Win tickets to #HeTwo show
In 2019, for the first time, Evita Bezuidenhout and her ageing impersonator, Pieter-Dirk Uys will confront each other face to face.
PIETER-Dirk Uys and Evita Bezuidenhout “face off” on stage together for the first time ever in South African history in #HeTwo at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from 19 to 24 November.
In 1981 a woman appeared out of the dressing room of the Market Theatre, stepped onto the stage and smiled.
Virtually before she even gave her name, she was a legend. Mrs Evita Bezuidenhout was presented to the audience, the nation and the world.
She is still going stronger than ever.
No longer a recognised Nationalist as she was during those years of apartheid rule, she is now a member of the African National Congress, secure in her Luthuli House kitchen where she cooks for reconciliation.
For nearly 40 years she has had to tolerate the impersonation of her by a local actor.
She tried to sue him for libel, she swore never to allow him into her life and yet, now in the 25th year of her democracy, she will be on the stage with Pieter-Dirk Uys at the same time.
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The question to Uys was always, why this female character of Evita? There are many answers.
When he started impersonating her in 1978, it was illegal to have an opinion about anything political, so maybe an Afrikaans woman with an NP husband could spill the beans.
The fact that she was portrayed by a man dressed as a woman when cross-dressing was also illegal, could force the edge of the envelope. Or maybe that she was there for only one reason: to eventually make Nelson Mandela laugh. And she did. They met and he laughed.
She also embraced Archbishop Desmond Tutu who also laughed. She posed with countless legends and South Africans, black and white, laughed – with relief.
Now in 2019, for the first time, she and her ageing impersonator will confront each other face to face. There can only be one winner.
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