Alexander Upstairs Presents Feminist Cabaret IN WHOREFISH BLOOMERS: THE WAITRESSES' LAMENT

Kei-Ella Loewe's new adaptation of Sue Pam-Grant and Sheena Stannard's 1980s underground cabaret, IN WHOREFISH BLOOMERS: THE WAITRESSES' LAMENT, will play the Alexander Upstairs this June. Performed by Jamie-Lee Money and Donna Cormack-Thomson, the 55-minute piece is described as "a feminist cabaret that will make dads cry and fuckboys cower".

In IN WHOREFISH BLOOMERS: THE WAITRESSES' LAMENT, two waitresses prepare themselves for another nauseating night on the battlefields of the Horrifying Hospitalica. Armed with toothpicks, their razor-sharp wit and ripe suckable tits, they don their aprons, pull up their fishnets and serve themselves up hot: the Virgin and the Whore, the Hipster and the Basic Bitch. IN WHOREFISH BLOOMERS: THE WAITRESSES' LAMENT is a comedy, a seduction, a spank on the arse of the patriarchy, a ritual and a battle-cry.

Exhumed from the back of co-creator Sheena Stannard's sewing cupboard, IN WHOREFISH BLOOMERS: THE WAITRESSES' LAMENT has been freshened up for the twenty-first-century audiences, with Lori and Beth, two waitresses on their first night at a new job, working their way through a series of episodes stuffed with humour, word play, cheesy dance moves, a sprinkle of song and a drizzle of darkness.

Kei-Ella Loewe, Jamie-Lee Money and Donna Cormack-Thomson have been working together since their first year of theatre and performance studies at the University of Cape Town's Drama Department. While at university, the three collaborated on MONSTER, a visual theatre collaboration that was re-staged at the Cape Town Fringe in 2016.

Loewe is a director, stage-manager, techie, visual artist and crafter extraordinaire. At the University of Cape Town, she was awarded the Mavis Taylor Theatre-Making Award and the 2015 Class Medal. Her directing credits include DON'T SHOOT THE HARBINGER!, which won Best New Script on the National Art Festival's student platform in 2015. She currently works at the University of Cape Town's Drama Department as a Senior Stage Manager.

Money has gained experience acting on film and in television series, some of which will be released late in 2017 and early in 2018. She been involved in more than just acting but also in the administrative, technical and casting sides of the film industry. She works part-time at the Alexander Bar.

Cormack-Thomson has performed in film and on stage in productions including THE WHITE WHORE AND THE BIT PLAYER and ANTHOLOGY: AFTER THE END at the Alexander Upstairs and Joshua Harmon's BAD JEWS at The Fugard Theatre.

IN WHOREFISH BLOOMERS: THE WAITRESSES' LAMENT runs at the Alexander Upstairs from 17 - 22 July at 21:00 nightly. Tickets are available from the Alexander Bar website, with tickets costing R90 if booked and prepaid online or R100 if paid on collection at the bar. For telephone enquiries, call 021 300 1652. The Alexander Bar, Café and Theatre is situated at 76 Strand Street in the Cape Town city centre and can be followed on Facebook and Twitter.