Top South African Stand-up Comic to Play Leicester Square Theatre in NIK RABINOWITZ LIVE

Top South African stand-up comedian Nik Rabinowitz is heading to the United Kingdom! And if you don't know who he is - well, then that is just really, really... reasonable actually.

Rabinowitz is a household name on the South African comedy scene. He's known for his multilingualism, at one time being hailed as the foremost Xhosa-speaking Jewish comedian in the country, as well as for his political commentary and his wiry frame. (OK - the last one isn't true but in comedy, there's a rule of threes.)

What keeps him grounded is that even though he has produced fifteen successful solo shows, is on local television in South Africa, has appeared on the UK's MOCK OF THE WEEK and has performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London amongst many other achievements in his fifteen-year career, his mother still finds him disappointing.

After the successful recent run of his solo show in Cape Town, and turning forty, Rabinowitz decided that the best location for his midlife crisis would be London. Please don't tell him that forty is the new thirty - it will only confuse him further.

Are you a South African missing home? Of course not, because you made the right choice! You definitely, definitely made the right choice! Definitely. For sure. Rabinowitz's show will make you feel like you never left - but safer.

Are you a Londoner wondering how to cope with the passive-aggressive nature of your South African colleagues? Rabinowitz's show promises to give you all (none) of the tools to help you deal with this situation.

In this show, Rabinowitz explores a variety of subjects, some related to his bout with middle age, some not. Some related to his three children, some not. Either way, he's not going to commit to anything specific now because then you'll come with very specific expectations of the show, leaving him no room to change his mind at the last minute, which he is wont to do.

Honestly, though, does it really matter what it's about? It's a comedy show. There will be stories, there will be awkwardness, there will be accents. And it will all be funny. which is all you really have to know.

Please remember that the ZA Rand is now at 16 to the UK Pound so if you see Nik after the show, buy him a beer would you?

Nik Rabinowitz LIVE is on for three shows only at the Leicester Square Theatre at 6 Leicester Place, London, on 30 November at 21:30, 3 December at 19:00 and 5 December at 21:30. Tickets cost £25 per person and can be booked online via the Leicester Square Theatre website.

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