trevor gumbi - nearly done

The last few years have seen Trevor almost float away from live stand-up comedy completely… Nearly Done is his big bad return to the live comedy battlefield … with a difference… Nearly Done is not just to be a stage show, but will also be a television special, produced by Gumbi’s home channel, Mzansi Magic.

The channel has said that Trevor has a very healthy following on the air, and they are throwing their full weight behind the show, giving it substantial advertising as well as creating a comedy special out of the live show. The special will cover all the material on stage, and give viewers a peak of the goings on behind the scenes.

“I’ve seen so many acts in line-up shows recently, there’s a mic, a curtain and a screen – the audience sitting on plastic chairs, laughing as their asses go numb… and the acts roll on and do a few minutes and vanish – it’s okay, but I want to see if we can make it different… I want to do something special, something people will be glad they saw, and will never forget,” says the Mzansi Magic presenter with a mischievous glint in his eye.

Gumbi has teamed up with John Vlismas’ Whacked:Special Project to create a show that will include elements not often seen in local live stage productions.

“When these guys showed me the props list for the viral video shoot – I was already excited, and that’s just the viral shoot – they brought in a set designer, a creative director and a guy who handles live snakes and eats fire… and he’s not even part of the show…”

Vlismas is very upbeat about working with Gumbi – “we have a history, me and Gumbi – we’ve done lot of work together, and I was always happy to know that there was a really dark, edgy man with a lot of talent out there, growing a big fan base and then getting really famous in ads and on TV, and then coming back to where it all started for him,” says Vlismas.

“Trevor has a crazy honesty, and discusses things that I’m sure everyone wants to, but never would. Couple that with a furious intelligence and a filthy mouth – and you have my favorite kind of anti-hero. He cuts through all the comedy hype we’re seeing these days, and gets on with his job, making the crowd laugh really hard.”

Nearly Done is a hit show – it will hit you on the head, the heart, and probably the crotch. Book now, unless you’re afraid of the dark.