DEKAF

Comedian Siv Ngesi stars in Dekaf which is currently on a national tour, reaching Durban in April.

Dekaf is a black, white comedy about blacks who think like whites, as told by a black guy who sounds white. Launched at the Baxter in Cape Town in March, the show moves to the Lyric Theatre in Johannesburg and the Sibaya Casino in Durban for limited performances in April. Dekaf stars the up-and-coming stand-up comic Siv Ngesi in a bold production from the comedic mind of David Newton (Politically Incorrect; Defending the Laid Man and Laugh).

Contrary to popular belief there is a new generation of black people who don’t bitch about the ‘struggle’, can swim, aren’t hated by dogs and didn’t vote for Jacob Zuma. In Dekaf, Ngesi takes his audiences into the world of a black man who was raised in the suburbs, schooled in the public school system, dates white women and listens to Josh Groban!

Dekaf debuted at the 2009 Grahamstown National Arts Festival under Newton’s directorship. The show filled its capacity venue and garnered favourable reviews from the local press and audiences alike and at the 2010 Festival, the show won the coveted Golden Ovation Award.

Sivuyile ‘Siv’ Ngesi is a 25-year-old actor and comedian born in the township of Gugulethu, Cape Town. Acting came early to him and at ten years old Siv toured Asia with Les Misèrables in the coveted role of Gavroshe. Since then, he has landed roles in films such as Cape of Good Hope, After the Rain, Love in Africa, Zeenon z3, World Unseen and Schweitzer. He first made a name for himself in the popular SABC 1 television programmes Khululeka and The Adventures of Sinbad, Double Shift and Interrogation Room.

Siv was also one of the leads in M-Net’s League Of Glory that ran during the Soccer World Cup in 2010. His best credit to date must be his scenes with Keifer Sutherland in 24. Siv has extensive theatre experience, having performed in top class productions such as Sizwe Banzi is Dead, The Island, Sex and the Citi Golf, Star Wors, Off Your Trolley, Butlers and Brandy and most recently Dekaf, which he co-wrote with Newton.

Award-winning David Newton is an actor, director and producer. He has become one of South Africa’s most bankable comics, and has made his comedy appealing to his fans through his ability to speak directly and frankly about situations that happen to all of us. Newton has directed all three of his one-man shows namely Defending the Laid Man, Politically Incorrect, both available on DVD, and Laugh. His third DVD, Nothing But The Truth, is a 100min collaboration of the best of the three shows and stars Sivuyile Ngesi as the opening act.

Decaf will have one performance at Krakatoa at the Sibiya Entertainment Kingdom on April 28 at 20h00. Booking through Computicket or 083 915 8000.