LOL with Mark Banks Comic Mark Banks is back with a bang Stand-up Comedian Mark Banks will be tear up everyone and everything in his hilarious show “Banksrupt!” on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 September, with Namibian comedienne Weezil as opening act.
Bank’s distinctive eye on all that is happening in Southern Africa and his travels around the world, has made him a firm favourite on the comedy circuits, which rewarded him the Comics Choice Lifetime Award. Mark is acknowledged for his satirical fun-poking at the expense of the rich and famous. In 2010 Mark was one of the cast members of Bafunny Bafunny, who performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London and then sold over 60 000 tickets in SA for the show. In “Banksrupt!” we meet characters and situations from everyday life – from classically trained car guards to a beginner’s guide to protesting performed by the Jewish Women’s Guild of Yemen, the world’s first news reader mugging and how to raise and train your very own member of parliament.
Mark Banks remembers his last visit to Namibia only too well. “It was the day Lady Di died! I was on stage as MC doing the Gecko Awards 1997 in Windhoek and I was the last person on earth to find out that she’d died! How terrible! There we were, having an absolute ball with balloons popping all over the theatre and [we had] no idea that history had just been made,” he said. Mark’s last stand-up comedy show at the Warehouse Theatre was fully sold out for all 4 nights, so make sure you get your tickets early! Namibia’s FreeYourMind’s Weezil (a.k.a. Heluise) will be in charge of the Opening Act. An old hand at being on stage, she boasts over 45 commercial, corporate and private shows. Her style is satire, sketch and very character driven.
Get your tickets for this double-whammy at either the Warehouse Theatre, Biltong Shop (Maerua Mall) or online at www.eventstoday.com.na for N$200, or you can help line Mark’s pockets by paying N$250 at the door.
June Shimuoshili