Stand-up comedy in South Africa - Revision history

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It's a Funny Country

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Stand-up comedy as theatre

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Stand-up comedy as theatre

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[[Stand-up comedy in South Africa]]

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* '''Stand-up comedy'''

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 =''[[It's a Funny Country]]''=
-''[[It's a Funny Country]]'' was launched by the subscription television network [[M-Net]] in the mid-1990s. As part of a strategy to develop locally produced comedy series for broadcast on the M- Net channel, particularly to be scheduled in its “Open Time” window, the broadcaster staged a series of country-wide stand-up comedy competitions at a time when very few stand-up comics could make a living out of the art form. M-Net sponsored the establishment of intimate comedy venues around the country and provided wide publicity for emerging stand-up comedians in the popular television programmes they compiled, marketed and broadcast. They also sponsored the most promising new comedians to appear at the world-renowned annual ''Just For Laughs'' comedy festival in Montreal, Canada. The ''[[It's a Funny Country]]'' project resulted in a number of specialist comedians being established as working professionals and the arts festivals provided an ideal opportunity for these performers to stage their acts in a most receptive environment.
+''[[It's a Funny Country]]'' was launched by the subscription television network [[M-Net]] in the mid-1990s. As part of a strategy to develop locally produced comedy series for broadcast on the M-Net channel, particularly to be scheduled in its “Open Time” window, the broadcaster staged a series of country-wide stand-up comedy competitions at a time when very few stand-up comics could make a living out of the art form. M-Net sponsored the establishment of intimate comedy venues around the country and provided wide publicity for emerging stand-up comedians in the popular television programmes they compiled, marketed and broadcast. They also sponsored the most promising new comedians to appear at the world-renowned annual ''Just For Laughs'' comedy festival in Montreal, Canada. The ''[[It's a Funny Country]]'' project resulted in a number of specialist comedians being established as working professionals and the arts festivals provided an ideal opportunity for these performers to stage their acts in a most receptive environment.
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 * ''[[Pay Back the Curry]]'' ([[Mike van Graan]], 2016)
 * ''[[Land Acts]]'' ([[Mike van Graan]], 2018)
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 https://www.britannica.com/art/stand-up-comedy
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 Several plays have been written in the format of stand-up comedy. Some of these include:
-* ''[[Born Free]]''
+* ''[[I Dance Alone]]'' ([[Mark Hoeben]], 1994)
-* ''[[I Dance Alone]]''
+* ''[[Not Exactly PC!]]'' ([[Mike van Graan]], 1996)
-* ''[[Not Exactly PC!]]''
+* ''[[Born Free]]'' ([[Mike van Graan]], 2014)
-* ''[[Land Acts]]''
+* ''[[Pay Back the Curry]]'' ([[Mike van Graan]], 2016)
-* ''[[Pay Back the Curry]]''
+* ''[[Land Acts]]'' ([[Mike van Graan]], 2018)
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 Several plays have been written in the format of stand-up comedy. Some of these include:
-''[[Born Free]]''
+* ''[[Born Free]]''
-''[[I Dance Alone]]''
+* ''[[I Dance Alone]]''
-''[[Not Exactly PC!]]''
+* ''[[Not Exactly PC!]]''
-''[[Land Acts]]''
+* ''[[Land Acts]]''
-''[[Pay Back the Curry]]''
+* ''[[Pay Back the Curry]]''
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		+	Stand-up comedy (also called "stand-up") is comedy that generally is delivered by a solo performer speaking directly to the audience in some semblance of a spontaneous manner. It had its origins in the comic lecturers, such as Mark Twain, who toured the USA in the 19th century. It began to emerge as populist entertainment in [[vaudeville]] in the early decades of the 20th century.

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 * '''Stand-up comedy'''
 =Introduction=
 =Stand-up comedians=
 =Stand-up comedy as theatre=
-Stand-up comedy (also called "stand-up") is comedy that generally is delivered by a solo performer speaking directly to the audience in some semblance of a spontaneous manner. It had its origins in the comic lecturers, such as Mark Twain, who toured the USA in the 19th century. It began to emerge as populist entertainment in [[vaudeville]] in the early decades of the 20th century.
+Several plays have been written in the format of stand-up comedy. Some of these include:
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