A very funny and
fabulously entertaining comedian. (Review by Keith Millar)
Durban’s annual
Musho! Festival which is currently running at the Catalina Theatre at Wilson’s
Wharf can be relied on to dish up a mixed bag of productions. This year’s 11th
addition of the festival which is currently underway is no different.
Everything from drama and comedy to a musical and children’s theatre is on
offer over the duration of the event.
Thursday evening
was the turn of Stand-Up Comedy – and the festival organisers could not have
chosen better than the very popular Durban comic Carvin H Goldstone to
entertain the audience.
Goldstone’s act is
billed as a family show and is entitled No
Swearing. It is exactly that. Good clean, non-offensive fun without
repetitive swear words, crudity and a reliance on mocking audience members for
cheap laughs.
This in no way
distracts from the humour of the act. In fact, Goldstone is a very funny and
fabulously entertaining comedian.
He displays
excellent observational skills as he highlights the differences and
similarities between all the peoples of South Africa with perfect comedy timing
and delectable accents. He relates hilarious stories about his life growing up
in Newlands East, neighbours, evangelism, gangsters, the national anthem,
courting his wife in Wentworth, his move to the Bluff, visiting a bank and
deciding which school his kids should go too, along with many other funny
events. In the process, he reflects the South African conundrum in all its
diversity with skill and talent.
Goldstone is a
large imposing man. However, his style is easygoing, friendly and
non-offensive. His presentation is colloquial and relentlessly funny and his
audience members are kept in stitches from the beginning to the end of his act.
He is certainly one of the best stand-up comics I have seen. Try to see this
artist in action if you can. Only expect to leave with sore ribs from laughing.
The Musho! Festival
which is on until January 17 is presented by the Performing Arts Network of South Africa (PANSA) with
support from The KZN Performing Arts Trust, Pro-Helvetia and The Swiss
Development Council, The KZN Department of Arts and Culture, The Daily News,
Catalina Theatre and Twist Theatre Development Projects.
Ticket prices R50
per show (R30 students, pensioners and PANSA paid-up members) booked through
Computicket outlets, telephonically at 0861 915 8000, or online at www.computicket.com
All 10h00, 12h00,
14h00 and 16h00 shows on Saturday / Sunday: Pay What You Can.
For more
information call the PANSA office on 031 201 4750 or email: kzn@pansa.org.za or call the Catalina Theatre on 031 837
7400. – Keith Millar
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