(Evita
Bezuidenhout)
Pieter-Dirk Uys’s famous alter-ego rewrites
history.
Get a revised history lesson from South
Africa’s most famous white woman, Evita Bezuidenhout, as she presents her
side-splitting, satirical stand-up Evita
Bezuidenhout & the Kaktus of Separate Development at the Elizabeth
Sneddon Theatre on UKZN campus for a three week run from Tuesday October 31 until
November 19.
Tannie Evita takes her audience on a unique
great trek as she follows the journey of the Kaktus of Separate Development (Kaktaceae
Apartica) from its arrival in 1652 to its reinvention in 1994 – right up to the
headlines of today. Assisted by visual aids reflecting a familiar terrain of
history, from the arrival of a small Dutch ship called the Drommedaris to the
coronation of a former political prisoner called Madiba. She will have you in
stitches while tackling one of the most controversial issues in our democracy:
the real history of South Africa and the right to laugh at the lies.
For over 20 years, author, actor and activist
Pieter-Dirk Uys has been enduring high-heels and extra-long lashes to bring his
most famous character to life. As a matron of political incorrectness, an
honorary member of the ANC and a self-declared former ambassadress of a
fictitious Bantustan called Bapetikosweti,
Bezuidenhout made her debut in 1982, and
has since gained international acclaim for performances that poked fun, first,
at the ridiculous laws under Apartheid, and then, at the leaders of the new,
democratic South Africa. She has dined with Nelson Mandela, been kissed on the
cheek by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and even received the Women’s International
Centre’s 2000 Living Legacy Award in San Diego – an honour received by the
likes of Hillary Clinton and Mother Theresa. She is, indeed, a national
treasure, giving us reason to laugh at our typically sobering politics and
history.
Evita was last at the Sneddon in 2013.
Evita
Bezuidenhout & the Kaktus of Separate Development runs at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on UKZN campus from October
31 until November 19. There will be a low price preview on October 31 at 19h30.
Performances run from Wednesday to Fridays
at 19h30 and Saturdays and Sundays at 15h00. Booking is at Computicket
www.computicket.co.za 0861 915 8000 / Shoprite Checkers Money Market Counters. Tickets
available from Computicket www.computicket.co.za 0861 915 8000 / Shoprite Checkers
Money Market Counters.
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