Mistress Mae

Mistress Mae Aisitahn-Yafais is one sassy broad with a brassy set of pipes. At once alluring and demure, Mistress Mae gets nostalgic about risqué liaisons and rendezvous with past lovers, while she extends a gloved hand of invitation to prospective admirers, tempting them to come inside her boudoir. This cabaret is an intimate exposé of a formidable seductress baring all with the dramatic flair of Marlene Dietrich and the witty repartee of Mae West, exploring power dynamics in our most intimate relationships.
Accompanied on piano by André Scheepers. Directed by Dara Beth. Written & produced by Meg van Wyk.

Biographies

Mistress Mae Aisitahn-Yafais, a self-proclaimed ‘dommedienne’, knows how to dominate a scene and hold an audience in the palm of her hand.
With cabaret roots stemming from The Mercury Cabaret in Hong Kong, Mistress Mae has been performing shameless chanson and hosting raunchy repertory since 2018 and is delighted to add her unique flavour of debauchery to the melting pot of South Africa’s alternative entertainment scene. Mistress Mae produces Eat Your Heart Out – a bi-monthly variety show for the kinky and curious, and has featured some of the hottest acts in Cape Town since its inception in 2024. She looks forward to introducing Cape Town audiences to her solo cabaret titled s’il vous plaît in 2026, after winning a Silver Ovation Award at the 2025 National Arts Festival in Makhanda.

Dara Beth is an angry Jewish feminist and award-winning writer-director. Their main focus is to provide an audience with a language and vocabulary to explore new worlds. Dara has written and staged multiple original works for various festivals and theatres such as Nasty Womxn, Just A Song And A Dance, Lolly, and all my ex-lovers are dead to name a few. Dara has been nominated for Fleur du Cap, BroadwayWorld, and Kanna awards. When not producing their own work, Dara often works as a facilitator, director, designer, and producer. In 2026, Dara is set to direct their first feature film and perform at the Brighton Fringe in the UK.

André Scheepers aka SXEEPS is a South African composer and songwriter who has had a hand in many chart-topping songs over the last two decades including hits from Tasha Baxter, Jesse Clegg, Auriol Hays, Johnny Apple, Bobby Van Jaarsveld and Chianosky to name a few.

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