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Pieter-Dirk Uys in THE ECHO OF A NOISE and AN EVENING WITH EVITA BEZUIDENHOUT at Hexagon Theatre
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 31, 2017
performed alongside THE ECHO OF A NOISE at
the Hexagon Theatre in Pietermaritzburg.
This February sees the return of master satirist, the indefatigable Pieter-Dirk Uys, to the Hexagon Theatre with two of his shows: THE ECHO OF A NOISE and AN EVENING WITH EVITA BEZUIDENHOUT.
The astonishing THE ECHO OF A NOISE is Uys's one-man memoir. In the show, he sits on a barstool, opens his heart and talks about his private and public life leading the audience into his inner sanctuary with stories that can evoke surprise, laughter and tears. Now in his seventy-first year, Uys glances back at the small signposts that subconsciously pointed him in the right direction throughout his life: his father, Hannes Uys, and his mother, Helga Bassel; his grandmothers, his teachers, his passions, Sophia Loren, censorship, false eyelashes and making a noise when everyone demanded silence.
AN EVENING WITH EVITA BEZUIDENHOUT sees the popular titular figure focusing on the need to move on from the fearful negativity that has infected our society to hope and excitement for a successful future for all. Evita Bezuidenhout's recent State of the Nation address to corporates, conferences, think-tanks, indabas, award ceremonies and report-backs has been variously described as "inspirational," "transformational," "funny," "glamorous," "topical" and "typically South African." Audiences are able to spend some quality time with the most famous white woman in South Africa - a legend in her own lunchtime thanks to her cooking, an icon who can confront any "aikona" - and share with her the optimism and fearlessness that has made her one of the most respected voices in our wilderness of free speech. Weekly episodes of EVITA'S FREE SPEECH can be seen on YouTube every Sunday.
THE ECHO OF A NOISE plays on 21 - 22 and 24 - 25 February and AN EVENING WITH EVITA BEZUIDENHOUT on 23 February, with both shows starting at 19:30. The Hexagon Theatre is part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Pietermaritzburg campus. Tickets are available from Webtickets.
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