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    Teater in Suid-Afrika : ’n studie oor inter-, kruis- en transkulturele teater binne ’n multikulturele konteks
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2023-12) Kannemeyer, Mercy; Brand, Amelda; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Drama.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: My first professional theatre production - a stage adaptation of Jeanne Goosen's wellknown book Ons is nie almal so nie - premiered in 2019. I read the book for the first time when I was fifteen. When I read it for the first time, I knew that the book would one day play a major role in my life. I decided in 2018 to adapt the book for the stage. My decision was deliberate - I wanted to find out if I, as a brown theatre maker, could tell a story by a white author. My background as an applied theatre student prepared me for this kind of purposeful work. For this study, I used auto-ethnography and practise-led research. I incorporated my personal experiences as a theatre student and practitioner into my questions and findings. I have researched theatre in the inter- , cross- and transcultural context of multicultural South Africa. I ask specific questions inspired by critical race theory and intersectionality around theatre, race, culture, power and cultural appropriation. South Africa's past is briefly explored to lay the groundwork for the study in relation to theatre and politics. Definitions and backgrounds for multi-, inter-, cross- and transculturality are provided, and the study also examines how these terms play out in practice. Related topics such as power, cultural appropriation and assimilation are also explored. Influenced by my experiences with Ons is nie almal so nie, I decided to interview four established theatre makers to find out what the issues raised in this study mean to them and how they are reflected in their various practices. Attention is paid to the topics of cultural brokerage, “culture of links" and "third culture".