WHAT'S ON – Comedy
Nando's Cape Town International Comedy Festival
Raiders of the Lost Aardvark
Trevor Noah – Live in Cape Town
The Most Amazing Show Live! With Corne and Twakkie
Joe Barber 5 – School Cuts
You Can't Be Serious!
M-Net and Good Hope FM, in association with Graça, present
NANDO'S CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL 2010
31 August – 19 September (Theatre)
The Nando’s Cape Town Comedy Festival is the largest comedy project on the African continent and has presented over 160 international acts to well over 100 000 audience members over the last 13 years, placing it firmly amongst the top 5 comedy events in the world.
The festival will once again bring the world's hottest international and local comedy acts to the Mother City with big names such as Mo Mandel, Bobby Lee, Trevor Noah (31 August to 5 September only), Jonathon Arons, Ian Bagg, Orny Adams, Ava Vidal (7 to 19 September only) and Dave Thornton.
Read more about each of the comedians on the Nando's Comedy Festival website.
Dates and Times:
Opens on Tuesday 31 August at 20:00
Thereafter 1–4, 7–11, 13–16 September at 20:00
Friday 17 and Saturday 18 September at 20:00 and 22:30
Sunday 5, 12 and 19 September at 18:00
Duration: 2 hours
Prices:
Monday–Thursday R120
Friday and Saturday at 20:00 R150
Friday and Saturday at 22:30 R120
Discounts:
UCT staff, students, senior citizens and block bookings of 10 or more less 10%
Book online through Computicket.
Theatre for Africa presents
RAIDERS OF THE LOST AARVARK
12 October – 6 November (Golden Arrow Studio)
Directed by Chris Weare
With Nicholas and Luke Ellenbogen
21 years of top story telling will be celebrated this year with the remake of Raiders of the Lost Aardvark with Nicholas and Luke Ellenbogen. It is a tale that forces short-sighted, flat-footed and sunken-chested pilot Salty Hepburn to fly an unstable and cantankerous Tiger Moth from Cape Town to Cairo. Set in the Second World War, the story centres on the plight of the Congolese gorillas, which are being used by the Nazis for scientific research to win the war effort. Even Mata Hari makes an appearance.
Dates and Times:
Previews on 12 and 13 October, at 20:15
Opens on Thursday, 14 October, at 20:15
Thereafter Monday–Saturday at 20:15
Prices:
Mondays R70 (see Baxter Mondays below)
Preview R90
Tuesday–Thursday R100
Friday and Saturday R120
Discounts:
UCT staff, students, senior citizens and block bookings of 10 or more R80 (Monday–Thursday nights only)
Baxter Club members R65 (13–16 October only)
BAXTER MONDAYS
Special offer for Monday nights only! Have a light meal in the Baxter Restaurant and see a performance of Raiders of the Lost Aardvark for only R70.
Book online through Computicket.
TREVOR NOAH – LIVE IN CAPE TOWN
13–16 October (Concert Hall)
Trevor Noah performs stand-up comedy on stage live! This is his first one-man performance in Cape Town.
Dates and Times:
Opens on Wednesday, 13 October, at 19:00
Thereafter until Saturday at 19:00
Duration: 70 minutes
Price: R161
Discounts:
Block bookings of 10 or more R145
Book online through Computicket.
The Most Amazing Show presents
THE MOST AMAZING SHOW LIVE! WITH CORNE AND TWAKKIE
16 November – 4 December (Concert Hall)
The smash hit cult comedy phenomenon is back! Corné and Twakkie return with a vengeance to moer your funny bone to hell and gone. Believe it because it's true.
Dates and Times:
Preview on Tuesday, 16 November, at 20:15
Opens on Wednesday, 17 November, at 20:15
Thereafter Monday–Saturday at 20:15
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Prices:
Monday–Thursday R100
Friday and Saturday R120
Discounts: (Monday–Thursday only)
UCT staff, students, senior citizens and block bookings of 10 or more R80
Book online through Computicket.
Joe Barber presents
Oscar Petersen and David Isaacs in
JOE BARBER 5 – SCHOOL CUTS
30 November – 15 January (Theatre)
It's time once again to take out your old school uniforms, tie your hair in pony tails, pull up your socks and pack your toebroodjies as comedy legends David Isaacs and Oscar Petersen return to the Baxter for one last season of the smash-hit comedy Joe Barber 5 – School Cuts. This run will conclude their highly successful national tour which started in Cape Town, going through Johannesburg, Windhoek, Port Elizabeth and East London, where it has thus far been hailed by audiences and critics as the best Joe Barber show yet!
Directed by Heinrich Reisenhofer and with music by Jitsvinger, School Cuts explores all those familiar stories from the first awkward day at school wearing a uniform that was two sizes too big to the highs of matric and interschool sports, your first school crush and being sent to the principal's office for punishment, sometimes with ... school cuts!
Barber shop owners Boeta Joe and Boeta Gamat are offering their own school-cut specials as they attempt to host a school reunion in the barber shop along with the gossiping Washiela who provides the catering. Add an overworked and underpaid Outjie to the mix and the reunion efforts become a potential recipe for comical disaster.
As with all Joe Barber productions, this is an interactive affair. Audience members get involved with the stage action and are encouraged to come dressed in their old school uniforms. There will be prizes for the best dressed and the house with the best school spirit!
Age Restriction: PG 13
Dates and Times:
Preview on 30 November at 20:30
Opens on 1 December at 20:00
Thereafter Tuesday–Saturday at 20:00
No performances on 25 December and 1 January
Friday 31 December to be confirmed
Prices:
Tuesday–Thursday R100
Friday and Saturday R110
Discounts:
UCT staff, students, senior citizens and block bookings of 10 or more R70 (Tuesday–Thursday), R80 (Friday and Saturday)
Book online through Computicket.
For corporate bookings and charities please contact Sharon Alexander on 021 680 3962 or e-mail sharon.alexander@uct.ac.za
Nik Rabinowitz presents
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS
7 December – 8 January (Golden Arrow Studio)
Nik Rabinowitz returns to the Baxter in December for a solo show that promises to be a stand-up tour de farce. We can't say exactly what that means, except to say it's not a farce, nor is it in French. Also it has nothing to do with racing ... but it is sort of about race. Basically there is no doubt the show will be very funny; we can't say why as he hasn't written it yet – but no doubt he will and no doubt you will ... laugh! Probably. Maybe. Definitely!
Age Restriction: No children under 14
Dates and Times:
Previews 7–10 December at 20:15, 11 December at 18:00 and 20:30
Opens on Tuesday, 14 December, at 20:15
Thereafter Tuesday–Friday at 20:15, Saturday at 18:00 and 20:30
Exceptions: Friday 24 December at 18:00
No performances on 25 December and 1 January
Friday 31 December to be confirmed
Prices:
Tuesday–Thursday R100
Friday and Saturday R120
Discounts: (Tuesday–Thursday only)
UCT staff, students, senior citizens and block bookings of 10 or more R80
Book online through Computicket.