Browsing by Author "Gerber, Andre Kruger"

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    After the megamusical : exploring the intimate form
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03) Gerber, Andre Kruger; Du Preez, Petrus; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Drama.
    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, where productions of megamusicals are tremendously popular, the form itself is increasingly unsustainable within an economic framework where ticket prices and production costs are often at odds. This dissertation investigates another form of musical theatre – the intimate musical – as a more sustainable model for creating musical theatre in South Africa. The study defines the intimate musical within certain limited fiscal, performative and aesthetic (visual and aural) frameworks, noting the use of a limited cast and orchestra size, imaginative staging techniques and focused narrative qualities as distinguishing features. This dissertation assesses and outlines the aesthetic principles of both the megamusical and the intimate musical and subsequently proposes that the intimate musical is a more sustainable model in which to resourcefully present imaginative productions with an alternative thematic and aesthetic scope. The study concludes with the creation and discussion of a new Afrikaans intimate musical, Fees, (Festival) that incorporates the aesthetic features of the intimate musical.
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    "Egtheid" in beelde : die verwerking van verbatim tekste na verhoogbeelde met spesifieke verwysing na tot stof \ tot stilte - 'n paniekreaksie (2018)
    (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2020-03) Gerber, Andre Kruger
    Hierdie artikel ondersoek die verwerking van verbatim teks na verhoogbeelde deur 'n ontleding van die jeugteaterproduksie getiteld tot stof | tot stilte - 'n paniekreaksie wat deur die Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof in 2018 opgevoer is. 'n Ondersoek word gedoen na die konvensionele skeppingsmetodologie van verbatim teater. Daar word krities gekyk na die data-insamelings-, seleksie- en redigeringsproses van die gesproke teks. Daar word tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat die seleksie- en redigeringsproses van die gesproke data-verwerkings van verbatim teks nie noodwendig die volledige omvang van die rou data vasvang nie. Dit is veral die geval wanneer die rou data nie noodwendig toneelmatige trefkrag het wanneer dit byvoorbeeld as teaterdialoog beskou word nie. Deur gebruik te maak van Lehmann (2016) se teorieë van postdramatiese estetika argumenteer ek in hierdie artikel dat 'n verwerker die rou gesproke data na beelde kan omskep om die kontekste, inhoud en prosesse van die data-insamelingsproses vas te vang. Hierdie verwerking kan as potensieel meer "eg" beskou word omdat daar moontlik 'n breër omvang van die rou data uitgebeeld kan word, veral gegewe sekere kontekstuele beperkings (die teatermatige ervaring van die spelers, of die lengte van die toneelstuk in verhouding tot die rou data). Deur die klem van die produksie op die verhoogbeelde te plaas, word die implisiete kunsmatigheid van verbatim teater belig. Daardeur word die problematiek van lewensgetrouheid, "egtheid" en die "samestelling van egtheid" in beide die verbatim vorm en verwerkingspraktyk op 'n nuwe manier ondersoek.
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    Towards the Family's Salvation : examining the displacement of the (F)ather in selected religious family dramas of Ibsen and Strindberg resulting in the creation of a new text
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04) Gerber, Andre Kruger; Du Preez, Petrus; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Drama.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, inciting debate surrounding the validity of the Christian creation narrative. Prior to this, the Adam and Eve creation narrative was the central narrative around which Christian families modelled their own family structures – with the father as the head of the household. In this thesis I discuss the effect that Darwin’s publication had on the restructuring of families in the nineteenth century. I do this through analysis of Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts and August Strindberg’s Easter, two domestic dramas that chronicle the effect of a society redesigning their religious philosophies owning to the toppling of the patriarchal structures of authority. I argue that Ibsen and Strindberg stand in polar relation to one another in terms of the debate surrounding the religiosity of the family and the position of the (F)ather within this framework (borrowing from Ross Shideler’s term conflating the notion of the divine Father and the earthly father). Relating the debate to the contemporary Afrikaner culture, the research aims to create a family drama (...van ons vaders) that addresses the decline of Afrikaner Calvinistic religious constructs in a similar manner to that of Ibsen and Strindberg, but in through a contemporary aesthetic approach.