THEATRE FOR ALL

The Taming of the Shrew. Tara Notcutt is directing an all-female cast at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre, until March 3. At 8.15pm Monday to Saturdays; 7.45pm for performances designated for schools. The lead roles are played by Alicia McCormick and Daneel van der Walt. Food and drinks for sale at Maynardville include wine, cappuccino, craft beers, and gin and tonic in a bottle from Drifters Brewery. Tickets R150 – R220 via www.computicket.com/or at the Maynardville box office.

In Whorefish Bloomers: The Waitresses’ Lament. Kei-Ella Loewe’s adaptation of the 1980s feminist cabaret by Sue Pam-Grant and Sheena Stannard is back at Alexander Upstairs until February 24, at 9pm. Loewe also directs. The performers are Donna Cormack-Thomson and JamieLee Money who take on the roles of waitresses. Loewe, the daughter of Stannard, and cast, adapted the text to a contemporary Cape Town context taking the mickey out of their own situation as privileged, white, heterosexual women in South Africa, and the oppression they often face at the hands, and under the gaze, of men. It was nominated for Best Production and Best Creative (Directing) Awards at the Cape Town Fringe and back after a sold-out run in Johannesburg. Tickets are R100 if bought online at www. shows.alexanderbar.co.za and R120 at door. Info at 021 300 1088.

The Inconvenience of Wings. After its stunning international success and a season at Theatre on the Bay, Lara Foot’s award-winning play is back at the Baxter in the Golden Arrow Studio Theatre – until March 3, at 7.30pm. The three-hander stars Andrew Buckland, Jennifer Steyn and Mncedisi Shabangu. It grapples with mental health issues, friendship, dysfunction and addiction. Tickets are R160 – R180. Book at Webtickets (Note: Baxter bookings are no longer through Computicket).

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WOMAN TO WOMAN: Buhle Ngaba as Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew. Picture: Jesse Kramer