YOU SUCK (AND OTHER INESCAPABLE TRUTHS) Extends Run at Alexander Bar Upstairs Theatre

Following its three-day run earlier this month, YOU SUCK (AND OTHER INESCAPABLE TRUTHS) will return to the Alexander Bar Upstairs Theatre. Written and performed by Klara van Wyk, the 50-minute comedy is directed and designed by Francesco Nassimbeni, with costumes by Richard De Jager.

Imagine that Rainbow Brite crawled out of your 1980s television set. She's loopy and she's mean. The proud owner of 112 my little ponies, she got herself expelled from Piet Retief Sekondere for sniffing Tippex, only to wind up on your doorstep with a paper plane in her hair, trying to convert you to the My Little Pony religion. Part diary confessional, part social commentary, YOU SUCK (AND OTHER INESCAPABLE TRUTHS) engages with growing up in all its complexity. The curious concoction of day-dreaming, conspiracy theorising and confessional monologues will have you asking yourself deep, probing questions, such as, 'Should I dye my hair lilac?' YOU SUCK (AND OTHER INESCAPABLE TRUTHS) offers excellent tips on how to "dance sexy, like in hip-hop', roll with the cool crew, and how to pick up hidden meanings in popular television shows. There will be some singing.

Director-designer Nassimbeni is a writer, director and designer whose work exists somewhere between the moving islands of performance and design. He is currently enrolled in a masters degree, investigating methods of participatory art creation. Writer-actor Van Wyk is a performer and clown currently finishing up her masters degree at UCT.

YOU SUCK (AND OTHER INESCAPABLE TRUTHS) runs from 31 August - 5 September at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre at 7pm. Tickets range from R70 - R90 and can be booked online at the Alexander Bar website or purchased in person at the bar at any time during its regular opening hours. Under 18s must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Alexander Bar & Café is situated at 76 Strand Street in the Cape Town city centre and can be followed on Facebook and Twitter.