South African singer, actress and TV producer, Elzabe Zietsman, is back in Grahamstown for this year’s Festival after and 18-years absence.
South African singer, actress and TV producer, Elzabe Zietsman, is back in Grahamstown for this year’s Festival after and 18-years absence.
She has one performance left of her cabaret show, Elzabe Zietsman in Vlakkant Diepkant, directed by Robert Whitehead and choreographed by Mark Hawkins.
“Therapy of the highest order, the show is witty satire, which takes the wind out of the need to be serious,” says the show's write-up.
"In true Burlesque style, it is thought-provoking, suggestive and multi-faceted while, at the same time, being titillating, risqué and provocative."
Zietsman made her way back to the Festival this year to create awareness of the Doilie Foundation.
Her personal project to give South African children with specific talents the opportunity to reach their dreams, the foundation provides resources, support, education and mentorship they would otherwise not be able to access.
“We need to nurture the future and development of the arts,” Zietsman says. Vlakkant Diepkant features five children who are all enrolled at the National School of Arts in Johannesburg through funding provided by the Foundation.
Zietsman believes it is important to nurture young performers so that they fulfil their future roles of being entertainers, social commentators and contributors to the heritage of South Africa.
“I am a 52-year-old with five teenagers – and I love it,” says Zietsman. Zietsman's prolific career has seen her on stage and in television, cabaret and film productions.
She has performed all over the country and is widely known to audiences for her starring role in M-Net's popular soaps, Egoli and 7de Laan.
She is currently still acting, singing, writing and owns a guesthouse with a small theatre restaurant, where she combines her love for cooking and performing under one roof.
