(Riaad
Moosa)
They say life begins at 40…
Does life really begin at 40? Riaad Moosa tries to figure this out with his
hilarious one-man show, Life Begins -
a snapshot into his life as a 40-year-old, a father of three kids, husband,
comedian, actor and with all the current cultural and political issues thrown
in.
Following sold-out shows from Johannesburg
to Cape Town and in between, Riaad Moosa invites the audience along to the next
leg of his Life Begins tour which
reaches Newcastle, Durban and Empangeni.
“Even though I am now 40, in many ways, I
feel like I’m still crawling and I’m looking back at my journey from being an
aspirational doctor, coming from a relatively conservative Muslim background,
where both my parents were doctors, and how I actually journeyed to becoming a
stand-up comedian,” says Riaad.
As an award-winning comedian, actor, writer
and presenter, Riaad Moosa is one of South Africa’s most popular and acclaimed
funny men and he happens to be a qualified medical doctor, too. Known as the
“Comedy Doctor”, he certainly seems to have the remedy for the nation’s ills –
a healthy dose of laughter, straight up – and hold the aspirin!
“The show is very philosophical and
existential. It involves the normal issues of getting older while at the same
time experiencing, at a maturity where I’m supposed to be wise, a world that is
completely turned on its head – with Trump, with Brexit; In South Africa, the
‘State Capture’, ‘Fees Must Fall’, ‘DOOM’. And it’s about how I negotiate all
these things happening around me while trying to maintain a positive attitude. Through
my comedic lens, I hope to put a different spin on that and hopefully my next
40 years will be lived with renewed vigour and excitement,” Moosa adds.
Get your prescription of laughter with
Riaad Moosa’s side-splittingly funny one-man show, Life Begins, at the following venues and dates
November 4 at 20h00: Blackrock Casino,
Newcastle
November 10, 11, 12 at 20h00: The Playhouse Theatre, Durban
November 18 at 20h00: Umfolozi Hotel Casino
& Convention Resort, Empangeni
Presented by Blu Blood, the show is rated
PG for language. Tickets from R150 booked through Computicket online and
various outlet stores.
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