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Drama Department's Book Drive and dance against violence against women: 24-27 Apr Faculty / Fakulteit Posted on 24 Apr 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist for Dance 2012 and new Lecturer in the Drama Department, Bailey Snyman's new student production “Boys, Bicycles and (no)Boundaries” is a Site-Specific Physical Theatre intervention. [Read More] |
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The Drama Department presents: American junk and Euro trash: 17-20 April Drama Department / Departement Posted on 10 Apr 2013 AMERICAN JUNK & EURO TRASH is a double bill of two short plays, written and directed by Myer Taub. [Read More] |
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Krękvars 2013 Chris Broodryk Posted on 20 Mar 2013 The Drama Department's annual Krękvars Student Arts Festival has made available the production entry form. [Read More] |
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Pinocchio back on stage in February Chris Broodryk Posted on 18 Jan 2013 The children’s theatre production for 2013 by the Department of Drama of the University of Pretoria is the well-known tale of Pinocchio. Come and share in the adventures of Pinocchio, the cute, naughty wooden marionette carved by the marionette maker Ghepetto from a very special log of wood. There is a mysterious Blue Fairy that appears to Pinocchio in many different guises to warn him about dangerous things. Meet his duck friend Gina who tries to look after him, the sly fox and the dim-witted cat who want to steal all his money, and the bad-tempered policeman who chases him. [Read More] |
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Drama hosts major Lessac workshop Chris Broodryk Posted on 11 Jan 2013 The Drama Department at the University of Pretoria is currently hosting the first Intensive Lessac Kinesensic Workshop on African soil in collaboration with the Lessac Training and Research Institute of New York. It is a three-week (126-hour) intensive training course and kinesensic programme in voice and bodywork for actors, teachers, performers, directors, broadcasters, presenters, therapists and advanced theatre students. Having kicked off on 6 January, the training aims to enhance communication, human interaction and creativity. In theatre it promotes intelligibility, vocal variety, contrast and emotional expressivity. [Read More] |
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Reflecting on Drama for Life Chris Broodryk Posted on 26 Nov 2012 With the most recent Drama for Life conference behind us, it is time to reflect on such a momentous occasion. Speakers and attendees agree that Drama for Life was life-changing. [Read More] |
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Drama for Life performance highlights Chris Broodryk Posted on 09 Nov 2012 In addition to the celebrated keynote speakers attending the DFL Conference hosted by the Drama Department in collaboration with the DFL, the performance promises to entice and enthral delegates. [Read More] |
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Ever popular Pinocchio returns! Chris Broodryk Posted on 01 Nov 2012 The children’s theatre production for 2013 by the Department of Drama of the University of Pretoria is the well-known tale of "Pinocchio". [Read More] |
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Drama for Life (DFL) announces keynote speakers Chris Broodryk Posted on 30 Oct 2012 Drama For Life (DFL) is proud to announce the two keynote speakers for their November conference: “Applied Drama in Social Conflict and Intervention in Conflict and Post-conflict Contexts”, to be held at the University of Pretoria from 16 to 17 November 2012. The Drama Department is co-hosting the event with the WITS DFL Programme. [Read More] |
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The Drama for Life conference is around the corner! Chris Broodryk Posted on 17 Oct 2012 The University of Pretoria’s Drama Department, in association with the University of the Witwatersrand’s Drama for Life Programme, will host the fifth annual Africa Research Conference in Applied Drama and Theatre entitled Applied Drama as Social Intervention in Conflict and Post-Conflict Contexts running from 16 to 17 November 2012 on the University of Pretoria’s main campus. [Read More] |
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Drama researchers interrogate masculinity Chris Broodryk Posted on 26 Sep 2012 At the conference "Work/Force: South African masculinities in the media" (13-14 September 2012, Stellenbosch), two Drama lecturers and one postgraduate student delivered papers on various aspects of masculinity. [Read More] |
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In memoriam: Mr Michael Mametse Chris Broodryk Posted on 18 Sep 2012 The Drama Department mourns the loss of its messenger, Mr Michael Mametse, who passed away earlier this month. [Read More] |
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Choreog 2012 Chris Broodryk Posted on 17 Sep 2012 It is springtime, which means it is time for the Drama Department's popular annual physical theatre show, Choreog. [Read More] |
