The anarchic comedian has ruffled some feathers, insulted some Afrikaans icon that likes to speed on the highway and shown his take current affairs, but Revelations promises to be something a bit different from what he has done in the past.

Every generation is determined to believe in the world ending in their lifetime, from Mayan calendars to the Big Kill, to particle experiments gone wrong, even Obama being the Antichrist, and yet the Earth always survives.

This is the one of the themes of Vlismas’ latest orgy of dark belly laughter. Other nerves he promises to attack with razors are: family, friends, children, peace, hope, faith and charity, as well as an all-out attack on the current president, or “that totally busted thief of an **shole” as he refers to the head of state.

Vlismas also says that while he has focused on massive production design recently, this show will also be a return to basics – “comedy is an intimate act between me and you, f*** the tricks and whistles, this show is about the jokes, the speed, the taboos – I’m going back to basics here, more laughs per minute … there’ll be some nice touches, but this is all about me and the crowd having a really good time ...”

“As middle age advances, I feel the urgency to poke holes in accepted reality increase … we’re running out of time to point out the flaws in our own plot, and the arc has already peaked – so this show is to make sure that no stone has been left unturned, and by stone, I mean racism, corruption and mentally retarded country singers called Sunette.”

He describes his show as a “sacred cow apocalypse” while his mother claims it is a “surgical tour de force to be reckoned with” (she may have been drinking, it was already late morning when we called.) His father commented, “Oh, Christ, is he still trying to be funny?” and a former geography teacher was heard to say - “he’s very odd, I’m not surprised the other boys tried to kill him.”

Revelations – Sacred Cow Apocalypse will be on at Gold Reef City's Lyric Theatre from Friday, 23 to Saturday, 24 May for two nights and three shows only.

Tickets are available at Computicket.

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