It will be back, darling!
PIETER-DIRK UYS’S newest show, When in doubt say darling, will return to the Fugard Theatre by popular demand in November after this month’s show, which ends this weekend, was sold out.
The show opened at the Fugard Theatre on August 8, creating an unprecedented demand for tickets.
With a growing waiting list for the current season, the Fugard Theatre has now opened bookings for a return season from November 27 to December 15, with performances from Tuesdays to Fridays at 8pm, and Saturday at 4pm and 8pm.
At a time when a casual greeting or embrace can be seen as racist or harassment, the advice is simple: when in doubt ,say “darling”.
In this production, Uys sorts out 40 years of distress, disguise and disgust: from apartheid to tripartite, from amandla to Nkandla, from wigs, glasses, wagging fingers, toyi-toyis, red berets, trump cards of madness, icons and aikonas, from Bezuidenhouts, Raubenheimers and Ramaphosas to Altzheimers. Sometimes politics repeats itself, not only taking history and turning it into farce, but taking farce and turning into the fake news that is now called entertainment.
If you can’t remember their names, just say “darling”. If you get lost along the road, simply ask for Darling. He did it; Uys lives in Darling.
Join Uys and many darlings on an exciting walk to the edge of the next cliff, when the end of the world seems nigh. It used to be called a sunset. Here’s a secret: the sun will also rise tomorrow, darling.
Book for November shows through the Fugard Theatre box office at 021 461 4554 or directly through the Fugard Theatre website at www.thefugard.com