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By Conrad Brand - August 22, 2012 Landgenote, ek stel aan julle voor Albert Smith, ons plaaslike Suid-Afrikaanse komediant en bakker.
Ek het laasweek die voorreg gehad om met diÃ© vriendelik en snaakse man te gesels, sedig en bedeesd van geaardheid.
Albert is oorspronklik van Bloemfontein en het in 1997 sy pos as senior verpleÃ«r in Johannesburg gelos en na die VK verhuis. Hy vertel my hy het onder Oom Tolla, Jan Spies en Tannie Evita grootgeword en hul vandag steeds sy inspirasie en deel van sy komedie is. Albert is volledig tweetalig, soos meeste van ons, maar sy groot droom is om naam te maak vir sy Afrikaanse komedie in die VK. Hy sÃª daar is sekere goed, veral sÃª-goed wat net nie in Engels werk nie en beter in Afrikaans oorgedra kan word.
Albert tree al die afgelope jaar landwyd op en het groot naam gemaak veral by die Birmingham Glee Club hy het ook al die verhoog gedeel met Sarah Millican, Gary Delaney en Jo Enright, om ‘n paar te noem. Albert was al die wenner van twee gongs (amper soos Britian’s Got talent waar jy afgestuur word as jou komedie nie na wense is nie) en het ook die streeks-kortlys gemaak van die â€œSo you think you are funny” kompetisie.
Albert se ander groot passie in die lewe is brood en nie soos vir meeste van ons, om te eet nie, maar om te bak. Sy oupa was die dorpsbakker en van kleins af het hy Albert laat help, eers om die bestandele te meng en so het dit gevoder tot hy sy eie brode kon bak. DiÃ© passie het weer opgevlam nadat Albert ‘n werkswinkel getiteld Birmingham Big Ideas bygewoon het en toe iemand hom vra wat hy regtig wil doen, was sy antwoord, â€œEk wil brood bak”. Albert het so
vir sy vriende en familie begin bak en het sy mikro bakery met die naam Ubuntu Handmade Bread amper op die been en hy behoort binnekort sy deure vir die publiek oop te maak.
Albert neem op 9 September deel aan die â€œNew Comedian of the Year 2012” kompetisie by die Leicester Square Teater om 17H45. Hy sal een van 300 nuwe komediante wees wat deelneem en kaartjies vir diÃ© geleenteid is op www.leicestersquaretheatre.com beskikbaar.
Alle voorspoed Albert!
Vind hieronder kort resensies oor sy komedie wat in die West Midlands Comedy Forum verskyn het.
Albert Smith is getting a good reputation on the circuit and is definitely growing in confidence. He has a nice, relaxed, conversational style with some lovely juxtapositions, like his relationships with his mother and his ex-wife, that seem incongruous with his obviously educated background — almost the opposite of country dumb. He finds great humour in tales of an educated man being outwitted by modern technology and domineering women and has a very warm, endearing personality. Always a pleasure to see and always a pleasure to chat to before and after the gig. – 16 February 2012, Hollybush
I’d seen Albert at a Lou Deemy variety night and had wondered how he’d get on at a Bush proper gig. He’s very relaxed and gentle and he got them all laughing — so he got on fine. He does some great stuff about how there’d be no more wars if women ruled the world. He also does some good stuff about the colours of flags and brought the house down with what seemed a Freudian slip betwixt the singular and plural of the shade that is the opposite to white. I found out afterwards that it was deliberate — clever man. – 25 August 2011, Colin Harris
Albert Smith was on third, a South African man who did five minutes of fantastic stuff, he got huge laughs and left the stage whilst he was winning. – 15 May 2012, Phillip McC
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