(Hamish Kyd as Professor Gopal)
Living Legend Hamish Kyd aka
Professor Gopal has put together a line-up that will tickle the funny bone and
keep audiences laughing in Prof Gopal's
Stand Up Comedy Show coming to
Sibaya this July!
Host and MC'ing the show,
Prof Gopal will perform his much loved comedy alongside Durban comedians Shika Budhoo,
Warrick Frank, Neil Govender and Charles Ash.
Hamish Kyd is a well-known
actor director writer and producer of many comedy and musical productions.
Known for his radio dramas on Lotus Fm including Muti, Charlie, The Palace, Granny'sHome, Knowing you…knowing me and most recently The Manjaroes. He has published three
well-received novels Charlie, Muti! and KNOWING YOU; and has many other appeared
in theatre productions such as Jimbo,
The Motown Story and Taxi Jam. He was also seen as Uncle in
the South African Feature 31 Million
Reasons and has successfully established his stand-up comedy character
called Prof Gopal.
Charles Ash was born and
raised in Durban and now lives in Gauteng. Drawing on his unique experiences
and wayward trajectory through life in South Africa, Charles brings a fresh new
dimension to the South African comedy circuit. Ash has performed at The Box;
Cool Runnings in Melville; on the “ProudlyColouredComedy”
DVD and in various venues across Gauteng and KZN. He is back on the comedy
circuit, bigger, better and louder than ever before.
Shika Budhoo is an actress,
voice artist and comedienne from Durban currently living in Johannesburg. Well
known for theatre productions Shika-Land!, Oh Golly It's Bolly and Aya's
Boy, Shika was also the popular voice of Mrs Singh Song on Lotus Fm’s Lollipop Lane. She also appeared in her
adult comedy at the KWV Indian Comedy Tour;
and Stekkies Comedy Jam and most
recently performing in family comedy in Mervyn Pillay's All Girl Comedy Jam. She can also be seen in Leon Schuster’s latest
movie Pay Back The Money.
Warrick Frank is an all-round
entertainer having appeared in radio, television and theatre. He has performed nationally
to thousands while on Fringe theatre tours. He appeared in one of the featured
roles on SABC 2 & 3’s Youth Drama series Snake Park , as well as on various radio dramas at Lotus Fm. He is
one of the very few actors of this generation to be a part of the revival of
hit 80’s plays from Essop Khan & Mohamed Ali, Ronnie Govender and Kessie Govender.
Neil Govender is a former
KZN top model. He is an actor, MC, Radio and voice-over artist and has appeared
in television and theatre productions. Known for his performances on stage in Bombay Dreams 2 and 3, So You Think Einstein was a Genius, its sequel and Awesome Kicks. He took the lead role in
an Ekasi Stories episode on etv
titled Curry Muncher and can be heard
in various radio drama's on Lotus Fm including Sunshine Mall and The Moghuls.
Prof Gopal's Stand Up Comedy Show runs from July 7 to 10 in the
iZulu Theatre at Sibaya Casino. Booking is through Computicket.
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