Dirty Words, the deliciously clever and delightfully naughty smash hit, runs at Kalk Bay Theatre from 7 to 19 October.
Filthy, explicit and incredibly funny, Dirty Words pulls back the covers on erotica, chat sex, dirty talk and naughty sexy grammar. In seven sketches, actors Kim Kerfoot and Danieyella Rodin turn up the raunch, slipping in sexy tongue twisters and burlesqueshenanigans. Warning: contains all the dirty words.
Presented by Jack Hardcastle, written by Jon Keevy and directed by Keevy and Jason Potgieter, Dirty Words was born as short dirty sketches at the fast and loose crucible that is Alexander Upstairs’ monthly experimental platform, Play Things. Immediately it became a cult sensation with audiences eagerly awaiting the next instalment and demanding a full show. Well, they got their full monty in April 2014. The short run quickly sold out, nabbing five star reviews from audience and critics for the show’s brazen mix of sex and smarts. It went on to stun and shock at the National Arts Festival where it picked up a Standard Bank Ovation Award.
“Take note of the incredible writing and display of wit behind all the laughs. There is also a good chance that you’ll leave the theatre afterwards with a newfound fascination with botany. Delightful…exceptional … an invitation that should be accepted without inhibition.” Steyn du Toit, Cape Times
“Dirty Words had the audience roaring with laughter during the sketches. The production is definitely not suitable for conservative prudes, but for those who realise that sex is just a normal part of life, it’s all in good fun!” Eugene Yiga, Bizcommunity.com
Dirty Words will run from 7 to 19 October at Kalk Bay Theatre from Tuesday to Saturdays at 8.30pm with a Sunday matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets cost R120. On Tuesdays pay R120 and get 2 tickets.
Guests can enjoy a delicious supper, coffee and dessert at the new Kalk Bay Theatre and Restaurant. Restaurant patrons get first choice of the unreserved seating in the theatre. Doors for the restaurant open at 6:30pm for dinner and 12:30pm for lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
Ticket bookings can be made at www.kalkbaytheatre.co.za and ticket and dinner reservations can be made on or in person at the Theatre Tuesday to Saturdays from 3pm to 8.30pm.
Jack Hardcastle is a simple man of the world who is probably too fond of his moustache and certainly too fond of his whiskey, which we believe is the true source of his vague accent. Still, he managed to charm his way around the world working on cruise ships and shrimp trawlers while writing erotic fiction online and for a number of pulpy presses. He’s made Cape Town his home for a while, but we all secretly expect him to depart without warning one day. Probably pursued by diamond smugglers or techno-anarchists.
Jon Keevy has trouble remembering what sort of bio he should be writing – a writer? A designer?A director?A production manager? Like many people hustling in the theatre industry he has to be more than one of these at any given time. So, general facts first: He graduated from UCT in 2007 for the 3rd time with an MA in theatre-making and embarked on many ill-advised schemes producing plays at the National Arts Festival, touring to Rwanda and Joburg, running an underground theatre (Surprisingly, Alexander Bar is the second theatre he’s founded), and creating projections for operas and epic performances. Jon fits his writing schedule and his crazy collaborations with people like Jason Potgieter, Kim Kerfoot and Sanjin around running Alexander Upstairs.
Kim Kerfoot likes to tell people what to do, so he became a director which he’s been doing professionally for a number of years on shows such as Statements Made After an Arrest under the Immorality Act (Fleur Du Cap for Best New Director), Closer, and Get Kraken! (Standard Bank Ovation Award at NAF 2013). But he’s also fond of turn-about so you can catch him in one of his rare onstage moments.
Danieyella Rodin is either a singer/actress or an actress/singer, depending on the day. In Dirty Words she gets to be both. A Rhodes graduate who has thrown herself into the Cape Town theatre world by studying an Honours at UCT, Dani has performed with The Mechanicals (A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream directed by Guy De Lancey and The Great Gatsby directed by Luke Ellenbogen) and in Chaeli Campaigns, In The Wings alongside Bo Peterson, which was nominated for two 2013 Naledi awards, including her own nomination for Best Newcomer. In addition she has been seen in work by the Rust Co-Operative and Louis Viljoen. On the nights when she is a singer/actress she is rocking out as the frontwoman of Cape Town band KRAAL.