Today, one of the biggest-selling global comedians, Jimmy Carr, announced two South Africa dates have been added to his Terribly Funny stand-up comedy tour.
The 2024 shows, which are powered by 947 and KFM 94.5, kicks off on Saturday 2 March in Pretoria at the SunBet Arena, Time Square, and wraps up on Sunday 3 March 2024 in Cape Town at the Grand Arena, GrandWest.
The Discovery Bank pre-sale begins at 09h00 on Wednesday, 29 November 2023 from ticketmaster.co.za and will run until 08h59 on Friday, 1 December 2023.
Tickets go on sale to the general public at 09h00 on Friday, 1 December 2023 exclusively from ticketmaster.co.za.Â
At the latest count he has toured to over forty different countries. His last tour, Best Of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits, sold over 480,000 tickets globally with current show, Terribly Funny, exceeding that figure by the end of 2022. The tour continues into 2023 and 2024 with shows in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA and now South Africa.
About Jimmy Carr
Jimmy is a household name in UK television, well known for hosting Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Big Fat Quiz Of The Year in addition to presenting Comedy Central’s Roast Battle UK and Your Face Or Mine. He is a regular on all the top panel shows, including QI and A League Of Their Own, has performed as part of The Royal Variety Performance three times, is a judge on hit BBC1 entertainment series I Can See Your Voice and the host of brand-new Channel 4 gameshow I Literally Just Told You.
Jimmy is also a high-profile name in North America. He was the first UK comedian to sign a stand-up deal with streaming behemoth Netflix in 2015, releasing three specials on the platform, Funny Business (2016) and Best Of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits (2017) and His Dark Material (2021) which was Netflix’s most watched stand-up comedy special in the UK that year. He also presented and exec-produced an original panel show format for Netflix, The Fix, and has been a guest multiple times on US staples such The Tonight Show, The Late, Late Show and Late Night With Conan O’Brien. He has performed at the Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival since 2003 with more appearances than any other UK act in that time.
Before making the move to streaming, Jimmy was one of the bestselling acts in the comedy DVD market, his eight titles (Live, Stand-Up, Comedian, In Concert, Telling Jokes, Making People Laugh, Being Funny and Laughing & Joking) selling over 1.2 million copies between them. These shows are now all available on Jimmy’s YouTube channel, where he has accrued over 758,000 subscribers and 210 million views since launching in 2018.
Jimmy is also a published author. He co-wrote The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes in 2007 and his highly anticipated memoir Before & Laughter was released in September 2021, making The Sunday Times Bestsellers list.
For complete tour and ticket information visit www.bigconcerts.co.za.
Date: Sunday 3 March 2024 – 18:00
Venue: Grand Arena, GrandWest, Cape Town
Tickets: R800 – R2845 available from ticketmaster.co.za
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