Show focuses on the modern femme fatale
The audience is invited to encounter the modern day femme fatale: women driven to harm those they love.
FEMME Fatale, an adaptation of Ismail Mahomed’s Purdah, will be performed on Friday 11 November at 7pm and Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 November at 3pm at Square Space Theatre, UKZN Howard College Drama Department.
On the morning of her murder trial, an 18-year-old refuses to plead guilty for killing her husband. Alongside fellow murderesses Marici and Idlozi, these three female spirits revisit the shocking, amusing and frightening moments in their lives that culminate in their unorthodox crimes. Through a sinful blend of comedy and horror, the cast invites the audience to encounter the modern day femme fatale: women driven to harm those they love.
The play has been chosen to participate in the 5th International Women’s Theatre Festival at the Olive Tree Theatre (Johannesburg) in November, and 10 per cent of the funds raised will be donated to the TEARS Foundation to help victims of abuse.
Tickets to the Durban Premiere on Fri 11 November are R75 for adults and R60 for students and pensioners and include your choice of an alcoholic/non-alcoholic cocktail. Tickets for all other performances are R60 for adults and R45 for students and pensioners. Contact Donna Steel on RootedTreemail@gmail.com.
