Comedians work up Mbale fans
Comedian Bright Onak cracks jokes during a performance at Club El tanjia in Mbale last Thursday. Photo by Denis Mukungu.
Comedy lovers in Mbale thronged Club El tanjia on Idd holiday last Thursday when news circulated that comedians would be performing at the place. By 10.45pm, the place was packed to capacity.
The shows
After a musical performance by Sharon Sento and Byg Ben, the show host, Umar Gocher, ushered in the first act of the night, Bright Onak, whom he introduced as “the guy with a big head”, before the comedian took to the mic. “My dad is a controversial guy, he once warned the whole school when a teacher called me big head and after he had finished warning them, he told me: big head, let us go home,” Onak joked, sending revellers into uncontrollable laughter. “He is a gate crasher, he could be seated somewhere in the audience,” the comedian added.
Emmah Napoleon, the second comedian on stage sent the patrons into a frenzy when he joked about how poverty forced his family to eat in shifts. “I would eat breakfast, my dad would eat lunch and my mother would eat supper and we called it a balanced diet,” he told the already worked up fans. Alex Muhangi’s sex innuendos crowned the evening.
The show came to a close at around 1pm and patrons took to the dance floor, shaking to Déjà Inno’s mixes.
The night’s show was a memorable one as it was the talk of the town the next day.
