Chester Missing: Conrad Koch brings Puppet Power to Joburg

702’s Bongani Bingwa speaks with comedy ventriloquist Conrad Koch.

Listen below:

Emmy-nominated ventriloquist and his famous puppet, Chester Missing have a new, hilarious show, Puppet Power, opening at the Pieter Toerien Main Theatre at Montecasino on 10 July until 13 July. 

Get ready for all unfiltered jokes, new characters, and all the laughs.

From relationship issues to a DJ puppet and a rat named Gordon Ratsy...

“My show is a whole fun experience. Gordon Ratsy is a new character who is a celebrity rat Chef who was cooking for Donald Trump, so he’s just escaped that… It’s just a fun, silly show.” 

– Conrad Koch, comedy ventriloquist

“I think the humour is one thing that really brings South Africans together. This rainbow nation exists somewhere, it’s in our sense of humour and that’s because we’ve gone through so much trauma that people just want to love.” 

– Conrad Koch, comedy ventriloquist

Tickets are available from Webtickets here.

The show is rated PG-13.

Scroll up to the audio player to listen to the discussion.