Marcel Puig News Today

Celebrating the return to live theatre in South Africa, Marcel Puigs extraordinary play Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by the multi-award-winning Sylvaine Strike, is on at The Baxter Goldens Arrow Studio in Cape Town from 5 to 19 June 2021. Forty-five years since it was first penned in Spanish, Kiss of the Spider Woman weaves an alluring exploration of sexual and societal norms, examining the power of escapism through the imagination and magnifying the web that it is woven between identit...

‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ explores issues of identity and sexuality Share This Youth Month, the Baxter Theatre is set to host a modern classic, Marcel Puig’s extraordinary play, titled “Kiss of the Spider Woman” with multi-award-winning Sylvaine Strike at the helm as the director. Originally written in Spanish in 1972 by Puig, translated into English by Allan Baker, “Kiss of the Spider Woman”, has captured the attention of audiences for its romantic drama, po...