A recording studio in Ferndale dedicated its First Thursday Night Comedy of the month to female comedians
A troupe of female comedians charmed the crowd at a Ferndale recording studio in a night of endless laughter.
The cold weather did not stand a chance against a night filled with high spirits, cheerfulness and never-ending amusement.
The Young Rebel Recording Studio, in Ferndale, hosted its annual First Thursday Night Comedy on August 4.
The local recording studio frequently hosts events of this sort on the first Thursday of every month but in honour of Women’s Month, they partnered with three local talented female comedians – Tanya Olckers aka Tamski, Bomi Shinga and 5FM presenter Yanga Mjoli.
The hilarious stand-up comedian Tebogo Ntlhane was the MC of the event. He wasted no time and began making people laugh by sharing his experience back home in Hammanskraal when he dated a white person.
“I dated a white person and I took her home and the whole community was so happy. My problem is that the next morning after I had brought this lady home, people came out with their CVs, applying for jobs.”
The topics from the three comedians ranged from Hollywood waxing and male athletes. Tamski shared her confusion around muscled men at the gym and referred to them as ‘vris’ because that’s what they called them in Afrikaans. “You never figure out how they get these muscles because you never see them workout. All they do is stand in front of the mirror and take a selfie,” joked Tamski.
Shinga humoured the audience with her failed ‘slay queen’ experience as a feminist. She detailed how she tried to get back into the dating game. “This guy came to pick me up and you’ll never believe what he did? Even today I think about his audacity.
“He came there and he opened the door for me. So this guy looked at me and assumed that I cannot open my own car door just because I am a woman. I told him, boetie [brother] you are sexist because if I was a man you would never do that.”
Mjoli being the closing act shared her tale as a Xhosa ‘coconut’ who had been lied to by her mother for most of her childhood. She shared that after being asked about her dad by a peer while making father’s day cards, she went home and asked her mom about where her father was. “My mom just looked me in the eye and said ‘oh my baby, your dad was eaten by a shark so let’s just move on.’”
These topics left the audience breathless.
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