( Margate & Toti)

Returning to Margate’s Cock & Tail after a sell-out show earlier in May, the comedians add another date to the South Coast calender at Amanzimtoti’s Lords & Ledgends.

Fresh off two national tours and a festival in July at the Catalina Theatre in Durban, the Comedy Revolution is South Africa’s longest geographical comedy tour. Promoting the KZN Leg of the ‘Revolution’ is award-winning stand-up and promoter -Glen Bo.

The line-up includes:
Host: Martin Evans (CT) Born in Slough in England, but raised in RSA, Martin is one of RSA’s hardest working comedians. Winner of numerous competitions in the UK and now based in Cape Town, he hosts the evening. Martin is the promoter for the Cape Leg of the ‘Comedy Revolution’.

Simmi Areff (KZN) a new face on the scene but making huge impressions on crowds, Simmi recently was a regular at the Catalina Festival for the Revolution.He’s an effervescent Muslim act with great charisma.

Mum-z (JHB) was born in Diepkloof, Soweto and raised in Sandton, JHB. He opened for the Comedy Revolution comedians in their JHB tour and was invited down to perform.

Glen Bo (KZN) Born in Mooinooi but cut his teeth in London and around the U.K circuit for 5 years.. Recently he performed at the Playhouse with John Vlismas and Marc Lottering and has been nominated for 3 comedy awards this year. He won ‘best solo promoter’ and achieved nominations for ‘best comedian in KZN’ and ‘ most innovative stand-up’ in the SA Comedy Industry Awards. Glen pulls no punches, does serious stand-up and lovers of intelligent quips and flights of surrealism are always in for a treat.

Dave Levinsohn (CT) Quick witted, versatile and famously funny David, 2004 winner of the Pro section in the Comedy All Stars Grand Slam performed at the Comedy Café in London in October of that year! David has appeared in the Smirnoff International Comedy Festival since 1997, and hosted the “Newcomers” slot at the Smirnoff Comedy Festival 1998. His television experience includes playing the man in the M-Web “Big Black Box” and other ads, a starring role in the travelogue “Going Nowhere Slowly” in 2003, and being the runner up to Alyn Adams (by a short hair!) on the comedy celebrity charity episode of The Weakest Link.

VENUES:

Friday 29th August: Lords & Legends
Amanzimtoti Sport Centre Riverside Road Amanzimtoti Durban
Show 8pm

Dinner Available before show, arrive early, full bar available.
To book seats telephone : Bruce 031 903 4534 and buy pre-sale tickets at the venue.

Saturday 30th August: Cock & Tail Cafe’
Rendevous Centre
William O’connor Drive.
Margate

Show 8pm
To book tickets / tables telephone NEVILLE 039 312 2383 and buy pre-sale tickets at the venue.
Dinner Available before show, arrive early, full bar available.
R60-00

Info: www.grrit.co.za

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IN ASSOCIATION WITH GRRiT MAGAZINE – RSA’s Alternative Press.

BEST IN STAND-UP COMEDY AT CATALINA THEATRE JULY 10-20^th 2008.

Fresh off a successful and well received national tour, The Comedy Revolution Festival is booked for Durban in July.

Running from the 10^th-20^th July 2008 at the Catalina Theatre on Wilson’s Wharf the festival is a showcase of the best in cutting-edge local stand-up as well as 3 International comedians. The ‘Revolution’ which has just completed a 17 show tour in seven of South Africa’s nine provinces – setting a record in stand-up in RSA – makes a ten day stop off in Durban where stand-up comedians rotate on the bills and bring Durban, SA’s biggest and longest laughs on a word-class scale. The promoters hand-pick performers not only on stage skill, but material and prowess. This results in Comedy Revolution bills being extremely cutting-edge, thought-provoking and entertaining – as witnessed in the recent national tour.

Stand-up comedians on various bills:

Dave Levinshon (Cape Town); Martin Davis (UK); Glen Bo (RSA); Martin Evans (CT); Marty Kintu (Uganda / CT) Trevor Gumbi (JHB ); Eugene Khosa (JHB); Brendan Murray (CPT) and other local acts for guest spots.

July 10^th (Pre-view show) 241;

July 11^th (Press Evening)

Tickets R80-00

Tuesday’s and Sunday’s 241;

Tickets: online www.strictlytickets.co.za or by calling the box office on: 031-305-6889

Proudly in association with Renault & GRRiT Alternative Entertainment Magazine.

The Comedy Revolution is touring again, new acts new people, some new venues. We are also confirmed to have a 10 date run at the infamous Catalina Theatre in Durban, featuring the best acts in RSA.

Dates to be posted asap, thank you for all th support. The ful coverage of the tour will be published in GRRIT MAGAZINE in June/July 2008.

After three week, over 4000 km, 56 hours in a car and a myriad of nightly shows, the Revolution has toured further and quicker that any other comedy outfit in the country. Martin Davis (UK), Martin Evans (Cpt /UK), Glen Bo (KZN /UK), Brendan Murrey (Cpt) have definately set some record. Joined in KZN by Marty Kintu and various open spot acts in KZN, the tour continues north to Gauteng this week.

