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Pieter-Dirk Uys

South African Satirist


Born 28-09-1945

Pieter-Dirk Uys is a South African Satirist. His recent work focuses on current politics and Aids education. He has written and performed 18 plays and over 30 revues and one-man shows throughout South Africa.
As an anti-apartheid activist, he has campaigned through satire and is renowned for his alter-ego character, Mrs Evita Bezuidenhout. He has worked in theatre since 1973 and was closely associated with Space Theatre in Cape Town and the Market Theatre in Johannesburg until 1980's.
He was closely associated with both the Space Theatre in Cape Town and Johannesburg's Market Theatre during the 1970s and 1980s, he has written and performed 20 plays and over 30 revues and one-man shows throughout South Africa and abroad.


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17 Station Rd, Darling, South Africa, 7345


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Play - 'Macbeki'

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Play - 'Skating on Thin Uys'

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Founder | Evita se Perron
South Africa

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Educational history

Tertiary

University of the Witwatersrand

Awarded in 2004

Honorary Doctor of Literature

Rhodes University

Awarded in 1997

Honorary Doctor of Literature/Letters

University of Cape Town

Awarded in 2003

Honorary Doctor of Literature/Letters

University of the Western Cape

Awarded in 2003

Honorary Doctor of Education

Achievements

Awards

Special Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival | 2011

The TMSA Naledi Lifetime Achiever Award | 2011

Winner - Arts and Culture | Simonsvlei Awards

Life-Time Achievement Award | South African Comedy Awards

Obie for the Best off-Broadway Play

Naledi Best Production of a Cabaret/Revue for The End Is Naai | Theatre Managements of S.A.

Truth and Reconciliation Award | 2011

Living Legacy Award 2000 to Evita Bezuidenhout

Shortlist and nomination

Fleur du Cap Awards | 2008

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