Darling 2: OH MY EVITA!!!

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So Darling is Evita's homebase.  Remember Evita?  And how I completely loved her cookbook and was all, I have found my life coach? 

Well, when Aaron mentioned that he needed to go to Darling, I was like, you're not going without me and we're not leaving without seeing one of Evita's one-woman shows!

Because -- I guess I should explain -- Evita is not just a drag queen cookbook author.  She is one of the many characters created by Peter-Dirk Uys, one of South Africa's best satirists, actors and comics. 

He has been bravely poking fun at the politics of SA since the days of apartheid and continues to this day (he opened the show we saw with a spoof of President Jacob Zuma's numerous wives.)

Peter/Evita has created a whole little Evita wonderland in the middle of this beautiful little town -- all housed in a former train station.  

The theater is super cool:

Our tickets and my copy of the cookbook ...

Here's the backdrop for the show we saw:

 Yes, that is Evita as Liberte!

There are no photos during the show, but afterward, I wandered around the Evita museum, gallery and gift shop.

Here's the show we watched:

"Desperate First Ladies"

Here's a de-wigged Evita with former President Mandela:

 

And my favorite part of the gallery.  A tribute to artists from Klimt to Warhol to Kahlo to Da Vinci -- and Evita as a whole series of famous female muses:

All these paintings are the work of South African artist Nina van der Westhuizen.  Amazing right?

But not as amazing as this:

YES!  I got my cookbook signed!  Didn't get to meet Evita (one of her workers took the book back) but maybe next time ...

Because oh yeah, we want to go back.  We both REALLY loved the show.  It was hilarious, politically saavy, poignant, non-PC, thought-provoking, brave and of course, very very fabulous (lots of glitter darlings.  See what I did there?)

So yeah, that was our trip to DARLING!

Oh, and as we were driving back to Cape Town, I saw the most hilarious road-side signs I have EVER seen.  I couldn't get them both in time, but here's one:

Can you read it?

It says, "Ostriches Getting Laid."  The first one said, "No Hooting (a.k.a. honking)"  So the 2 signs read:  No Hooting.  Ostriches Getting Laid.  Bwaaaaaaaahahahaaaaaa!

Evita would approve!