Multi-award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson announced she is bringing her trademark deadpan delivery and cheeky wit home to South Africa.

A global touring powerhouse, Carlson has taken her stand-up to sold-out audiences across Australasia, North America and the UK, building an enormous international fanbase through both her live work and high-profile screen appearances. Urzila Carlson - Live in South Africa is coming to Auditorium 2, CTICC in Cape Town and the Teatro, Montecasino in Johannesburg in July 2027. Another Big Concerts Experience.

• 30 July, Auditorium 2, CTICC, Cape Town
• 31 July, Teatro, Montecasino, Johannesburg

Tickets go on sale to the general public at 09h00 on Friday, 7 August from www.ticketmaster.co.za.

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in South Africa. The Mastercard Presale runs from Wednesday, 5 August at 09h00 until Friday, 7 August at 08h59, available with any Mastercard. Plus, World and World Elite Mastercard cardholders receive preferred ticket access to some of the best available tickets from 09h00 on Friday, 7 August. Visit priceless.com/music for details.

The Big Concerts Fan Club presale begins at 09h00 on Thursday, 6 August and runs until 08h59 on Friday, 7 August. Existing Big Concerts Fan Club members are reminded to keep an eye on their inbox and www.bigconcerts.co.za for more information.

Multi-award-winning South African–New Zealander Urzila Carlson is one of Australia and New Zealand's biggest comedy stars. A global touring powerhouse, she's taken her trademark deadpan delivery and cheeky wit to sold-out audiences across Australasia, North America and the UK, building an enormous international fanbase through both her live work and high-profile screen appearances.

In 2019, Urzila became the highest-selling comedian in the 33-year history of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival—one of the world's three largest comedy festivals—and made her Netflix debut in Comedians Around the World. That same year, the re-release of her memoir Rolling With the Punchlines cemented her status as a best-selling author.

Her long list of accolades includes four Melbourne International Comedy Festival People's Choice Awards (2019, 2022, 2023, 2025), the Rielly Comedy Award (2019), six New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards for Best Female Comedian, and Sydney Comedy Festival's Director's Choice Award (2017).

Urzila made her Netflix stand-up debut with the globally released hour-long special Overqualified Loser (2020) and joined the panel of The Masked Singer Australia the same year. She is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast That's Enough Already! And has appeared on Taskmaster NZ, QI (UK), Have You Been Paying Attention? (Au) and in the animated feature Ozi (2024), alongside Laura Dern, Donald Sutherland and RuPaul.

In 2025, Urzila starred with Amy Schumer and Will Forte in the hit Netflix rom-com Kinda Pregnant which was viewed 25.1 million times in its first week, making it the most-watched title on Netflix from Feb. 3 to Feb. 10 and the number 1 movie globally. To add to this success, Netflix released their 'What We Watched' report for January to June 2025. Kinda Pregnant ranked at number 12 with an incredible 58.9 million views. Her latest stand-up show, You Don't Say, has sold out tours across Australia, New Zealand, North America and the UK, and will be performed on the Sydney Opera House Steps this December.

In 2026, Urzila will be touring Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland with her new show Fatty on a Yacht and star in a new TV show URZILA, a bold new comedy series produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) Australia and ABC. URZILA invites audiences into the sharp, unpredictable world of a comedy powerhouse. The series fuses bespoke stand-up with finely honed sketches, delivering a format that's fresh, fearless, and unapologetically funny. Each episode is anchored by Urzila's trademark deadpan delivery and razor-sharp wit, with sketches inspired by her stand-up stories and starring a hand-picked ensemble of rising stars and comedy heavyweights, including Bron Lewis, Andy Saunders, Carlo Ritchie, Anisa Nandaula, Sam Pang and Julia Morris.