Comedy show for Mandela Day
THE newly established monthly comedy show Fork and Comedy is set to host a Comedy Gives Back showcase on July 18 to coincide with Mandela Day.
The Comedy Gives Back event, which will be hosted at Fireman’s Arms in the city bowl, will see some of Cape Town’s top comedians take to the comedy stage, as part of their 67 minutes philanthropic contribution on Mandela Day this year.
Some of the comedians confirmed for the line-up include Rob van Vuuren, Dalin Oliver, Carl Weber Brent Palmer, Shimmy Isaacs, KG, Lungelo Ndlovu, Devin Gray, Liam Bento, CJ Benson, Jarryd Pillay and Paul Cowan.
Completing the schedule of comedy acts on the evening are Stuart Cairns, Mum-Z, Peter Sserwanga, Westley Cockrell, Martin Davis, Gino Fernandez, Darren Amos and Yaaseen Barnes.
Fork and Comedy is a monthly event run by two Capetonians, Brandon Lewis and Clyde Cupido, both of whom have been in the comedy industry for a while now, and decided to put together their own show.
“For Brandon and myself, the comedy industry, although it’s grown in Cape Town over the past few years, is still in its infancy. We’ve opened this show to create more exposure for comedians on more than one level.
“This allows for up-and-coming comedians to be on the same stage as the more established comedians, and grow their fan base,” says Cupido.
Based on the initial success of the show, Lewis and Cupido, with other industry professionals, started the initiative at the showcase.
“This initiative grew from profits made at Fork and Comedy, together with the contributions from its good-hearted supporters,” said Lewis.
Tickets for the Mandela Day #ComedyGivesBack event are R50 each and, together with a sanitary product, will guarantee you a seat at the show. All proceeds will go towards buying sanitary products for the Girls In School initiative. Tickets are available by calling 083 709 0419 or you can reserve them by e-mailing forkandcomedy@ gmail.com