Uys puts the eish back into entertainment with pick-a-box bonanza

Uys’ smash hit show An Audience with Pieter-Dirk Eish! returns by massive public demand to invade the main stage of Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre in Fourways from 8 September to 4 October, celebrating more than three decades of theatrical mirth, mayhem, moegoes and make-up.

But this show has a special twist. Over the years, Uys has created more than 80 different characters, from politicians to icons and aikonas, and will draw from this rogues’ gallery in laying out 15 numbered mystery boxes on stage, each containing a different character from his vast satirical cluster.

The audience will choose which boxes to open, and this veteran entertainer and social commentator will slip into character – each providing a telling glimpse of who we are, where we come from and where we are going as a nation.

No two shows will ever be alike, making for an anything-goes lucky dip of laugh-out-loud observational humour.

The news of the day will be cannily reflected in this cracked mirror of a rainbow nation smiling at the familiar, shocked by the obvious and, above all, laughing at itself.

Uys will be turning 70 on 28 September – in the middle of the Johannesburg return season of An Audience with Pieter-Dirk Eish! Yet, with over 35 one-man shows and approximately 7 000 stage appearances under his belt, not to mention several plays, books, films and local and international awards, he has no desire to slow down.

“If 70 feels this good, I’m looking forward to the next 10-plus years on the stages and screens of South Africa!” Uys said.

Performances of An Audience with Pieter-Dirk Eish! will be Tuesday to Friday at 8pm, with shows at 5pm and 8pm on Saturday, and 3pm on Sunday.

Tickets range between R100 and R170.The show is rated PG (parental guidance advised).

Tickets can be booked through Computicket or by calling the Montecasino Theatre.

Details: 011 511 1988.