Royal comedy flush

Multi-coloured Tupperware, inappropriate cousins, anecdotes straight out of the Cape Flats and quite possibly a prank or two is what Kings and Queens of Comedy promises to showcase on Sunday, April 28 at Emperors Palace, Centre Court.

Marc Lottering

Brought to you by Blu Blood, the Kings and Queens of Comedy is South Africa’s leading comedy brand and is set to dominate Johannesburg with its side-splitting comedy line-up funny enough to evoke a giggle even from the most serious South Africans.

Barry Hilton

The show introduces the first international “Queen” to be hosted, Ava Vidal, widely regarded to be the UK’s funniest woman. As one of Britain’s top comediennes, she brings international flair to this world-class act. Vidal will have to contend with the likes of Cape Town’s hearty Tupperware Aunty, Mel Jones and Angel Campey, a figure who reckons she is way too pretty to be a comedian. These leading ladies have practised their Queen’ wave and are ready to show their male counterparts which sex can tickle funny bones the most.



As typical kings with considerable power and influence – albeit in the comedy fraternity – the likes of South Africa’s most famous cousin Barry Hilton, the Cape Flats’ Marc Lottering, the infamous Trevor Gumbi, the rebel Robbie Collins, the politically incorrect but entirely Halaal funny boy Simmi Afrif, and the biggest prankster of them all: 94.7 Highveld’s Darren “Whackhead” Simpson have all passed laws declaring themselves the funnier sex. And as if that’s not enough of a side-splitting offering, the performance will be loosely held together by the impeccably funny Joey Rasdien, who will fulfil the role of MC.



As seasoned jesters who are accustomed to witnessing audiences tear up as they deliver comedy with wit and relevance, these kings and queens of comedy swear that the ticket price to the show (starting from R160 and available from Computicket) might seem like a joke, but it is probably the most serious fact of the night. In these times of recession, nowhere else will you be able to take in 10 big names on one stage for such a steal, even if you tried!



As the ministry of laughter, this monarch not only promises but will deliver on a diverse mix of culturally relevant, observational and thoroughly funny comedy that will leave audiences willing to vote for them for another term.



Happening during the Freedom Day weekend at Emperors Palace, the Kings and Queens of Comedy is going to demonstrate just how far the nation’s comedians have come in the last 19 years since independence, proving that they have the mettle to go head-to-head with the world’s finest. Not only that, but these local comedians are going to prove once and for all that they have the ability of uniting the nation through the best medicine of them all: laughter.



The Joburg leg of the Kings and Queens of Comedy also doubles up as an opener for a South Afric-wide comedy circuit tour that will see Blu Blood also invade Cape Town and Durban, in a bid to take over the country, one uncontrollable outburst at a time.