A Girl's Best Friend

For October's play reading, we're delving intoA Girl’s Best Friend by Kaulana Williams.

The evening will include a table read of the play by actors, followed by a discussion of the work. The discussion will be led by the host for the evening and a panel of experts. Input from the audience is most welcome!

About the play

It’s 2010, in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town. Lucy is getting married in the morning, and her best friend Megan is determined that Lucy’s last night of freedom is going to be a wild one. What neither of them is expecting is just how wild things will get once Lucy’s straight-laced mom arrives to talk last-minute wedding prep. Events get even more interesting with the arrival of two priests - one will be officiating the wedding in the morning, and the other is Megan’s surprise to “officiate” a wild bachelorette.

More about the writer, Kaulana Williams

Kaulana Williams is a performing artist and theatre maker. She holds an MA in Theatre Studies from Stellenbosch University and a BA (Hons) in Drama from UCT. She teaches theatre arts and works across playwriting, directing, acting and performance art. Her plays have been staged in Cape Town, at the National Arts Festival Fringe and internationally. Her short play, Desperanza, was selected for the inaugural African Women Playwrights Network Festival in Accra, Ghana, in 2022 and published by Bloomsbury in Gendering Taboos. Kaulana has been involved with the Masque’s Play Reading Programme since its inception and has directed two readings, as well as one of the plays in this year's One-Act Play Festival.