Zambezi News Off To Europe And Mauritius

Zimbabwe’s leading satirical comedy show Zambezi News will be going on an international tour from the 26th of August to the 5th of September 2015.

The tour will see Michael K, Outspoken and Comrade Fatso performing for audiences in the UK, Germany and Mauritius.

The comedy trio will first be travelling to London for a show at leading comedy venue, The Comedy Café on the 27^th August. They will share the stage with the UK’s famed satire show, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. From London they proceed to perform at the hugely popular Shambala Festival in Northamptonshire on the 29^th August. Shambala Festival is set to host over 10,000 revellers as well as featuring acts and musicians from around the world. The tour then moves to Berlin, Germany for a show in collaboration with leading German electro DJ, Andi Teichmann. The Zambezi News trio then end their tour with a final show in Mauritius on 4^th September.

“Its good to see the Zambezi News production growing and receiving more international platforms,” says Zambezi News co-creator, Outspoken, “Zimbabwe has a promising satirical future which we hope to help build inroads for internationally.”

Zambezi News Season Four was shot in June 2015 and is currently in its editing phase. The trio of comical newscasters has previously performed internationally in Sweden at the Gothenburg International Book Fair, the South African Comics Choice Awards 2013 Teatro at Monte Casino, Johannesburg and Bush Fire Festival in Swaziland. 2015 has been a big year for Zambezi News seeing it receive wide spread international coverage from the BBC, CNN and The Guardian newspaper.