COMEDIAN and musician Freddy “Kapfupi” Manjalima and his sidekick Charkes “Marabha” Merisi are expected to leave the country today for the United Kingdom for a comedy performance in London on Saturday.
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The two are set to perform at a charity dinner for Stephanie Chiyangwa’s book launch at The Grange Tower Bridge.
Stephanie, a daughter to business giant Phillip Chiyangwa, is expected to launch her book titled Situation is Never Destiny.
This would be Kapfupi’s maiden overseas tour and a local event to celebrate his achievement has been set for City Sports Bar tonight.
Although Kapfupi would not be part of the event if he leaves today, his fellow musicians would dedicate their acts to him.
Kapfupi was initially set to be part of tonight’s celebrations but travel arrangements were rescheduled.
Musicians set to sing praises to Kapfupi tonight are Jah Prayzah, Sulumani Chimbetu and Peter Moyo.
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Speaking to our sister paper NewsDay yesterday, Kapfupi said he was glad fellow artistes would celebrate his achievement and promised to ensure the maiden overseas tour would open floodgates for international performances.
“I am geared up for the London show,” Kapfupi declared.
“This is not just another show because it would be our first time to perform overseas.
“It is an opportunity that came knocking at our door and we want to embrace it in a way that would open more chances for performances abroad.
“It is every artist’s wish to grace international events and we are very happy to be considered for the show.
“We are going there as comedians and not musicians. We might mix our comic performances with some songs, but we are going there with a mandate to make people laugh.
“Indeed, they will laugh their lungs out because we will do what we have never done before.”
Kapfupi said their target market were Zimbabweans based in the UK because their performances would mainly be in Shona, but added their acts would also carry many comic non-verbal gestures.
“People from other countries and even those Zimbabweans in London that do not understand Shona will also have something to laugh about.
“We will have a few English lines in the acts, because the whole idea is to entertain people beyond language barriers.
“We will deliver a highly-comic act to the extent that even those that would not understand our messages will ask for translations.”
The comedian said they could not air everything they had up their sleeves, but encouraged audiences at the show to bring pain-stopping pills because “they will laugh until their heads ache”.
Marabha echoed Kapfupi’s sentiments.
“If they do not laugh we will laugh at ourselves and laugh at them because our act is all about laughter. Everyone will have something to laugh about,” he said.