Shows at Tanz Cafe in Bryanston on Wed (3rd) and Thurs (4th) as well as Carnival City on Friday (5th).

Full tour story in GRRIT MAGAZINE, in June.

The Comedy Revolution Tour, May/June 2008.

The Comedy Revolution Tour, billed as “Geographically Africa’s longest, most cutting edge stand-up tour”, runs from the 14th May through to the 7th June 2008. Featuring 3 international acts as well as 6 of SA’s finest comedians, the tour starts in the Cape, continuing along the coast up to KZN, proceeding thereafter to JHB and Pretoria then finishing in Cape Town. The aim is to develop and unite the comedy scene in South Africa by taking these shows to towns that many performers bypass and staging a stand-up show set at an international standard.

The promoters for the tour are Martin Evans (Cape Town) and Glen Bo (KZN), who are both international comedians based in South Africa. Their passion and determination to develop South African Comedy is the basis on which this tour has been driven. The tour prides itself on being the longest stand-up tour in South Africa, featuring award-winning and international acts who have come together to achieve the same goal.

The international acts featured in the show are Martin Davis from the UK (a stand-up veteran and legend abroad), Martin Evans ( a well traveled stand-up who was one of the only two SA stand-ups to ever work the U.K scene for more than 5 years. He is also the winner of numerous awards in the U.K) and Glen Bo (a recent nominee in the KZN Arts Awards in the “Best Comedian” and the other only SA Act to work and tour the UK scene for more than 5 years. He has performed for Royalty, dislocated shoulders on stage and endured quite allot of pain, but believes pure comedy is all about pain),

These three headliners are joined by the cream of the crop from around RSA, namely, Trevor Gumbe(JHB), Simmi Areff (KZN), Lil Paul (KZN) and Jan Badenhorst (KZN) and other guests along the way.

The dates for the tour are as follows:

MAY
Wed 14th Knysna @ Zanzibar Theatre

Thur 15th Plettenberg Bay @ The Surf Cafe

Fri 16th Grahamstown @ De Tap Huis

Sat 17^th Port Elizabeth @ The Vodacom Amphitheatre

Sun 18th East London @ The Deckdave Richardson gonubihotel@lantic

Mon 19th Coffee Bay @ The Bomvu Festival of Comedy

Wed 21st Amanzimtoti @ The Office

Thur 22nd Baillito @ Sub Zero- Nightclub  / La Montange Hotel

Fri 23rd MARGATE @ The Cock&Tail ( Margate Main Beach)

Extra show :Fri 23rd Dockyard Theatre, Musgrave Central

24th Dockyard Theatre, Musgrave Centre

Sun 25th The OFFICE – TOTI

Tues 2th  – THE BLUFF  ( Venue TBA) Plus Live bands.

Wed 28th HOWICK @ Restaurant BELLISSIMO’S

Wed 28th HOWICK @ Restaurant BELLISSIMO’S

Thur 29th DURBAN’S THUNDER ROAD ROCK DINER

Fri 30th WATERKLOOF @ Restaurant TAPAS

Sat 31st DURBAN’S THUNDER ROAD ROCK DINER

Wed- 4th & 5th TANZ CAFE – JHB

Fri / Sat – PRETORIA ( Venue to be announced)

TICKETS : VIA STRICTLYTICKETS.co.za and www.webtickets.co.za

Proudly in association with GRRIT MAGAZINE – RSA’S ALTERNATIVE PRESS MAGAZINE.

FULL DETAILS ON: www.comedyrevolution.wordpress.com and www.grrit.co.za

BOOKINGS AND RESERVATIONS FOR SHOWS:www.strictlytickets.com Reservations and Info: Jimmy on 083 348 427.

All shows have tickets on sale before the event – arrive early. Tickets are also available online at www.strictlytickets.com

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13609407567

IMAGES: http://comedyrevolution.wordpress.com/the-comedians/

INTERVIEWS: Please call ThunderHEAD Comedy Productions : Jimmy on 083 348 427 to set up.

For interviews, please contact Emily at Chaos Theory P.R at chaostheory@gmail.com

(c) GRRIT MEDIA

The Comedy Revolution Tour May/June 2008 is one of RSA’s largest geographical comedy tours in recent years. We think back to when it has been done before, and nothing comes to mind, but to avoid arrogance we shall say it’s the longest in recent years.

Spanning from the Cape to KZN up to PMB then JHB, PTA and down to the Free State eventually ending up full circle in Cape Town, The Comedy Revolution is simply that. An undertaking by comedians and promoters Martin Evans and Glen Bo to unite the Cape scene to KZN and link up the rest of RSA.

The first tour features headliners, mc’s and international comedians, Martin Davis, Martin Evans and Glen Bo with 8 other cutting edge stand-up comedians from all around RSA. Venues, Dates and Times are to be updated on this site and Facebook.

See you at the koo.