Nik has been a comedian for about 15 years now, how did it start? Apparently in 2001, in a music venue in Observatory, Cape Town, called “The Armchair Theatre”. His open-mic act as Jabulani Ndlovu, a Zimbabwean who started an airline with the help of some Maltese poodles, might not have had the audience in stitches but it definitely was Nik’s, proverbial, “foot in the door”.
A lesser known fact about Nik, is that he is a good cricket player. Indeed! He won a gold medal in the Jewish Olympics (also known as the Maccabiah Games), an event that he describes as “like the Special Olympics but with more accountants and lawyers”. Jokes aside, it really exists! Well, Nik says so:
Unfortunately Nik couldn’t bring a goat as planned, but luckily we got the next best thing: a poster from one of his first shows, called “uNik’ (careful on the pronunciation there). It has been placed in a spot of honour next to Victor Matfield’s “COSATU-themed” (according to Nik) scrum cap.
* Every week, a guest on The Dan Nicholl Show donates an item for display on the #LoveChange Showcase, which is a collection of memories and Change Moments. These items tie into BrightRock’s and the Change Exchange’s #LoveChange philosophy. BrightRock are the official sponsors of the show. Remember to tune in on SuperSport 1 every Wednesday at 19:00 to see Dan interviewing his Bright and Beautiful guests. And we’ll of course also be sharing some more highlights here on the Change Exchange.
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