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Event

Title:: Nando's Comedy Festival
When:: 31.08.2010 - 19.09.2010
Where:: Baxter Theatre - Cape Town
Category:: Comedy

Description

Main Arena Show Description Good Hope fm and M-Net in association with Graça are proud to present the 14th annual Nando's Cape Town Comedy Festival. It is the largest and most credible comedy project on the African Continent and has presented over 160 international acts to well over 100 000 audiences, placing it firmly amongst the top 5 comedy events in the world. The festival will once again bring the world's hottest international and local comedy acts to the Mother City with big names such as Mo Mandel, Bobby Lee and Trevor Noah. Tuesday 31 August to Saturday 18 September at 20h00. Friday 17 and Saturday 18 September at 22h30. Sunday 5, 12 and 19 September at 18h00.

* Trevor Noah (16 to 19 Sept only)
* Jonathon Arons
* Bobby Lee
* Ian Bagg
* Orny Adams
* Ava Vidal (7 to 19 Sept only)
* Mo Mandel
* Dave Thornton (31 Aug to 15 Sept only)

Venue

Venue:: Baxter Theatre
Street:: Main Road
City:: Cape Town
State:: Rondebosch

Description

The Baxter Theatre Centre provides an exciting forum for the celebration of life which is the essence of live theatre, music and dance. It is one of the major live theatre venues in Cape Town and has always been at the forefront of the performing arts both as a popular venue and as a leading producer.

The Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town endeavours to present and host the best of South African performing arts. The objective is to reflect the cultures of all the people of South Africa on our stages and in our foyers and galleries. We envisage a vibrant cultural centre developing an interactive relationship with our local and university communities. We strive to present cutting-edge and major works from South Africa and masterpieces from the international repertoire.

The Baxter Theatre Centre, designed by Jack Barnett, opened on 1 August 1977. It came into being as the result of a bequest from the late Dr W. Duncan Baxter who, in his will, bequeathed an amount of money to the University of Cape Town for the purpose of establishing a theatre which would, in the words of Dr Baxter, "develop and cultivate the arts in Cape Town and the adjacent districts".

Since its opening in 1977 the complex has continued to provide a stage for all types of professional entertainment - music, drama, ballet, opera and intimate theatre. Even through the difficult years of racial segregation its doors remained open to everyone and it thrived, drawing on indigenous talent and creating a uniquely South African theatre tradition.