{"id":137953,"date":"2016-11-11T09:29:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T07:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=137953"},"modified":"2016-11-11T09:29:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T07:29:37","slug":"heavyweights-international-comedy-hits-the-big-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/11\/11\/heavyweights-international-comedy-hits-the-big-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavyweights International Comedy hits the Big Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African, Nigerian and American comedians unite for a once-off, not-to-be-missed, outrageously funny comedy showcase, Heavyweights International Comedy, at Carnival City\u2019s Big Top on December 11.<\/p>\n<p>The diverse ensemble of local and international headliners includes AY (Nigeria), Gina Yashere (USA), Thenjiwe (SA) and Trevor Gumbi (SA).<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>They will be supported by Tumi Stopnonsons (SA) and Nina Hastie (SA).<\/p>\n<p>All established comedians in their own right, each brings their own unique brand of comedy to the event, with the promise of huge laughs for all.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>In the driver\u2019s seat as host for the evening is none other than the charming and equally hilarious Toll Ass Mo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are top comedians who came through the ranks over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpect a side-splitting, laugh-a-minute showcase of Africa and America\u2019s quirky humour,\u201d said Matthew Cook, events and entertainment manager at Carnival City.<\/p>\n<p>Brought to you by Thikho Events and Site ET Sons Media Productions, the event starts at 3pm, with doors opening at 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/137827\/queen-of-gospel-to-tell-her-life-story-through-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queen of Gospel to tell her life story through music<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/137587\/host-of-top-artists-to-take-to-the-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Host of top artists to take to the stage<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e24842c03e01aa3db6e30faa35e27c76'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great fun will be had at this show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":137954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[509,5,3686],"tags":[12885,1023,981,972,1013,969,2734],"class_list":["post-137953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-note","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-big-top-area","tag-carnival-city","tag-comedy","tag-entertainment-2","tag-fun","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["big top area","Carnival City","comedy","entertainment","fun","germiston city news","melissa hart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}