Femme is Fatale - 'n Kabaret met Elzabé Zietsman (Centurion Teater)

ABOUT

Verhoogveteraan Elzabé Zietsman met Tony Bentel op klavier in ‘n snydende kabaret – Femme is Fatale.

Marna voel soos ‘n Safari pruimedant nadat Koos, haar man van 30 jaar, haar gelos het vir ‘n bloedjong bloeisel. Sy kry vir die heel eerste keer vir haar ‘n hond en maak planne om vir haar dogters in Australië te gaan kuier. Lian weet van kleins af sy is in die verkeerde lyf. Sy werk in die Vaal Mall en spaar elke sent wat sy kan vir hormoon terapie en die nodige operasies sodat sy kan wees wie sy regtig is. Khanyi maak huise skoon en droom daarvan om skoonheidsterapie te gaan studeer. Sy loop lang afstande elke dag werk toe en terug, sodat sy kan geld spaar en so die domestic worker siklus van die vrouens in haar familie kan breek. Wat gaan verhoed dat hierdie drie vroue hulle drome verwesenlik? Ons hoor die heeltyd van geslagsgebaseerde geweld, maar niemand luister nie. 

Elzabe Zietsman is “going to try her best to make you listen. And with a script which is as blunt and blistering as it is determined, she hits where it hurts most. Being the veteran she is, there’s not a note, a line or a hair out of place and she shows what contemporary cabaret can achieve when done with heartfelt honesty. It’s a courageous and memorable performance.” – Diane De Beer

Femme is Fatale is ‘n oorspronklike kabaret, in opdrag van Elzabé geskryf deur Bruce J Little. Dit staan onder regie van Eloise Clasen.

Femme is Fatale het al twee gesiene benoemings ontvang in die kategorie Beste Musiekgedrewe Produksie – Woordfees 2022 en ‘n Fiësta 2023.

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Stage veteran Elzabé Zietsman with Tony Bentel on piano in a cutting cabaret – Femme is Fatale.

Marna feels like an old prune after Koos, her husband of 30 years, left her for a younger plum. She adopts a dog and plans a visit to her daughters in Australia. Lian knows from a very young age that she is trapped in the wrong body. She saves every cent she makes to pay for hormone therapy and the necessary operations so that she can be her true self. Khanyi cleans houses and dreams of studying beauty therapy. She walks long distances to work and back to save enough money to break the domestic worker cycle of the woman in her family. These three women not only share chasing their dreams but they also get confronted by the same monster. There is a lot of talk about Gender-based Violence, but no one is listening.

Elzabé Zietsman is “going to try her best to make you listen. And with a script which is as blunt and blistering as it is determined, she hits where it hurts most. Being the veteran she is, there’s not a note, a line or a hair out of place and she shows what contemporary cabaret can achieve when done with heartfelt honesty. It’s a courageous and memorable performance.” – Diane De Beer

Femme is Fatale is an original cabaret, Elzabé commissioned Bruce J Little to create it. It is directed by Eloise Clasen.

Femme is Fatale has already garnered two respected nominations in the category Best Music Driven Production – Woordfees 2022 and Fiësta 2023.

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