"Yes, some good old kinteet vibes tun up inna Kingston city again, and we're glad for the chance to be in the thick of things."

That's the word from popular comedy duo Ity and Fancy Cat as they get ready to play hosts for the new live entertainment series Comedy Café, which is set to start Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at South Beach Café, Brompton Road, Kingston.

Comedy Café will showcase an exciting variety of performances along with the very best in local and international stand-up comedy on the last Wednesday of each month. The series will also offer innovative open-microphone opportunities and giveaways, and each event will see the audience engaged in hilarious inter-active fun and games.

crowd-pleasers

Featured acts for this first serving of laughter at Comedy Café include the award-winning Shady Squad Dancers and Rohan Gunter and Kathy Grant, both of whom were outstanding onstage and were overwhelming crowd-pleasers at the 2012 'Christmas Comedy Cook-up' held at the Wyndham Kingston hotel.

Along with the irreverent improvisations and incisive impersonations that characterise their comedy, Ity and Fancy Cat have also developed a repertoire of games, gags, and gimmicks guaranteed to enliven and animate any gathering. With their years of work as MCs/facilitators on road shows with Courts Jamaica Limited and as hosts at clubs like Cactus and the popular Asylum, which closed its doors in 2009, the duo bring a wealth of experience to the role of hosts for Comedy Café

Plans for the new series were unveiled at a laughter-filled media launch last Tuesday evening, which featured greetings from Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment Damian Crawford, a side-splitting performance from Dr Michael Abrahams, and a novel 'keynote conversation' that replaced the regular speech that's usually given at these launches.

Presold tickets are going fast. For more information, patrons may contact Natalie Rush or Stephanie Philips at Ellis International by calling Comedy Café laughter line at 408-4411.