at Zula Bar
21:00
Dugald Pieterse (Host)
KG (support)
Martin Evans (Headliner)
and open mics
Tickets are R50
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Massimo's Plumstead Restaurant and Cocktail bar with Jokers Comedy Club presents:


Timmy Hancox,
Eugene Mathews
Moeniel Jacobs


Cover Charge R80 (includes bottomless pizza)


For bookings or more details contact 021 761 4516 or email: massimosplumstead@hotmail.co.za
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Tuesday


TheatreSports at the Kalk Bay Theatre
20:30
SA’s longest running Improv company.
Various players. 
Phone 0729393351 to book. 
Tickets are R52.50


Wednesday


Jokers Comedy Club at Sabrinas
21:00


Tracy Klass, 
Anne Hirsch, 
Dylan Skews

Cover Charge R50


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Thursday


Jou Ma se Comedy Club at the Players Cafe
20:30
HOST = MARTIN EVANS
SUPPORT = WERNER WEBER
OPEN MIC = AGGREY LONKE
HEADLINE = NIK RABINOWITZ
Book at Webtickets.
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Friday – Saturday
Various acts at Synergy Live


Sunday


Comedy at Beefcakes
19:30
THE STAR : MARC LOTTERING
OPENING ACT : Calvin Benson! 
HOSTED BY: Martin Davis
Cover charge R50.
Bookings for dinner tables essential. 0214259015 or info@beefcakes.co.za
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As the week goes on and I receive more info, I will add more to this post so check back.

And just like that...

...it's weekend!


This week on twitter I spoke a lot about David Levinsohn. I had people asking me, who is David Levinsohn? Well, now you know.







David Levinsohn taught us about the internet when the internet was just a myth.
Enjoy the weekend.

The racist comedian debate

Where is the line? A comedian asked this week, what comes first, the racist comedian or the racist crowd? Another has said that any joke based on a cultural stereotype is racist. We have all laughed at a joke that could be seen as a bit racist before. Chris Rock, one of the world’s best and most loved comedians, is no stranger to having jokes that are mostly based on black stereotypes. Don’t believe me? Get a white person to do the same exact same set in front of a black crowd. Then we will talk again.

Okay, it is a bit of a cheap shot to mention Chris Rock. But he fits my argument pretty well. He is a black comedian, doing black stereotypical joke, and making black people laugh. So where is the racism? Racism isn’t just black and white either. People of all colours can make jokes about all the other people and their colours, while all the people of the other colours will laugh. I mean, we are all just laughing right?

We have coloured comedians doing jokes about not having coloured people not having front teeth. This particular joke I find a little offensive. But then I asked my coloured friends about it and they don’t see it as racism. In fact, I have had coloured friends at gigs and they laugh harder than me at some of the more questionable jokes.

So is it really an issue? If comics shouldn’t make race based jokes, should they then also not make jokes about religion, sexual preferences and hipsters? Because even though we might think, racism is the biggest baddy out there, but it is on par with all the others like homophobia, sexism and the rest of the baddies.


Thoughts?

Cape Town Comedy Gigs this week

This week’s gigs!

Monday

TheatreSports at the Intimate Theatre.
20:30
SA’s longest running Improv company. 
Various players. 
Phone 0729393351 to book. 
Tickets are R50


C.O.M.E at Ragazzi
20:45
MC: CHRISTOPHER STEENKAMP (A cultural Zeigeist of opinions & rants. An excellent comedian in the making)


Showcase Acts:
KEN BULL-SMITH (A trained clown with a sense of humour)
KURT LANGEVELD (Funny looking guy)
RYAN CARELSE (Motor mouth comedian with balls)
NINA HASTIE (Female comedienne from JHB)
SIV NGESI (Award winning comedian)


Open Mic:
Blake Kent (1st time)
Alexander Moffat
Phone 0796166333 to book
Tickets are R40
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Comedy on Long at Zula Bar
21:00
Tracy Klass (Host), 
Peter Sserwanga (support), 
Mark palmer (Headliner) 
and open mics
Tickets are R50
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Tracy Klass - One Klassy lady

Massimo's Plumstead Restaurant and Cocktail bar with Jokers Comedy Club presents:


RUSTUM AUGUST, 
DEVON LANG 
GRACA WINNER DYLAN SKEWS


Door cover R30
For bookings or more details contact 021 761 4516 or email: massimosplumstead@hotmail.co.za
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Tuesday


TheatreSports at the Kalk Bay Theatre
20:30
SA’s longest running Improv company.
Various players. 
Phone 0729393351 to book. 
Tickets are R52.50


Wednesday


Catch Riaad Moosa at Joker's Comedy Club at Sabrina/Depasco's, c/o Kloof and Buitensingel St- CT on Wednesday 16 November 2011. CC R50.00
Visit www.thejokerscomedyclub.com for more info. To book a table at Sabrina/Depasco's call 021 424 7070.
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Thursday

Dave levinsohn doing his best old man impersonation

Jou Ma se Comedy Club at the Players Cafe
20:30
HOST = DAVE LEVINSOHN 
SUPPORT = ANNE HIRSCH 
OPEN MIC = TASHRIQ AHMED
OPEN MIC = OLIVER BOOTH 
HEADLINE = STUART TAYLOR 
Book at Webtickets.
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As the week goes on and I receive more info, I will add more to this post so check back.