Elzabé Zietsman: Actress, songstress, chefstress, and "Femme Fatale"
'Femme is Fatale' is an original cabaret written by Bruce J Little, performed by stage veteran Elzabé Zietsman and Tony Bentel on piano.
For Women's Month, Elzabé Zietsman will be performing her cabaret. 'Femme is Fatale'.
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The story shines a light on gender-based violence and covers a range of topics that are relevant to men, women, and anyone willing to listen.
Elzabé herself is an icon in the South African entertainment industry who is not showing any signs of slowing down any time soon.
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Rob and Roz invited Elzabé to the studio and spoke to her about 'Femme is Fatale' and its very important message:
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, they also get confronted by the same monster. There is a lot of talk about Gender-based Violence, but no one is listening.
This cutting cabaret about womanhood, dreams, love, friendship, acceptance, and murder was nominated for a kykNET Fiësta for best music-driven production.
'Femme is Fatale' is playing at the Mark Teater, Johannesburg from the 9th of August to the 18th of August.
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