New Play by The Furies, NASTY WOMXN, To Premiere at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre
By: David Fick Oct. 23, 2017
Photo credit: Sharyn Siedel
The Furies will be staging their newest production, NASTY WOMXN, at the Alexander Bar's Upstairs Theatre this October and November. This work by The Furies, a collective whose focus is creating space and increasing opportunities for marginalised womxn, plays with Greek mythology's tendency to turn strong women into monsters, and celebrates all the different types of monsters we become to survive.
NASTY WOMXN is what you get when you mix Greek mythology, reality TV, gold spray paint, and a writer with no filter. Drawing on the Greek myths of Persephone, Medusa, and other not-so-well-known characters, NASTY WOMXN is a collection of sketches about contemporary womxn just trying to get from one day to the next.
NASTY WOMXN stars Kathleen Stephens, Masali Baduza and Maria Vos and is written and directed by Dara Beth, who offers the following comment on the production:
If you really love Greek mythology, the old Divas of WWE or trashing other womxn, then this is probably not the play for you. But if you love the Kardashians, candid CNN interviews, gold (everywhere), spelling womxn with an 'x', and smashing the patriarchy one rape-culture-drenched mythological origin story at a time, this might just be your cup of tea.
Previews for NASTY WOMXN begin on 30 October, with the official season commencing on 6 November and running through 14 November at 19:00 nightly. Tickets are available from the Alexander Bar website, with seats costing R90 if booked and prepaid online or R110 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. For updates on the production and further information visit The Furies on Facebook and Instagram.
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