Department of Drama

Assessing change : investigating evaluation practices in applied theatre

Van Schalkwyk, Mareth (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the problematic nature of assessing and evaluating change brought about by applied theatre programmes. Many applied theatre programmes, projects and practitioners lay claim to ...

Knowledge production through artistic research : the structure and embodiment of creative action in theatre making

Van Wyk, Ockert Jacobus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The artistic research conducted during the respective phases of this practice-led study is based on a singular theatre-event that evolved through my collaboration with secondary school dramatic arts ...

Die verwerking van n jeugroman na n verhoogteks teen die agtergrond van kulturele en geografiese verplasings : n gevallestudie aan die hand van Dis ek, Anna

Nel, Alma (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the notion of intercultural and geographic adaptations within the South African youth theatre context. Initially, the study reflects on international adaptation practices, especially ...

A critical inquiry into the evolution of socio-political performances in traditional Nigeria Yoruba Alarinjo and contemporary itinerant theatre through a review of selected works of Hubert Ogunde, Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi and Femi Osofisan

Bakare, Babatunde Allen (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the evolution of socio-political theatre and drama performances in Nigeria. The first part consists of the introduction, theory and historical contexts, while the second part discusses ...

Reclaiming cultural space through performance : the intercultural activities of the Ghana Dance Ensemble (1964-2013)

Rashida, Resario (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the intercultural practices of the Ghana Dance Ensemble (GDE) from 1964 to 2014. Intercultural performance, often defined as an intentional artistic encounter between diverse ...

Finding balance : a study of the text and context of two Afrikaans festival comedy scripts

Hattingh, Maria Susanna (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores two critically acclaimed Afrikaans festival comedies, which are situational and predominantly located in a specific time and place, and the question how they can gain continuity in the ...

Intellek en impuls : ’n studie van die akteur se intellektuele fakulteite

Steyn, Louisa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Acting is not normal behaviour: during everyday life, man is relatively unaware of the functioning of his organism. The art of acting, however, requires the actor to reorganise his being to produce seemingly ...

A road map for devising : in search of comprehensive teaching resources for secondary school drama teachers

Dreyer, Magdalena Anna (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the creative collaborative strategies characteristic of South African Workshop Theatre and Devised Theatre. The motivation for this study was to create a possible roadmap that the ...

Within between : an investigation on intermediality in the Malawian and South African theatre context

Makhumula, Catherine Mayesero (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the state of African theatre in the age of new media and digital technology. Through the engagement with current literature, the researcher found that the concept of intermediality ...

Transposing from screen to stage : creating and implementing an analitical framework for incidental music during a theatre production

Bezuidenhout, Stephanus Abraham (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study the untrodden field of incidental music in theatre was inspected. Due to the lack of resources in this field, techniques used in film music were applied to incidental music in theatre due ...

Using the alchemical Magnum Opus as a guideline for creative writing

Peters, Shaun Eric (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The practice of creative writing is challenging the individual due to the lack of confidence in ability as well as a lack of systematic direction of how to approach the project. Like writing, alchemy ...

An investigation into the motives of filicidal mothers in selected plays

Holm, Nicole (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Maternal filicide is a rare crime perpetrated for a number of reasons. It is a complex multifactorial phenomenon with psychiatric, psychological and environmental factors combining to create fertile ground ...

The life and work of Yvonne Bryceland : an arts-based investigation

Hofer, Alison Renee (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation spotlights South African actress and theatre practitioner Yvonne Bryceland, who earned respect and admiration during her lifetime but has largely been marginalised in South African ...

After the megamusical : exploring the intimate form

Gerber, Andre Kruger (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The megamusical has become one of the most popular performance forms, with productions such as The Phantom of the Opera (1986) and The Lion King (1997) running profitably for decades. In South Africa, ...

Exploring some of Cicely Berry’s voice and language exercises for a directing concept of Athol Fugard’s Sorrows and Rejoicings

Hofmeyr, Zoettje (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to explore how using voice practitioner and writer, Cicely Berry’s, exercises and language strategies on sound and text, could lead to finding a directing concept for the play ...

Staging the criminalised society : contemporary South African theatre's response to the social insecurity caused by violent crime in South Africa over the past decade (2002 - 2012)

Williams, Candice Lynn (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The potential to fall victim to violent crime is an ever-present threat in contemporary South African society that many South Africans have resigned themselves to. It is also one of the few aspects of ...