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Promotional Supplement JakFringe 2012

Comedy of All Sorts Served Up at JakFringe Festival

Comedians, hypnotists, magicians and musicians will converge on Jakarta next week as the rst Jakarta International Fringe Festival, or JakFringe, begins. From Nov. 7-11, the best in local talent and famed international acts of comedy and performing arts will be found, seen and heard at various locations in Kemang. Festivalgoers will have plenty to choose from with more than 100 acts scheduled to perform. Anticipation, though, will for sure be high before the festivals star comedic acts take the stage. On Saturday Nov. 10, English comedian Bill Bailey, the comedian with the perfect pitch, will perform, as will Deddy Corbuzier, Indonesias very own mentalist and the U.K.s Alan Bates, who combines hypnosis and illusion with his own unique brand of comedy. On Thursday, Nov. 8, Comedy Masala, a crew of ve very different acts from different places and inuences, will ll the stage and (presumably) the room with laughter. The rst ever JakFringe festival is guaranteed to be ve days of fun like this city has never seen before.
Comedy Masala

THURSDAY, NOV 8, FROM 7 PM. Cinema XXI, Lippo Mall Kemang Village Vir Das, born in Dehradun, India, began experimenting with comedy while studying theater in America. Since returning to India in 2003, Vir has performed over 100 comedy shows in all major cities and has earned his spot at the top of any list of great Indian comedy acts. Harith Iskander is commonly referred to as The Godfather of Malaysian Stand Up Comedy. For the past 21 years, he has performed at hundreds of shows and entertained thousands of people with his unique and original material not only in his home country, but also in Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia.

Bill Bailey, Musical Comedy (90 minutes)

SATURDAY, NOV 10, FROM 8 PM. SPH THEATER, 7th Floor English comedian and musician Bill Bailey is best known for his role in the TV shows Black Books and Nevermind the Buzzcocks, and live shows such as Dandelion Mind, Tinselworm and Part Troll, no one has ever combined comedy and music the way Bailey has. Featuring music from genres such as jazz, rock, rave, classical and even theme songs, this favorite performer of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is in a league of his own. This is why he is dubbed No. 7 greatest stand-up comic on the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups list!

For Dr. Fauzy Badjee, from Medan, North Sumatra, it all started with the intention of making his classes at North Sumatera Islamic University much more interesting and worth attending by incorporating jokes and comedy into his teaching methods. It proved to be a success, and with hard work and persistence, Fauzy has emerged as a condent and successful stand-up comedian, here to heal with the power of laughter. Jonathan Atherton, an Australian who speaks uent Bahasa Indonesia, has been

Deddy Corbuzier and Alan Bates, Comedy Magic and Hypnosis (90 minutes)

SATURDAY, NOV 10, FROM 4 PM. SPH THEATER, 7th Floor

Deddy Corbuzier is Indonesias very own mentalist. His logic-defying, thoughtprovoking mentalism has entertained Indonesians for many years and has won Deddy numerous awards, including the prestigious Merlin Award as Worlds Best Mentalist. Deddys melting pot of mind-reading and control, hypnosis, clairvoyance, psychokinetic and ESP never ceases to amaze.

International comedy hypnotist Alan Bates has been performing hypnosis shows for over 20 years. Willing participants may nd themselves winning the lottery on stage, meeting celebrities, starring in the cast of River Dance, feeding baby fairies or even conducting an orchestra. The show includes audience participation but Bates stresses that you cannot be hypnotized against your will and that you will not do anything against your own personal moral values. That is why he looks for volunteers without any values!

at school entertaining his classmates. Tarun has toured internationally, produced comedy shows and has an impressive list of lm and television credits to his name.

JakFringe The Jakarta International Fringe Festival is organized by the Jakarta Comedy Club, beritasatu.com and thejakartaglobe.com. To purchase tickets and to learn more about the festival, visit www.jakfringe.com.

a favorite at the Jakarta Comedy Club since 2003. His comedy knows no bounds and he knows no fear, tackling taboo subjects and going places where most comedians would never dare to go while endearing himself to every member of his audience, regardless of their race, color or creed. Tarun Muhanbhai, a New Zealand born Gujurati Indian, began his comedy career

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