Pieter-Dirk Uys in the must-see The Echo of a Noise – a one-man memoir is showing at the Theatre on the Bay.
Having performed alone on the stages of the world well over seven thousand times, Pieter-Dirk Uys has learnt that every show is the first and the last performance – because each audience demands and gets a different energy, topicality and excitement.
Now in his 70th year, Pieter-Dirk doesn’t glance back at the successes and failures that have strengthened his belief in a constant improvement of his work, but at those small signposts that throughout his life subconsciously pointed him in a right and original direction.
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.
This is a remarkable ‘performance’ which Pieter refers to as a ‘conversation’ in this interview with Cape Diary on Fine Music radio. To listen, click below.
WHERE: Theatre on the Bay, Link Rd, Camps Bay, Cape Town 8005
WHEN: until 18 June 2016
TICKETS:Â via Computicket, 086191598000 or 0214383100.
