"Desperate First Ladies": Pieter-Dirk Uys’ New Show
Press Invitation
Press Release, Tue 1 Feb 2011
Pieter-Dirk Uys is South Africa’s best-known satirist and since the 1970s one of the harshest critics of political grievances there. He has earned world acclaim with his character Evita Bezuidenhout. His new program "Desperate First Ladies" is showing at the Jewish Museum Berlin to which we warmly invite you on 20 Feb at 4pm.
Inspired by the president of his country, Jacob Zuma, with three "First Ladies" at this side, Uys presents in a revue such varied personalities as Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Grace Mugabe, and Mutter Theresa. Of course, this list of iconic women would not be complete without Evita Bezuidenhout, in whom Uys created South Africa’s most prominent white woman.
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Born in 1945 as the son of an Afrikaner father and a Berlin-born Jewish mother, Pieter-Dirk Uys presents himself as an ever self-mocking member of both chosen peoples. "Foreign Aids" was his first performance at the Jewish Museum Berlin in 2006. Uys will be presented with the Special Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival on 18 February 2011 for his commitment to aids prevention and for his alter ego Evita Bezuidenhout.
The show "Desperate First Ladies" will be in English.
| When | 20 February 2011, 4pm |
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| Where | Glass Courtyard, ground level |
| Admission | 15 €, reduced rate 10 euros |
| Ticket reservation (for non-journalists) | tel. +49 (0)30 25 993 488 or reservierung@jmberlin.de |
