Kev Orkian to perform unique musical-meets-comedy show in South AfricaApril 28, 2011 - 13:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - International comedian, Kev Orkian, is making his way to Emperors Palace this June to perform a unique musical-meets-comedy show in front of South African audiences. Orkian’s The Funniest Man in England will be performed in the Theatre of Marcellus from 8 to 11 June 2011, according to Media Update. The talented comedian trained at Brunel University, West London, in drama and music and completed a two year National Diploma in Performing Arts. He made his West End debut as Joe Vegas in Fame and was in the original production of Happy Days the musical. Orkian starred in several other productions from Boogie Nights and The Fonz, to the concert tours of Grease and The Buddy Holly Story. Orkian was also part of the national tour of The Enchanted Toyshop, The Mischief – a one man show at the Edinburgh Festival Orkian starred in numerous television and film credits abroad, including commercials for Kleenex, Bravo TV and Maxim Magazine. He is also a regular in pantomimes, playing comic roles in Cinderella, Snow White and Aladdin. Prior to appearing in musicals, he was a principal dancer with the Russian/Armenian dance troupe, and also a consummate pianist having performed in classical, blues and rock concerts around the globe. Orkian has toured internationally, performing his One-Man Piano Comedy Show to sold-out audiences in Dubai, Oman, Lebanon and Canada. In addition, Orkian has twice hosted the American Music Awards and also won Best Stand-Up at the Ethnic Comedy Awards in Los Angeles earlier this year. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |