GET ready to laugh until it hurts as King Kandoro, the multi-award-winning humourist and mastermind behind the New School Comedy Club, embarks on his highly-anticipated State of the Nation Comedy Tour.
Known for his razor-sharp wit and unapologetic satire, King Kandoro is set to take audiences on a hilarious roller coaster through the highs and lows of 2025, all wrapped up in his unique comedic lens.
Kicking off on December 6 at the Bulawayo Academy of Music, the tour promises to be a game-changer for the comedy scene.
Born Mukudzei Kandoro Majoni and recently earning another name “Mr Sold Out”, he will be supported eight days later on December 14 by his New School Comedy Club alumni and African continental comedy heavyweights Hillary Okello from Uganda and Vafa Naraghi from South Africa at the Victory Theatre in Johannesburg.
They will be at Homecoming Centre in Cape Town on December 15 and the Celebration Centre in Harare on December 20.
Tickets for all these shows are sold at King Kandoro’s website www.kingkandorolive.com.
King Kandoro is quickly becoming a household name, thanks to his unforgettable performances across major festivals and platforms.
At the Nairobi Comedy International Festival, his trademark style of social commentary through humour captivated the audience, blending local issues with global punchlines.
He left the crowd roaring with laughter while encouraging them to think critically about the state of the world today.
At the Shoko Festival in September this year, Kandoro took centre stage with an electrifying performance, reinforcing his title as Africa’s comedic force to reckon with.
Then, in Pagrowth Point, the family game show, Kandoro showcased his versatility, slipping seamlessly between the roles of humourist and host, adding that extra spark to the show with his charismatic wit.
Finally, on the Black and Forth Podcast, Kandoro gave fans an inside look into his life, his career and the comedic process that made him one of the most celebrated artists on the continent.
A post on the Arts, Artists and Artwork collective shared by Reyna Marie Macario, a zoologist, on July 18 goes as follows:
At a medical school, a professor looked at a student and asked, “How many kidneys do we have?”
“Four!” the student answered.
“Four?” the professor replied, sounding proud and ready to embarrass the student.
He was one of those teachers who enjoyed pointing out others’ mistakes.
Turning to his assistant, the professor said: “Bring some grass, because there’s a donkey in the room.”
“And a coffee for me!” the student quickly added, speaking to the assistant.
The professor got very angry and threw the student out of the classroom.
But that student was actually the well-known humourist Aparicio Torelly Aporelly (1895–1971), also called the "Baron of Itararé".
As he left the room, the student boldly corrected the angry professor: “You asked me how many kidneys we have. We have four kidneys — two are mine and two are yours. The word ‘we’ means more than one person. Enjoy your coffee… and the grass is for you.”
As people often get emotional tantrums through the naturally birthed comedy, let all the joys and sorrows of year 25 be sentimentalised into hopefulness through watching King Kandoro’s State of the Nation Comedy Tour.
