Kiss of the Spider Woman

Kiss of the Spider Woman focuses on two characters: Valentin, a Marxist revolutionary, and Molina, a homosexual window-dresser. They share a prison cell for six months. Molina passes the time by telling Valentin in great detail the stories of his favorite movies. Valentin reluctantly listens to Molina's narration of such melodramatic romances, and criticizes him for indulging in escapist fantasies rather than in political activism. But Valentin eventually becomes enthralled with the stories, and emotionally drawn to Molina. Over the course of their confinement, the two men fall in love and ultimately become lovers. It is as a result of their interactions and forced confinement, that the two men transform one another -- Valentin succumbs to his emotional and physical desire for Molina, and Molina agrees to sacrifice himself for Valentin's political cause.

Here director Lynne Maree talks with actor Brian Webber who plays 'Molina'.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Spider
• Woman
• Kiss
• Joburg
• Theatre
• Maree
• Webber
• Disbergen theater