Comedy is back on at the Baxter Theatre

Comedy is back on at the Baxter Theatre in Rondebosch. Make sure you book your seat for this all-female pro­duc­tion which will be tak­ing place every month for a year and the first show opens on Friday 28 January 2011. Cracks Only will be a reg­u­lar end-of month gig at the Baxter’s Flipside Venue.

The first per­form­ance in January brings South Africa’s most fam­ous white woman, Evita Bezuidenhout, onto the stage — this is a guar­an­tee that you’ll be laugh­ing a side split­ting laugh that will leave you feel­ing rejuvenated ...

The Cracks Only quar­tet is made up of Anthea Thompson who is an award win­ning act­ress, Shimmy Isaacs and Anne Hirsch who are both com­edy stars and final­ising the quar­tet is Marianne Thamm a vet­eran colum­nist. These for­mid­able tal­ents first joined forces in Cracks and the City in July 2010 which was dir­ec­ted by fel­low comedian and South African tal­ent, Alan Committie.

You may remem­ber Anthea Thompson from her tele­vi­sion per­form­ances for SABC which include Madam and Eve, Out on a Limb and M-Net’s Laugh out Loud. Shimmy Isaac’s grasped a comedic fol­low­ing when one of her works was voted Best of the Ikhwesi Festival. Born in Bloemfontein, Anne Hirsch moved to Cape Town for her stud­ies and is also the only white woman to have per­formed as part of David Kau’s Blacks Only tour­ing com­edy which per­formed to sold out audi­ences. Marianne Thamm is well known as an award win­ning colum­nist for Fairlady and in 2007 she won a South African Comedy Award for the Best Humorous Columnist.

What is great about this pro­duc­tion is that you can be assured you’ll have a dif­fer­ent set every month, so you can plan your year well in advance. Each show will offer you a new set of laughs includ­ing stand-up com­edy, filmed sketches and music. Not only will you be treated to celebrit­ies such as Evita some of the other guests include Karen Zoid and Margie Orford. More guests will be announced closer to the shows.

When & How much?
Cracks Only will be on the Baxter Flipside stage on the last Friday of every month in 2011 and starts at 21h30. The show will last for approx­im­ately 70 minutes and is sure to bring you a lot of laughs to ease your­self into the week­end. Tickets cost R100 per per­son and are avail­able from Computicket or you can tele­phone +27 (0)83 915‑8000.

Crack up to this hil­ari­ous com­edy show from the all female cast of Cracks Only.

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