Most people are embarrassed to cry in public, but you’re signing up for tears of laughter if you go to born-and-bred Grahamstonian Langa ‘Illy’ Kulati’s comedy show.
Most people are embarrassed to cry in public, but you’re signing up for tears of laughter if you go to born-and-bred Grahamstonian Langa ‘Illy’ Kulati’s comedy show.
Laughter lovers can go to Olde 65 on New Street for his comedy evening on Monday 1 July, starting at 8pm.
“If people enjoy laughing they will enjoy the show!” Kulati said.
He will host a number of local stand-up acts including Virgil Prins and Comic Choice Award Nominee Tsepiso Nzayo.
Kulati’s passion for comedy ultimately came from watching the seven-o’clock sitcoms on SABC, he said. “I was such a TV fanatic growing up."
I didn’t really think about comedy in this sense until I saw a show called Pure Monate,” he said.
This show spurred Kulati on to write a comedy sketch that turned into an award-winning play at the Makana Junior Drama Development Festival.
Kulati matriculated from Mary Waters High School, and his school experiences form a big part of his stand-up content, he said.
Kulati says he’d like to write screenplays in the near future.
