(Aaron McIlroy)
Pietermaritzburg audiences should stand by for a fresh new
laugh-a-line theatre experience from Aaron McIlroy, South Africa’s ‘Master of
Mirth! Following a highly successful premiere run at UKZN’s Elizabeth Sneddon
Theatre in Durban earlier this year, and triumphing on the 2016 National Arts
Festival Fringe, Comedy Masterclass
is the set to take the Hexagon Theatre by storm!
Catch this critically acclaimed latest offering from the
artist who presented Abbamaniacs, The Loser, and most recently The
Ranga from August 12 to 13.
Join McIlroy as he delves into the science that underpins
the world’s oldest coping mechanism, a Sense of Humour. Co-written by McIlroy
and Patrick Kenny, and directed by Kenny, Comedy Masterclass is a surreal,
comedic roller-coaster ride into the world of laughter, where the rules are
subjective and what one person finds funny another may cringe at!
Why do we find things funny? McIlroy attempts to answer the
question: "Something is funny because it captures a moment, it contains an
element of truth as seen from a new angle, it is something that we have always
known and yet are hearing it out loud for the first time. I think that our need
to feel intelligent comes into play a lot in finding things funny...”
“Maybe humour is actually the overwhelming joy at feeling
intelligent" quips McIlroy. "Say somebody tries to put on their shoes
standing up and falls over. They look like a complete idiot, we feel
intelligent because we are not the one falling over.. So, we laugh - maybe out
of relief that it's not us - this time! Another person makes a clever comment
and only a few people get it. If we get the joke we recognise the person as
being clever and feel clever ourselves because we understood the concept so, we
laugh, again".
So is humour partly to do with self-congratulation at being
intelligent? “Probably a huge part of it! In any event, as ‘Laughter is
the best medicine’, come and enjoy your dose. Because, let's face it, there has
never been a time when we needed it more.”
Aaron McIlroy’s Comedy
Masterclass has three performances at the Hexagon Theatre on August 12 at
19h30 and August 13 at 14h30 and 19h30. Tickets R130 (R100 pensioners, students
and scholars) at Webtickets: https://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=1464273716
For more information contact 033 260 5537.
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