Better Late

Better Late is where the country’s most brilliant, bewildering, and occasionally unhinged creatives band together on the set of a Late Night TV show to get to the bottom of whatever the hell is going on at the Open Book Festival.

Hosted by award-winning comedians Yaseen Barnes and Callum Hitchcock, this late-night-style spectacle brings together a rogue’s gallery of playwrights, poets, comedians, multi-hyphenates, clowns and theatremakers for a show that defies explanation — but somehow makes perfect sense.

Joining them for conversations that matter are two very special guests, who you may recognise if you have been anywhere with internet access in the last few years — Settle down, brother! It’s not Grok — it’s Dan Corder and Céline Tshika.

Expect interviews that veer wildly off course, live sketches that start absurd before getting stranger, and musical performances that may or may not end in spontaneous combustion.

Late Night talk show meets festival fever dream.

Date: 6 September 2025

Time: 8:00pm -

9:00pm

Venue: Avalon Theatre

Price: R100

Tickets: Required