Adapt or Dye
by Pieter-Dirk Uys. A satiric one-man show about South African politics.
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Performance history in South Africa and abroad
1981: Staged at Baxter Theatre and at the Market Café. It was also seen at the Oude Libertas Theatre during its 1981-1982 season. Presented by Syrkel Theatre Company/Pieter-Dirk Uys.
The show on tour:
1985: Tricycle Theatre, London
1986: Boulevard Theatre, London
1987: Toronto, Canada; performed in Australia under the title Skating on Thin Uys at the Sydney Footbridge Theatre.
1988: Purcell Room London; Edinburgh Festival Traverse Theatre; Hackney Empire and Donmar Warehouse London; Holland.
Filmed version
Released as Skating on Thin Uys on film and DVD, made in 1985 by Brigadiers/BME with Pieter-Dirk Uys, Thoko Ntshinga, Chris Galloway, directed by Bromley Cawood.)
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987).
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