South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is a Token African.
She’s also a multi award-winning comedian, the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s highest ticket-seller, and a household name across two continents. And she’s not finished yet.
Carlson is hitting the road again in 2020 with her brand new stand up show, Token African.
Heading to 11 cities and regional centres around the country from March to June next year, Urzila will open the tour at the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival on March 26, before heading to Perth, Sydney, Newcastle, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Canberra, Alice Springs, Darwin, Toowoomba and Brisbane. Tickets for all shows go on sale at 10am on Monday, November 18.
In her new show Carlson explores what it means to be African. Is it enough that you’re born there? Do you need to be able to dance? Why does being South African not register as African in most places?
Carlson says Africa changes people. People who visit to game reserves wear ranger outfits… why is that? We don’t wear scrubs when going to the doctor… Africa puts things in perspective, this show will help you find that focus, delivered to you by a Token African.
Carlson is a much-loved series regular on Network Ten’s smash-hit panel show, Have You Been Paying Attention?! in Australia, as well as NZ’s new edition of the show. She was previously seen on NZ’s hit comedy panel TV show, 7 Days, and was a key cast member on fellow comedian Nazeem Hussain’s flagship show, Orange Is The New Brown in Australia in late 2018.
Urzila continues to sell out her seasons in Australia and NZ, and the awards stack up year after year. Most recently she was awarded the 2019 Rielly Comedy Award by the Variety Artists Club of NZ. In 2018 she was a nominee for Australia’s Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer, and she took out the 2017 Sydney Comedy Festival’s Director’s Choice Award.
TOKEN AFRICA TOUR DATES
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MELB TOWN HALL, MAIN TOWN HALL, MICF
THU MAR 26 – SUN MAR 29
WED APR 1 – SUN APR 5
WED APR 8 – SUN APR 12
TUE APR 14 – THU APR 16
PALAIS THEATRE, MELBOURNE
FRI APR 17
CROWN THEATRE, PERTH
SAT MAY 9
SYDNEY COLISEUM THEATRE, SYDNEY
THU MAY 14
BUNJIL PLACE, NARRE WARREN
SAT MAY 16
CIVIC THEATRE, NEWCASTLE
FRI MAY 22
HOTA – HOME OF THE ARTS, GOLD COAST
WED MAY 27
STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY
FRI MAY 29
THEBARTON THEATRE, ADELAIDE
FRI JUN 5
CANBERRA THEATRE, CANBERRA
FRI JUN 12
ARALUEN THEATRE, ALICE SPRINGS
FRI JUN 19
ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE (THE PLAYHOUSE), DARWIN
SAT JUN 20
EMPIRE THEATRE, TOOWOOMBA
WED JUN 24
QPAC, BRISBANE
FRI JUN 26
Source: Media Release
