Comedy show part of CT Medical School's centenary celebrations

The show will be hosted by doctor-turned-comedian Riaad Moosa and includes SA's premier ventriloquist Conrad Koch (eTV Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola), Kurt Schoonraad (Skeem, Going nowhere Slowly), Stuart Taylor (Money's too tight to Mention, Learner Husband) and upcoming comedy stars in Cape Town.

Riaad Moosa is one of South Africa's most popular, award-winning and innovative comedians and happens to be a qualified medical doctor as well, graduating from UCT Medical School in 2001. Recently, he has flexed his comedic and dramatic acting muscles, playing the lead role in the acclaimed South African movie Material opposite comedians Joey Rasdien and Nik Rabinowitz.

From science to comedy

Stuart Taylor became known to South Africans as the presenter of SABC3's hit travel show, Going Nowhere Slowly. But this Stellenbosch University science graduate swopped life in front of the camera for stand-up comedy locally and abroad at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Berlin International Comedy Festival, the New Zealand International Comedy Festival and his sold-out one man comedy theatre productions throughout South Africa.

Conrad Koch won Entertainer of the Year award for 2010. Over the past 15 years he has combined hilarious comedy with world class puppetry, to international acclaim. He has worked all over the world, been featured on local and international television and is a frequent guest at some of South Africa's biggest comedy events.

Hailing from Mitchell's Plain, Kurt Schoonraad's earthy humour makes him a real South African in every way. He performs a clean act focusing on the widespread diversity of our rainbow nation's varied cultures and the funny situations in which we find ourselves. Kurt pioneered Jou Ma se Comedy Club, a popular and ground-breaking weekly showcase that is truly benefiting Cape Town culture and the comedy industry as a whole.

Practice in rural areas

The Faculty of Health Sciences in the University of Cape Town was 100 years old on 6 June 2012 and this show will form part of the faculty's centenary celebrations. The aim is to raise funds to extend community based education activities in family medicine which they hope will encourage students to practice in rural areas, to create opportunities for students to learn the other two official languages of the Western Cape (isiXhosa and Afrikaans) to enable them to communicate more effectively with patients who speak these languages and lastly, to build on research endeavours to improve service delivery to the most marginalised communities.

Keeping You in Stitches is on for one night only on 17 November 2012 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre at 8pm. Tickets cost from R100 to R250 via Computicket with discounted tickets available for students on presentation of a valid student card. There is a 10% discount is available for group bookings.