(Riaad
Moosa)
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 four kids, husband,
comedian, actor and with all the current cultural and political issues thrown
in.
Following successful sold-out shows in
2017, Riaad Moosa returns to the stage for the final leg of the Life Begins tour at the Golden Horse
Casino in Pietermaritzburg on 14 April 2018.
“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’’. 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.
The original performance on April 14, 2018,
has been sold out and an extra one has been put in at 17h00. The show is rated
PG for language. Tickets R150 available through Computicket online
https://online.computicket.com/web/event/riaad_moosa_life_begins/1203517409/0/84373745
and retail outlets.
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