Jimmy Carr is to be the official Roastmaster for “The Comedy Central Roast of Kenny Kunene”. The innovative live comedy event and TV show created by Comedy Central Africa, takes place at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg, on 3 April 2014. The show, in which Carr and a panel of Roastees will toast “Sushi King” Kenny Kunene, premieres on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) across sub-Saharan Africa on Monday 28 April at 21:00 CAT.
Hilarious comic genius Carr follows in the footsteps of last year’s “Roastmaster” Trevor Noah, who famously presided over the inaugural African Roast, “The Comedy Central Roast of Steve Hofmeyr”, in 2012.
British funnyman Carr is hugely popular in South Africa, having toured the country regularly since 2011, Jimmy’s role as Roastmaster will be to introduce the Roastee and Roasters and to keep the comic mayhem in check throughout the Roast event as Kunene is hauled over the coals by a panel of peers, friends, enemies, critics, comics and entertainment personalities, using a humorous barrage of praise, criticism, abuse, jokes and downright lies. Commented Roastee Kenny Kunene, “Hats off to Comedy Central for making this an event with international appeal…because I’m in it! Who’s this Jimmy Carr guy, anyway?”
A limited number of tickets for “The Comedy Central Roast of Kenny Kunene Fired up by Nando’s” go on sale at Computicket and the Lyric Theatre Box Office from 21 February priced R 700.
