Stage and Screen

Chris Tucker: November 2018

Louw Mulder

International award-winning actor and comedian is coming to South Africa!

Big Concerts confirmed earlier this month that Chris Tucker, best known for playing the role of Detective James Carter in Rush Hour will be bringing his comedy tour to South Africa.  This laughing experience is presented by Comedy Central, Heart FM, East Coast Radio, Kaya FM and Channel 24, in Another Big Concerts Experience.

Chris Tucker became a favourite on Russell Simmons’ HBO Def Comedy Jam in the 1990s and came to prominence in his first starring role, the 1995 film cult classic Friday starring alongside Ice Cube which also celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2015.

In 1997, Tucker embarked on his first production as executive producer and co-starred in the hit movie, Money Talks with Charlie Sheen and shortly after appeared in the highly successful Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element. In 2006, Tucker negotiated an unprecedented $25 million salary to appear in Rush Hour 3, which made him the highest paid actor in Hollywood.

Chris Tucker co-starred in the 2013 Oscar nominated film Silver Linings Playbook with Robert DeNiro, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. In 2015, his first stand-up film, Chris Tucker Live was released exclusively on Netflix. To date Tucker, has starred in films that have collectively grossed over one billion dollars in box office sales world-wide. He is currently on a successful US and international 2017 comedy tour, receiving rave reviews from all over the world

Outside of comedy, Tucker is a dedicated humanitarian spending much of his spare time travelling around the world, doing philanthropic work to make a difference through his Chris Tucker foundation.

 

Tour Information:

Cape Town

Wednesday 7th November 2018

Grand West, Grand Arena

Ticket Price:  From R460

Tickets available from www.bigconcerts.co.za starting Thursday 2nd August at 9am

 

Durban

Friday 9th November 2018

Durban ICC

Ticket Price: From R345

Tickets available from www.bigconcerts.co.za starting Thursday 2nd August at 9am

 

Johannesburg

Saturday 10th November 2018

Ticketpro Dome

Ticket Price: From R460

Tickets available from www.bigconcerts.co.za starting Thursday 2nd August at 9am

 

 

VIP packages include:

  1. VVIP Experience – R2,000 per package
  1. VIP Experience – R1,800 per package