What is iPhara? And why are South Africans so Pharanoid? Cape Town comedian, Ntobeko Ximba answers these questions in his debut one man show, aptly named Pharanoid.
Ntobeko won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival 2024, as part of the creative team behind 32 Lavender Close. In 2023 and 2024, he also performed as part of the trio stand up show Proudly Problematic. He has performed at the Cape Town Comedy Club (RIP), Cape Town Funny Festival, and as far afield as the famous Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, California.
Directed by the visionary theatre-maker Andi Colombo, Pharanoid is a culmination of Ntobeko’s six years of stand-up comedy, and a hilarious and tightly-orchestrated reflection on being South African, from a silly yet thoughtful comedian. Frankly, his work, as Cue Online put it, is “sure to make you fall in love with dark humour”.
Production Credits
Written & performed by: Ntobeko Ximba
Directed by: Andi Colombo
About the Artists
Ntobeko Ximba finds it thrilling to write about himself in the third person. Within 6 months of starting stand-up at the iconic Armchair Theatre in 2018, Ntobeko was performing at the Cape Town Comedy Club (RIP) and the Jive Cape Town Funny festival. He even graced the famous Los Angeles Laugh Factory stage that same year. Since then he has starred in the Savanna Newcomers showcase on DSTV and toured SA with The Proudly Problematic Tour including National Arts Festival for the past two years. He’s been called “such a funny dude” by close friends.
Publicity Info
- Venue: Graham Hotel
- Location: Graham Hotel
- Ticket price: ZAR 100.00
- Programme type: The Fringe
- Genre: Stand Up Comedy
- Duration: 55 minutes
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Ages:
14+
- Adult Themes
