{"id":176907,"date":"2018-04-20T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/176907\/afrikaans-comedy-to-get-you-laughing\/"},"modified":"2018-04-20T14:41:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T12:41:21","slug":"afrikaans-comedy-to-get-you-laughing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2018\/04\/20\/afrikaans-comedy-to-get-you-laughing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tickle your funny bone with great comedians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you bored of your husband\u2019s face resembling a goat looking down a steep hill?<\/p>\n<p>Does your wife look more and more like her passport photo every day?<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Then the time is now to buy your tickets to Dowwe Wicus en Dolla van der Merwe, on stage in the Mardi Gras Theatre at Carnival City at 8pm on May 4.<\/p>\n<p>Afrikaans comedy icons, Wicus van der Merwe and Margit Meyer-R\u00f6denbeck, better known as Dowwe Dolla, have joined forces for this hilarious production.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176909\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-176909\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/16GCNENTERTAINMEN_15881-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/16GCNENTERTAINMEN_15881-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/16GCNENTERTAINMEN_15881-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/16GCNENTERTAINMEN_15881-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/04\/16GCNENTERTAINMEN_15881.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wicus van der Merwe will be entertaining the audience at the Mardi Gras Theatre at Carnival City on May 4.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Away with all the bigots, potbelly-bloaters, the moaners and the groaners.<\/p>\n<p>Away with the party poopers and the busybodies, the wet blankets and the worrywarts, the cock-eyed aunties and the sad sacks.<\/p>\n<p>Away with all the over-nuanced, goody two shoes, politically correct holier-than-thou cynics.<\/p>\n<p>It is time to laugh until the tears stream down your cheeks, but be warned that if you don\u2019t cry with laughter, you might get a spray down with Doom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee the lighter side of life in authentic South African style with two of Afrikaans comedy\u2019s greats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor up to the minute laughs to melt the autumn blues, don\u2019t miss this one at the Mardi Gras Theatre,\u201d said Michelle Smith, the marketing manager for Carnival City.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/176572\/whats-on-in-and-around-germiston-68\/\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s on in and around Germiston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/176471\/great-laughs-to-lift-the-mood-at-carnival-city\/\" target=\"_blank\">Great laughs to lift the mood at Carnival City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a 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