MARIST OLD BOYS' COMEDY EVENING (GOLIATH AND GOLIATH)
Tue Jul 19, 18:30 - Tue Jul 19, 22:00
Goliath Comedy Club
ABOUT
Chairman Willy Castle and the Marist Old Boys’ Committee invite you to the annual Old Boys’ comedy evening to be held at The Goliath Comedy Club at Melrose Arch on Tuesday 19th July 2016.The evening will feature 5 comedy acts including Jason, Donovan & Nicholas Goliath.
An auction will be held during the evening as well as a raffle for the always-favourite ‘wheelbarrow filled with beverages’.
BIOGRAPHIES
Nicholas Goliath
Nicholas Goliath is a loving father and husband – and this straight-forward life informs his comedy - based on true stories and strange yet funny observations from his daily life.
This comic is already taking the world by storm and is the youngest member of the Goliath team. Like the other members of the Goliath team, Nicholas is also a multi-talented individual, he is also an amazing sales-person, MC, announcer and entertainer. Nicholas has performed at Parkers Comedy, The State Theatre Johannesburg, The Market Theatre, Carnival City, Emperors Palace Captains Comedy and various club shows.
Nicholas is a qualified MC and has hosted many sales conferences for Vodacom and FNB. He has also done work for Standard Bank and Nissan.
This comic is already taking the world by storm and is the youngest member of the Goliath team. Like the other members of the Goliath team, Nicholas is also a multi-talented individual, he is also an amazing sales-person, MC, announcer and entertainer. Nicholas has performed at Parkers Comedy, The State Theatre Johannesburg, The Market Theatre, Carnival City, Emperors Palace Captains Comedy and various club shows.
Nicholas is a qualified MC and has hosted many sales conferences for Vodacom and FNB. He has also done work for Standard Bank and Nissan.
Donovan David Goliath
Founder of GOLIATH AND GOLIATH and The Box at PopArt Theatre.
When his parents named him, Donovan David Goliath, they must have known that with such a loaded name, their son would have a few internal conflicts. It is this essential inner struggle at his core that eventually led him to choose a full time career in comedy over a lucrative job in advertising. What may have seemed like a risky move to everyone around him has turned out to be a goliathan gain for comedy audiences.
Donovan David Goliath’s bedtime stories about growing up in the Transkei as a coloured boy who looks white but speaks fluent Xhosa are more funny than scary. In fact, it’s this life experience that launched him into comedy in the first place.
He began performing in 2010 where he did his first ever set at Cool Runnings, Melville(The Underground). Most of his work is about growing up in Mthatha as a young coloured boy who looks white but speaks fluent Xhosa. His act is rooted in insightful storytelling and simple truths using various characters and impersonations.
Donovan has played to some of the biggest comedy audiences in South Africa with appearances at Soweto Comedy Festival, Blacks Only, 99% Xhosa, 99% Zulu, African Kings of Comedy, Aweh Mzansi and completed a 3 month run at a comedy variety show called LOL at Gold Reef City. He was nominated in the ‘Newcomer Of The Year Category’ in 2012 at the Comics Choice Awards and in 2013 and 2014 in the ‘Breakthrough Act Of The Year’ category as well. Donovan was also a contestant on the widely popular show Strictly Come Dancing.
His ability to connect with so many different audiences has made him a firm favorite amongst corporate clients such as Vodacom, FNB, SAB, Old Mutual, ABI and Multichoice to name a few.
When his parents named him, Donovan David Goliath, they must have known that with such a loaded name, their son would have a few internal conflicts. It is this essential inner struggle at his core that eventually led him to choose a full time career in comedy over a lucrative job in advertising. What may have seemed like a risky move to everyone around him has turned out to be a goliathan gain for comedy audiences.
Donovan David Goliath’s bedtime stories about growing up in the Transkei as a coloured boy who looks white but speaks fluent Xhosa are more funny than scary. In fact, it’s this life experience that launched him into comedy in the first place.
He began performing in 2010 where he did his first ever set at Cool Runnings, Melville(The Underground). Most of his work is about growing up in Mthatha as a young coloured boy who looks white but speaks fluent Xhosa. His act is rooted in insightful storytelling and simple truths using various characters and impersonations.
Donovan has played to some of the biggest comedy audiences in South Africa with appearances at Soweto Comedy Festival, Blacks Only, 99% Xhosa, 99% Zulu, African Kings of Comedy, Aweh Mzansi and completed a 3 month run at a comedy variety show called LOL at Gold Reef City. He was nominated in the ‘Newcomer Of The Year Category’ in 2012 at the Comics Choice Awards and in 2013 and 2014 in the ‘Breakthrough Act Of The Year’ category as well. Donovan was also a contestant on the widely popular show Strictly Come Dancing.
His ability to connect with so many different audiences has made him a firm favorite amongst corporate clients such as Vodacom, FNB, SAB, Old Mutual, ABI and Multichoice to name a few.
Jason Goliath
Jason Goliath is a larger than life comedian who literally is larger than life (it’s because all this personality won’t fit into a smaller body ok!) With a commanding stage presence, ridiculous amounts of energy and a character based set focused on making audiences laugh at life’s uncomfortable truths, he has performed successfully at numerous corporate events and leading comedy rooms/events: Blacks Only, Proudly Coloured Comedy Festival, Parkers, Melville Underground, Kings and Queens of Comedy , Captains Comedy Festival, AWEdnesday Comedy Jam, LOL at Gold Reef City, Comics Choice Awards Winners Lap, The Box and many more.
Nominated as Best Newcomer in the 2012 and Breakthrough Act in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for the Comics Choice Awards this comedian, MC, actor and facilitator is known as the STRANGELY SEXY FAT GUY! Jason has also featured as the lead in a number of TV ads including Castle Lager, First For Women, Tiger Wheel and Tyre, CTM, Mobicell, Sasol, Bar One and Wimpy to name a few. Jason also starred as Gatiep in the SABC 1 Sitcom Ses’ Top La season 1 and 2 which screened on SABC 1.
Jason performed to full house audiences at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland in December 2014.
With more than 10 years professional MC experience Jason also takes on facilitation roles and has done so for Standard Bank, FNB, Bidvest, Stanlib, Deloitte, Vodacom, DSTV / Multichoice and SAA to mention a few with his latest attribute of SABC 3’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Jason was recognized as Africa’s best comedian and was invited to represent Africa in Montreal at the Just for Laughs festival in July 2015.
Nominated as Best Newcomer in the 2012 and Breakthrough Act in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for the Comics Choice Awards this comedian, MC, actor and facilitator is known as the STRANGELY SEXY FAT GUY! Jason has also featured as the lead in a number of TV ads including Castle Lager, First For Women, Tiger Wheel and Tyre, CTM, Mobicell, Sasol, Bar One and Wimpy to name a few. Jason also starred as Gatiep in the SABC 1 Sitcom Ses’ Top La season 1 and 2 which screened on SABC 1.
Jason performed to full house audiences at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland in December 2014.
With more than 10 years professional MC experience Jason also takes on facilitation roles and has done so for Standard Bank, FNB, Bidvest, Stanlib, Deloitte, Vodacom, DSTV / Multichoice and SAA to mention a few with his latest attribute of SABC 3’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Jason was recognized as Africa’s best comedian and was invited to represent Africa in Montreal at the Just for Laughs festival in July 2015.
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MARIST OLD BOYS' COMEDY EVENING (GOLIATH AND GOLIATH)
Goliath Comedy Club
Birnam, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa
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