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Mark Banks goes for broke
My first ever comedy performance was a one-man show I did in 1985 at the Grahamstown Festival called Stars of South Africa. It was awful!
If I wasn't a comedian, I would probably run a car repair shop on an island that has no cars, so I would be able to have a side line.
No! I only ever wanted to stand alone and try and be funny. Since early childhood. It's all I do for a living so I have to be quite good.
Cape Town has always been my first and favourite port of call. I have spent most of my life here. I think I know not only what time the trains run, but also the conductor!
My latest show is a startling pressure cooker of all the latest people, events, news, fears, current affairs and crooks we have telling us what we should be doing. There might be singing in the show, but no animals are hurt in any way!
Banksrupt (PG-13) is at Cape Town's Baxter Theatre from 31 July to 10 August at Durban's Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from 6 November to 24 November. Tickets are available from Computicket.