Redbones Blues Café in Kingston came alive like never before. It was the second staging of ComedyTainment, a show that integrates comedy and other forms of performing arts to engender a euphoric entertainment experience.

The pace of the evening was well set by the night's host, Jerry Benzwick. He interacted with the audience quite well to get them warmed up for laughter. This he did by making members of the audience the objects of his presentation through ridicule and trickery. After giving away a few prizes, he introduced the nights first act, the Silver Bird Steel Orchestra.

Uniformly clad in white and blue, the steel orchestra's appearance was very elegant, professional and complemented their instruments. As they began their first number, the audience could easily recognise the song that they were playing. They went on to deliver many popular songs from genres such as roots reggae, rocksteady, pop, hip hop, and others.

Their performance could only get better, as not only were the songs well known, but their choreography and overall energy was very captivating. It ended with a bang as they transformed into acrobats, delivering many wows, oohs and aahs.

The next act was Dwight Samuels from Comedy Buss fame. Samuels introduced his presentation to be centred around 'Jamaicans.' Childhood, parenting, relationships and sex were a few of his sub-topics. He highlighted how special we are as Jamaicans, because of how we handle those situations uniquely funny.

Though he swung wide a few times, his overall delivery was well done. His material was obviously planned and well put together, as was demonstrated through the dynamics of stage performance, use of stage, clarity of speech and effective use of language, suspense and resolution.

Headliner, Christopher 'Johnny Daley, Jamaica's first child star and now prominent international comedian, celebrating 25 years in entertainment, brought the show to its climax.

He recalled the experiences from his beginnings with Lime Tree Lane and growing up in Kingston. His encounter with his cockroach friends during potty time on his pit latrine, and early introduction to songwriting as a means of communicating his presence in the lane during late hours of the night, or else risk death. His next big topic, and the one that followed through for the rest of the show, was the female genitalia.

He introduced to the stage the veteran Volier 'Maffie' Johnson. Indeed, the grand culmination as Christopher and Volier brought the house down with laughter. Volier was interviewed by Johnny and then by Jerry about his 'eating' escapades, and Maffie certainly recalled his experiences.

All in all, it was a night well spent. Patrons went home with their appetites filled with laughter and entertainment. Thanks to the promoters, Imagine Dat Entertainment Agents, for staging such a remarkable event. The next staging of Comedytainment will be on Thursday, April 25, 2013.