THE lastest show by Aaron McIlroy, entitled Comedy Masterclass, is the comedic genius’s latest offering from the artist who brought you Abbamaniacs, The Loser and, most recently, The Ranga. The fresh new laugh-a-line theatre experience is set to premiére at UKZN’s Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban from 19 May to 5 June.
Join McIlroy as he delves into the science that underpins the world’s oldest coping mechanism, a sense of humour. Co-written by McIlroy and Patrick Kenny and directed by Kenny, Comedy Masterclass is a surreal, comedic roller-coaster ride into the world of laughter, where the rules are subjective and what one person finds funny another may cringe at.
Why do we find things funny? McIlroy attempts to answer the question: “Something is funny because it captures a moment, it contains an element of truth as seen from a new angle, it is something that we have always known and yet are hearing it out loud for the first time. I think that our need to feel intelligent comes into play a lot in finding things funny.”
“Maybe humour is actually the overwhelming joy at feeling intelligent” quips McIlroy. “Say somebody tries to put on their shoes standing up and falls over. They look like a complete idiot, we feel intelligent because we are not the one falling over. So, we laugh – maybe out of relief that it’s not us – this time! Another person makes a clever comment and only a few people get it. If we get the joke we recognise the person as being clever and feel clever ourselves because we understood the concept so, we laugh again.”
Tickets range in price from R120 to R145 and booking is through Computicket.
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