Joburg Comedy Festival is bigger and funnier

The third edition of the Johannesburg International Comedy Festival runs from March 14 to 16.

Making Joburg Theatre its home base, the festival’s main drawcard will be a specially curated variety comedy show, This Is SatAfrika. This will be the only show on the opening night of the festival and will consist of sketches, music and stand-up comedy blended together.

Rich in social commentary, satire and a comedic take on where we are as a country today, This Is SatAfrika is a snapshot of the crazy times we are living in, complete with the events, people and happenings that make Mzansi the hilarious country that it is.

The show will cover everything from sin taxes to slay queens, 20-year challenges to idibala (a dance move), Bosasa cheques to elections and everything in between.

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Some of the biggest names in comedy will be collaborating with some of the country’s most prominent celebrities for your laughing pleasure.

The next few days of the festival will feature local and international talent around the theatre complex, culminating in Fire In The Hole at the Mandela Theatre on March 16, showcasing over 40 comedians.

Fresh from his critically acclaimed Netflix debut, a show-stopping appearance on Live At The Apollo (UK) and a tour of Europe, Loyiso Gola will perform his award-winning solo show, Unlearning, at the festival. He will be taking this show to the Edinburgh Comedy Festival later this year.

The League of Nations line-up will feature comedians from all over the world. Others joining the show include Dane Baptiste (UK), Ali Al Sayed (United Arab Emirates) and Tsitsi Chiumya (South Africa).

One of UK’s fastest rising stars – “the honourable” Tom Houghton, now a resident of the famous Tower of London, has been added to the line-up.

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The festival will host its first Afrikaans comedy show with Schalk Bezuidenhout’s Snorseun. Bezuidenhout has toured this show all over the country to rave reviews.

And last but not in any way least, the show will be hosted by that side-splitting team, Conrad Koch and Chester Missing.

Info

• March 14 at 8pm: This Is Satfrika: Nelson Mandela Theatre
• March 15: Loyiso Gola’s Unlearning at The Fringe
• March 15 at 8.30pm: League of Nations: Nelson Mandela Theatre
• March 16 at 5.30pm: Schalk Bezuidenhout in Snorseun at The Fringe
• March 16 at 6.30pm: Stand Up Africa at Nelson Mandela Theatre
• March 16 at 7pm: The Thunderbirds: Nina Hastie, Gilli Apter and Claudine Ullman at The Fringe
• March 16 at 9pm: Fire In The Hole at Nelson Mandela Theatre

For more information, visit www.jicf.co.za.

Tickets range from R150 to R250 from www.joburgtheatre.com or call 0861-670-670.

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