In association with The Times, Mzansi Magic and Kaya FM!
Paparazzi and film
crews flooded the yellow carpet at The 3rd Annual Comic’s Choice Awards™ (CCA)
at the Teatro at Montecasino on Saturday 24 August.
As South Africa’s comedy industry
came out to recognise and award some of its own, excitement for the evening’s
gala event was contagious as everyone waited in anticipation to see who’d walk
away with one of the six coveted Waldo’s.
Far from a standard
award ceremony, the variety show kicked off with an eruption of applause as
Parkour free-runners abseiled from the roof to the sound of live gunfire. Audiences were treated to unbelievable
production design and celebrity guest appearances from the likes of Jahmil
Qubeka, Joe Mafela and Anele Ndoda.
Winners performed
seven minutes of stand-up as their “acceptance speech” and their pride (and
tears of joy and laughter) were felt by all those lucky enough to have attended
the comedy industry’s crowning event.
Comedians vote for
their peers to win the Waldo’s, with only one award, the Savanna Audience Choice Award, being open to public vote; and
multi-award winning Sifiso Nene took
home this year’s coveted Waldo for the second year running.
Pioneering comic Kagiso Lediga won the respect of his
peers for his sharp-witted content creation and was awarded The Times Comic’s Pen Award; a
well-deserved accolade for one of SA’s most venerable comedians. Mpho Popps Modikoane’s youthful talent
and charming comedic disposition were recognized by the industry as he was
awarded the BlackBerry Breakthrough Act
Award.
At Soweto’s Savanna Newcomer’s
Showcase in June, crowds gave Schalk
Bezuidenhout a standing ovation, so it was no surprise that this
mustachioed comic with his trademark ironic jersey and ankle-length trousers
would be voted for by industry to win the Waldo in the Savanna Newcomer Award category.
Trevor Noah was awarded The Comic’s Choice
Comic of the Year Award once again but was unable to attend due to health
reasons, while legendary ‘Cousin’ Barry
Hilton was the well-deserving recipient of The Lifetime Achievement Award.
This year’s theme,
“The Art Of Funny” centered on self-expression
and social justice, so whilst audiences laughed at the collaborative
sketches, there was an underlying message of how comedians, much like graffiti
artists and free-runners have the ability to reshape reality, drive a
revolution and change the world. The
opening message of the awards encapsulated that ethos - “A free runner is a
human soul that refuses to see walls. They use barriers created by authorities
as canvases on which to celebrate freedom and rebellion… So do stand-up comics.”
Pulling out all the stops to deliver the
best event yet, the CCA team produced a magnificent show with a seamless
production and deserves to be applauded for their tireless efforts to showcase
and celebrate South Africa’s finest. Of
course all this wouldn’t be possible without the support of the sponsors and
media partners, so hats off to The Times, Savanna, BlackBerry.
Event Information:
Event Info: www.comicschoice.co.za
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sa.comics.choice.awards
Twitter: @ComicsChoice: #CCA2013
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Event Info: www.comicschoice.co.za
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sa.comics.choice.awards
Twitter: @ComicsChoice: #CCA2013
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