Vote for LOYISO GOLA
We were just saying the other day that it’s time us young people got amongst and started doing things our way… looks like we have a leader already! Loyiso Gola, one of our favourite most outspoken comics is ready to lead the revolution…
Disillusioned by the leaders of today? Tired of the succession battle? Unhappy about floor-crossing? Sounds like you need to follow the growing group of …
supporters for the next “president elect” – Loyiso Gola.
After hosting the “Let Durban Laugh Festival” which will be held at the Durban City Hall on the 8th and the 9th of December and is expecting about 4000 people over the 2 days, Loyiso Gola hits the road again with a much anticipated run of his one man show which will aptly carry the gripping title, “Loyiso Gola for President”. This show will run at the Market Theatre, Newtown from the 30th of January to the 4th of February 2007. Popular radio station YFM has come on board as the key media partner and will be giving the show a substantial amount of support during its run.
This will be the first instalment of this show and be the first opportunity for Loyiso to perform this set to the public. However it will also be the last time Jozi sees him perform for a while as he leaves for Durban shortly thereafter to perform as the warm up act for internationally acclaimed comedy superstar Sugar Sammy for the entire month of February at the Suncoast Casino resort.
(Sugar Sammy hails from Canada and his meteoric rise to fame culminated in him touring North America last year with Dave Chapelle. It is testament to the profile that Loyiso Gola now enjoys on the local comedy circuit that he was selected by the organisers of the event to be part of this show)
Loyiso Gola has been described in comedy circles and numerous articles as “the next big thing in South African comedy” with some going as far as saying that he is the future of comedy in this country. His unique sense of humour and his affinity towards openly frank and observational commentary has carved Loyiso into a comedy genius and has elevated his status in the realms of local comedy. In taking his one man show to the people, Loyiso follows the path of many legendary comedians before him in packaging a one man show with its own distinct style and subject matter. Many of these, namely Richard Pryor’s I’m Crazy; Eddie Murphy’s Raw; Chris Rock’s Never Scared; Jerry Seinfeld’s I’m Saying This For The Last Time and Dave Chapelle’s Killing Them Softly have gone on to achieve cult success worldwide and have influenced comics of the new age like Loyiso.
In this pseudo election campaign titled show, Loyiso takes his audiences on a roller coaster ride down a path uncharted. “The president elect” will entertain, provoke and leave audiences in raptures with his opinions on the crazy world that we live in. He will also unravel stories of his life; growing up in apartheid and the adventures that have come with being a product of the new South Africa. In a frank but tasteful manner, he will make commentary on issues that we are surrounded by today and his set will cover anything and everything from gender relations to race relations, growing up in the townships to cruising in the suburbs, Bantu education to union strikes. “His younger brother charm” and sheer ability to weave local and universal stories together in his comedy, not only promises to make the experience a thoroughly enjoyable one but potentially a dangerous one too. Tear “jerkingly” funny, Loyiso will strive to take your breath away with some hard hitting punch lines and side splitting gags that will have you chanting “Vote Loyiso Gola!!!” Laugh at your own discretion but you’ve been warned!
From the 30th of January to the 4th of February 2007 you will have an opportunity to see him do what he does best at the Market Theatre, cover charge R 80.00. So if you haven’t decided who you are going to “vote for” in the next election do yourself a favour and go listen to the “campaign” of one, Loyiso Gola.
For any queries, questions, pictures, complaints, requests, issues, debates, please contact;
“Presidential Campaign Officer”
Takunda Bimha
Cell: 076 1449428
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