{"id":6084,"date":"2018-02-12T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=6084"},"modified":"2018-02-12T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:30:14","slug":"annalakshmis-african-adventures-emperors-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/02\/12\/annalakshmis-african-adventures-emperors-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Annalakshmi&#8217;s African Adventures &#8211; Emperors Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Where do you go when you\u2019re trying to get away from your monster mother-in-law? If you\u2019re Annalakshmi, then it\u2019s a different country and a different continent altogether!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6085\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6085\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Annalashmi-1.jpg?resize=400%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Annalashmi-1.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Annalashmi-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annalakshmi,&#8217;s African Adventure<br \/>24 March 2018<br \/>Theatre of Marcellus, Emperors Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Annalakshmi\u2019s African Adventure is a hilarious musical comedy about being an Indian National taking refuge in South Africa. This one-woman-show will take place for the first time on a Joburg stage on the 24th of March at the Theatre of Marcellus, Emperors Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Using singing in a variety of Indian vernacular, as well as old and contemporary English music, Annalakshmi tackles family, social, economic and political issues.<\/p>\n<p>She loves telling stories and giving candid commentary of her Indian take on things and her parodies are witty, funny and they hit home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe show looks into why I had to leave India and how I came to choose South Africa as my place of refuge. It\u2019s also about my experiences in SA and the political \/ Bollywood-style love story between JZ and the Guptas,\u201d comments Annalakshmi.<\/p>\n<p>Anasia Govender \u2013 better known as her stage character, Annalakshmi \u2013 is a 42-year-old mother of 3 and an entrepreneur. She is also the chef and owner of Chilli Kadhai Restaurant in Durban. In fact, this was where it all started when her video advertising the restaurant went viral after she gave Ed Sheeran\u2019s song, Thinking Out Loud, her own twist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chilli Kadhai Anthem\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0czAjRYCnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of her comedy career highlights was being a semi-finalist on SA\u2019s Got Talent 2017. She has shared the stage with some of South Africa\u2019s best comedians including Carvin Goldstone, Joey Rasdien and Marc Lottering, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Kamz Govender, an exciting new up-and-coming comic, will be the opening act. His clean, hilariously well-thought out one-liners, has him standing out on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Annalakshmi\u2019s African Adventure is entertainment for the whole family. Tickets are available from R120 per person through Computicket or by contacting the Emperors Palace Box Office on 011 928 1297\/1213 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emperorspalace.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.emperorspalace.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Computicket <a href=\"https:\/\/online.computicket.com\/web\/event\/annalakshmi_s_african_adventure\/1222079966\/0\/85273674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online.computicket.com\/web\/event\/annalakshmi_s_african_adventure\/1222079966\/0\/85273674<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proudly brought to you in association with Blu Blood. Connect on Facebook (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AnasiaG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/AnasiaG<\/a>) or alternatively follow @BluBloodSA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where do you go when you\u2019re trying to get away from your monster mother-in-law? If you\u2019re Annalakshmi, then it\u2019s a different country and a different continent altogether! Annalakshmi\u2019s African Adventure is a hilarious musical comedy about being an Indian National taking refuge in South Africa. This one-woman-show will take place for the first time on&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/02\/12\/annalakshmis-african-adventures-emperors-palace\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Annalakshmi&#8217;s African Adventures &#8211; Emperors Palace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theatre","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}