At the beginning of the pandemic, President Ramaphosa declared fathers an essential service, forcing Nik Rabinowitz to pivot from stand-up comedian to sit-down home-school deputy principal. A month later he resigned from that post and has been attempting to self-isolate from his children ever since.
Renowned South African funnyman and award winning actor Alan Committie is delighted to bring you a year-end comedy treat with a hilarious lineup of comedians to tickle your funny bone and ache your belly!
There's something for everyone with a feast of a line up this Autumn at The Drama Factory. From music and comedy to award-winning improv and plays, guests can enjoy a range of quality entertainment in the relaxed and welcoming environment at this popular venue.
Nik Rabinowitz will return to the Drama Factory for the first time in six hundred and eleventy sixty six days with his imitable brand of lockdown flavoured comedy.
Comedian and actor Rob van Vuuren has been working hard during lockdown to keep the arts alive. He chatted to us about the new world of live streaming shows and the future of the entertainment world, post-lockdown.
Looking for a theatre fix during South Africa's lockdown? Sophie Joans has created a wonderful Instagram platform called SCENES ON SCREENS.
The Cape Town International Comedy Festival is the largest Comedy Festival in South Africa. It's re-launching in 2020 for one week, starting 1 March 2020 at the Artscape Theatre Centrea??.
The themes of LATE BLOOMER are fairly typical for Rabinowitz' style of comedy. He talks about what he knows a?" things that are happening in his life now. At 43, he is now hitting topics like mid-life crises, receding hairlines and whether or not they should pack up their lives and move to Lithuania.
South Africa's original Xhosa-speaking, Jewish leg-spinner turned comedian's new stand up show gets under his skin, literally, as he ruminates over his recent DNA test results and a host of other pressing issues in his thoroughly hilarious, inimitable and insensitive manner.
South Africa's finest isiXhosa-speaking Jewish legspinner turned comedian Nik Rabinowitz's new show WORK IN PROGRESS covers midlife crises, the pitfalls of genetic testing, hair transplants and when to have them (never) as well as a variety of other topics in a thoroughly insensitive manner.
Having recovered from his early-onset midlife crisis just in time for Cape Town to almost run out of water, stand-up comic, Nik Rabinowitz decided to explore the recent water crisis for his new show "Dry White", mostly because everyone thought the drought would last forever, which ICYMI - it didn't #SpoilerAlert. Now that mother nature has rained on his parade, Nik will be forced to discuss other stuff too, like staying woke post forty (different to staying awake but equally challenging), love, infidelity, transphobia, b-grade celebrity and The Land. Just kidding, what white person wants to discuss the land?!
Having recovered from his early-onset midlife crisis just in time for Cape Town to almost run out of water, stand-up comic, Nik Rabinowitz decided to explore the recent water crisis for his new show "Dry White", mostly because everyone thought the drought would last forever, which ICYMI - it didn't #SpoilerAlert. Now that mother nature has rained on his parade, Nik will be forced to discuss other stuff too, like staying woke post forty (different to staying awake but equally challenging), love, infidelity, transphobia, b-grade celebrity and The Land. Just kidding, what white person wants to discuss the land?!
New Year's Eve at the Baxter Theatre Centre offers three festively fabulous shows to choose from, culminating in one of Cape Town's most popular and exciting parties perfect to herald in the good tidings of 2019. There's Marc Lottering's mega-hit production, Aunty Merle, the Musical, Nick Rabinowitz's latest comedy Dry White and Real Art Wednesday's vibrant RAW Fest.
This Summer, comedy, music and dance dominate the Baxter Theatre Centre's festive season line-up, as top local comedians and emerging talent heat up its stages, culminating in one of Cape Town's most popular and exciting New Year's Eve parties.
Following its sold-out run earlier this year, Nik Rabinowitz returns to the Baxter Concert Hall with his hilarious new show DRY WHITE. It will be performed from 18 December to 12 January at 20.30.
After the successful recent run of his one-man show in Cape Town, and turning 40, comedian Nik Rabinowitz decided that the best location for his midlife crisis would be Fourways. Please don't tell him that 40 is the new 30, it'll only confuse him further.
Eureka Nkese is one of the brightest rising stars in South African comedy today. Man's 2 Funny is his third comedy special to tour around the country and will show at Alexander Bar for two nights only. It's a special opportunity to appreciate a stand-up comedy show that delivers hilarious punchlines and an insighful view of South African culture.
Top South African stand-up comedian Nik Rabinowitz is heading to the United Kingdom with NIK RABINOWITZ LIVE, which will play the Leicester Square Theatre for three performances only this November and December.
Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy have announced their December 2017 lineups. Scroll down for details!
One of Cape Town's favourite comedians is set to return to the Baxter Theatre this August in The Mother City, for a three-week run with a brand new dose of comedy and laughter.
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