GEMS Theatre Productions and the newly formed Transformation Theatre have teamed up to stage Crack Jokes, at the National Cultural Centre from February 20 to 23.
According to a GEMS Theatre Productions press release, the play is written and directed by reigning “Uncensored” Comedy Queen Odessa Primus and stars Nuriyyih Gerrard and Kwasi ‘Ace’ Edmondson along with Michael Ignatius, Mark Luke-Edwards, Johann David, Nelan Benjamin, Nathaya Whaul, Melika Edmonds, Abigail Brower, Kescia Branche and Primus. It is set in the ghetto and hilariously illustrates the real struggles of the poor class. The quarrelsome Davidson family is at the centre of this comedy. They argue over “farren prags”, throw bad past experiences in each other’s faces and complain about the “neighbour