FynArts 2023 - Booklet
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Sun 11 11:00 – 12:00<br />
<strong>FynArts</strong> Legacy Award <strong>2023</strong><br />
Presented to Pieter-Dirk Uys<br />
Pieter-Dirk Uys, aka PDU, has been nominated by the Advisory Board as the <strong>2023</strong><br />
recipient of the <strong>FynArts</strong> Legacy Award In honour of his longstanding and<br />
distinctive contribution to the arts in South Africa and beyond.<br />
PDU, whose multi-faceted world includes performing, writing, directing, political<br />
commentary and social activism, has entertained audiences for more than half a<br />
century with his unique sense of humour and razor-sharp commentary on<br />
the South African zeitgeist.<br />
During the ‘70s several of his early plays premiered at the Space Theatre in<br />
Cape Town and at the height of the Apartheid era he started performing one-man<br />
revues. With the creation of his burlesque alter-ego, Evita Bezuidenhout (named<br />
after Eva Perón), PDU used satire and comedy to expose the absurdity of the<br />
South African government’s racial policies.<br />
Following South Africa’s first democratic elections, he starred in a TV series,<br />
Funigalore, in which, as ‘Tannie Evita’, he interviewed Nelson Mandela and other<br />
prominent politicians of the day. Uys/Evita are also known for their tireless work<br />
in the frontline of HIV/AIDS activism and education.<br />
In 1996 PDU settled in Darling where he converted the disused railway station into a cabaret venue called Evita se<br />
Perron (‘station platform’). The venue acquired new owners in 2020 but the legacy of PDU is being preserved and<br />
he regularly stages productions and performs himself.<br />
PDU has written several books and films, including a collection of three memoirs. Among the many national and<br />
international honours bestowed on him are Honorary Doctorates, the Living Legacy Award (San Diego, 2000),<br />
the Reconciliation Award (2001), TMSA Naledi Lifetime Achiever Award (2011), and the Hertzog Prize for drama (2018).<br />
Strauss & Co – Talks and Presentations<br />
Christopher Hope, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, will present the Legacy Award to PDU and talk to him about<br />
his life.<br />
Previous recipients: Jans Rautenbach (2015), John Kani (2016), David Goldblatt (2017), Hugh Masakela – posthumously<br />
(2018), Sindiwe Magona (2019), Angelo Gobbato (2020/2021) and David Kramer (2022).<br />
Venue: Municipal Auditorium<br />
Tickets: R100 | R85 (early bird)<br />
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