To participate:
* 1. Video record yourself and/or your friends or strangers laughing -- any kind of laugh -- it doesn’t matter
* 2. Go to www.facebook.com/sa.comics.choice.awards and post your laughter;
* 3. The Savanna First Laughter Bankers will add your laughter to the bank, along with all the other laughter deposits;
* 4. You can come back anytime you like to listen to as much laughter as you like. Better still, put it on speaker and listen in with all your friends; see if any of you can withstand the power of sheer happiness without feeling some yourself;
* 5. As more people bank laughter, more is available;
* 6. A happiness chain reaction is triggered and we change the world.
The awards kick off on Wednesday, 9 May when voting opens. On 6 July the nominees will be announced. The awards show will be held at the Teatro at Montecasino on Saturday, 3 September.
This year, top comedian and TV director Rob van Vuuren takes the helm to direct what will no doubt be another hilarious variety show made up of sketches, stand up, impressionists, celebrity performances, choreography and witty one-liners delivered by SA’s top comedians.
Last year, two new award categories were introduced and new for 2016 is The Breakthrough Award – awarded to any act in any category that has made a breakthrough during the course of the last 12 months.
• The Savanna Newcomer Comic;
• The Intermediate Comic;
• The Comics’ Pen Award;
• The Comic Of The Year;
• The Lifetime Achiever Award;
• The Flying Solo Comic Award;
• The Non-English Comic Award (introduced in 2015);
• Best Friend of Comedy (introduced in 2015); and
• The Savanna Audience Choice Comic (the only category in which the public is able to vote).
For information on the event to be held on 3 September at the Teatro at Montecasino, go to comicschoice.com
