Local actress becomes ‘Actress’
Local actress comes back on stage after taking a break to focus on motherhood.
Talia Kodesh becomes the ‘Actress’ after a long break focusing on motherhood. The new project is a musical titled ‘Actress’ and will be on stage at Pieter Toerien’s Studio Theatre at Montecasino from 27th September.
Actress is a musical drama and comedy which consists of a funny, moving story of a woman trying to define her roles of being an actress, wife, mother, daughter, teacher, and more. All of this is similar to what Kodesh has been experiencing in real life as a performer and a mother amongst other things.
The story takes place in New York and South Africa, following ‘Actress’ on her journey through stress and success, anger and auditions, triumph and tears, dance and delirium, and perhaps the possibility of peace. It’s a tale that anyone who has ever had to adjust to new expectations in all walks of life will relate to.
“Actors are fundamentally storytellers and I’ve simply loved doing just that throughout my career, it feels like I’ve come full circle since performing in 2012 in ‘The Last Five Years’ at the Studio Theatre at Montecasino, after which, I became a mother and temporarily stepped off the stage. How exhilarating for me to return there, not only starring in a production; but having created it. I cannot wait for audiences to meet ‘Actress’ and I’m certain they will relate to her,” said Kodesh.
Kodesh credits Bruce Dennil for helping her orchestrate and structure her ideas into the musical. “While living in New York in 2010, my head was flooded with ideas and I tried saving them for when the time was right to do a one-woman show. Then on a fateful morning a decade later, over a casual coffee, a friend and colleague of mine Bruce Dennill, helped bring these ideas to life in ‘Actress’ and the rest, as they say, is history,” Kodesh added.
“When Talia suggested that I might be able to help translate the sense of what she wanted to communicate with this show into both a script and songs she could sing on stage, it felt like a perfect fit, and we’re both so happy with the way it’s all turned out,” said Bruce Dennil, co-writer of the musical.
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