The Echo of a Noise - 20 December 2025

Pieter-Dirk Uys has taken South Africa by storm with his provocative and deeply personal memoir The Echo of a Noise.

It is a story that aches to be heard and Uys knows how to keep his audiences on the very edge of their seats waiting to hear about the great influences in his life: his father Hannes Uys and mother Helga Bassel, and of course his unlikely pen friend, the beautiful Sophia Loren. Audiences are given the opportunity to celebrate a life well lived in all its emotional states. Uys has played to full houses and sold out seasons. His masterful story telling, wit and wisdom are generously shared. As with so many of his performances he takes his audiences into his confidence, breaks the rules and crosses boundaries.

Since the moment he first stepped on stage in the 1970s, Uys has been a voice where others have demanded silence. Jokes about the censor board being his own personal public relations department, gently disguise the reality that each time he tread the boards, he crossed lines and stepped on quite dangerous toes. He has always used humour as a “weapon of mass distraction” and describes the laughter he evoked as a relief from the fears that shaped South African society in 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s.

The Echo of a Noise is PDU unpowdered!

"He’s engaging, dramatic, poignant, bitingly satirical and funny – performing the most riveting ninety minutes without an interval. But you barely notice the time. Don’t miss it." – Caroline Smart / Artsmart

"The story he weaves in The Echo of a Noise is funny, sad, poignant and utterly compelling … Uys’s finest work." – Estelle Simkins / Witness

"This is an amazing glimpse into what created one of the most influential performers in South Africa. Uys is a master storyteller whose characters are always entertaining and at the same time often poignant. This wonderful trip down memory lane is a treasure and definitely a show not to be missed" – Dawn Heynes / Livewire

"That’s what I took away from The Echo of a Noise – a feeling of solidarity and a night filled with laughter and some tears. And that’s Pieter-Dirk Uys. That’s always been Pieter-Dirk Uys. An artist who has, through the decades, united a very divided South Africa through laughter and later introspection." – Carla Bernardo / The Cape Argus

14:00 – 15:30

Theatre at Evita se Perron: 8 Arcadia str, Darling

Ticket Price: R250 per person

Limited seats, online booking essential. See link to book your tickets: https://www.quicket.co.za/organisers/36786-evita-se-perron-theatre