Sue Diepeveen brings her one-woman comedy show to The Drama Factory

Strand resident Sue Diepeveen promises laughter in her Ms B-haved comedy show at The Drama Factory later this month.

Written and performed by Sue Diepeveen, with Natasha Sutherland as director and story editor, it will run at The Drama Factory from Saturday, October 25 to  Saturday, November 1.

The Ms B-haved is an insightful, funny, and poignant look at the extremes expected from educators, parents, and learners in an ever-changing world and the reaches of cancel culture that have become the norm.

Teacher Sally Burkett is in disgrace, suspended from Littleman Junior School amidst a scandal unlike any other. Sally thought that her thirty years of teaching had given her immunity to scandal, but the “much-loved” Ms Burkett rocked the small school and town, and now she awaits her fate.

She has worked hard to navigate changing policies, updated learning styles, and new-age parents – what could she possibly have done to send her into this purgatory, and can she recover? Laugh along with Sally as she ponders her fate and unpacks what brought her to the particular hell of Zoom teaching online.

“When creating Ms B-haved, I wanted to make everyone smile but also explore the trepidation, nostalgia, and tenacity that happens when inevitable change challenges our identity and worth.

“It is in the laughter of marveling at it all that we can learn how to live, teach, work, and parent together, ” said Ms Diepeveen. 

Her theatre performances include 2019’s Vday performance of The Vagina Monologues; Dario Fo’s A Woman Alone directed by Margot Wood; as well Mike Van Graan’s Two To Tango, which had successful runs at the National Arts Festival and The Hilton Arts Festival.

Ms Diepeveen has directed Your Perfect Life for F Creations, which won two Standard Bank Ovation Awards at The National Arts Festival - for its live debut in 2019 and for its online presentation in 2021. 

In addition to directing Thirst for the Cape Town Fringe (2016) under the Sugar-Daddy Production house, she has directed the acclaimed Blueberry Toast (2018), which completed two successful Cape Town runs.

As a writer, she has also written five plays for large casts for children.

The show runs for 65 minutes at a cost of R180 for pensioners and students, while the standard tickets cost R200. View the timeslots on the website.