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The first Zimbabwe international comedy festival was done justice on Thursday night by strong performances from the Souther Africa comedians.
Hosted by Carl Joshua Ncube, the talents of Mzansi’s Donovan and Jason Goliath as well as Zimbabwe’s Michael K and Q were a fitting introduction of the festival to the 1,100 strong crowd at the Harare International Conference Centre.
The show started about 30 minutes late but it was well worth the little niggling bit that came with that. Goliath and Goliath stepped out onto a Zimbabwean stage for the first time to an expectant crowd and they didn’t disappoint. Still can’t get over Jason’s shots at Donovan about his Umtata background and Donovan being called the new face of sadza. And then there was this moment.
Then Carl came on and eased people into the show and then introduced Q.
Q had probably one of his strongest sets in a while. He was liberated and the structure of his set showed someone who was growing into his role as a standup comedian and embracing the challenge. His Usadaro joke was the pick of the lot.
Then came Jason Goliath and his energy as well as vivid story-telling – the kidnapper story comes to mind – had the crowd roaring with laughter. Another strong performer. And yes, we are scared of Bra Ike too.
Then there was he break. We mention the break because we were disappointed by the bar. The guys serving there took too long to get serve people. We didn’t buy one drink. The one time we tried to, the person serving said he did not have change… for $10, then simply turned away.
Anyway that aside, the second half brought comedy legend Michael K onto the stage. His story telling showed his range of accents and his depiction of the drunk old man was simply on point. A skilled performer and someone the kids should learn from.
Then it was time for the headline performance from Donovan who, well, lived up to that billing. His use of indigenous ethnic language and his little thing with Dr Zobha was a thing for the ages. Then there was the bit about the weaves where he introduced the zimbabwe-ave. Yeah it was a special type of weave that. And if you thought the insanity stopped there, he showed how quickly he absorbed local culture to use in his performance making social references and throwing some shona words. He connected with the crowd and crowned his performance with a Nelson Mandela rap with a special appearance from a Julius Malema, portrayed by David.
On the whole it was a good night out for those who came out. Loads of laughter although because of the delay it did feel like it ran on a bit. However, it was proper entertaining.
And the girls looked good.
We’re looking forward to the 4 comedy fests next year. We really are.
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