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Gogola: Growth through Knowledge II Chris Broodryk Posted on 04 Sep 2012 After the success of the 2011 Gogola project, AngloGold Ashanti en Aardklop/Clover National Arts Festival asked the Drama Department to create participatory, applied theatre programmes for the exciting Gogola II project. [Read More] |
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Take a deep breath with Asem at the Masker Theatre Chris Broodryk Posted on 30 Aug 2012 The Drama Department welcomes Vorster Venter and Issie Venter’s award-winning Asem for a once-off performance on Monday 3 September 2012 at 19:00 at the Masker Theatre. [Read More] |
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Between hauntings, worlds, realities Chris Broodryk Posted on 24 Aug 2012 The Drama Department is proud to present Myer Taub's new play, Die Boek, at the Masker Theatre from 28 August to 1 September. [Read More] |
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Krękvars 2012 is around the corner! Chris Broodryk Posted on 19 Jul 2012 The Drama Department proudly hosts the 12th annual Krękvars Student Arts Festival, which runs from 23 to 28 July 2012 in the Masker and Lier theatres, as well as the Chapel and Studio in the Drama Building. Highlights include the breath-taking "Chasing", director and choreographer Nicola Haskins’s moving portrait of acclaimed poet Ingrid Jonker, and visiting director Wendy Mortimer’s (Indiana State University) "The Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues", written by Caridad Svich. Both shows were performed to packed audiences at the recent Grahamstown National Arts Festival. [Read More] |
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Conference paper on award winning Afrikaans film Chris Broodryk Posted on 09 Jul 2012 The annual South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH) conference took place at UNISA, Pretoria from 4 to 7 July 2012. On the third day of the conference, Drama and Film Studies lecturer Chris Broodryk delivered a paper titled “Lust, Caution: ‘Skoonheid’ (Beauty) between desire and repression”. [Read More] |
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Chasing Desire at the National Arts Festival Chris Broodryk Posted on 27 Jun 2012 The Drama Department is proud to contribute two prestigious productions to this year's annual Grahamstown National Arts Festival. [Read More] |
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Drama Department to perform 'Streetlights' at the State Theatre Chris Broodryk Posted on 28 May 2012 The University of Pretoria's Drama Department was invited to perform with Napo Masheane (Village Gossip Productions) as part of the third anniversary of the Night of the Poets in the South African State Theatre on 30 May. [Read More] |
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Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba" presented by UP Drama Department Chris Broodryk Posted on 19 May 2012 Lorca's "The House of Bernarda Alba" is on at the Masker Theatre from 22 to 26 May 2012. [Read More] |
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Drama for Life! Chris Broodryk Posted on 15 May 2012 The University of Pretoria’s Drama Department, in association with the University of the Witwatersrand’s Drama for Life Programme, will host the fifth annual Africa Research Conference in Applied Drama and Theatre entitled Applied Drama as Social Intervention in Conflict and Post-Conflict Contexts running from 16 to 17 November 2012 on the University of Pretoria’s main campus. [Read More] |
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Taking chances, giving direction... Chris Broodryk Posted on 04 May 2012 "Some You Can See… Others Not At All", choreographed by Kyle de Boer, forms part of the DETOURS Physical Theatre and Dance project hosted by the Dramatic Arts department at Wits University. [Read More] |
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"Streetlights" shine for Presidency Chris Broodryk Posted on 23 Apr 2012 The Drama Department was invited to perform as part of the Presidency's Freedom Day commemorations on Monday 16 April. [Read More] |
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Drama mourns the loss of Prof Lynn Dalrymple Chris Broodryk Posted on 16 Apr 2012 It is with great sadness that the Drama Department learnt of the passing of Prof Lynn Dalrymple, a wonderful teacher, thinker, researcher and inspiration to generations of applied drama/theatre scholars and practitioners in South Africa. She died on Saturday, 14 April 2012 of kidney failure. Please see her obituary below, reprinted here with the permission of the author. [Read More] |
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Euripides and co visit Pretoria Chris Broodryk Posted on 12 Apr 2012 Under the supervision of Dr Estelle Zeeman, the Drama Department is hosting a gala evening showcasing three top contemporary adaptations of classical Greek dramas. [Read More] |
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The Way of Water, presented by UP's Drama Department Chris Broodryk Posted on 11 Apr 2012 Caridad Svich’s new play, The Way of Water, marks the two-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill this April with multiple readings across the US and abroad. The University of Pretoria's Drama Department, in collaboration with NoPassport Theatre Alliance and Press, will present a play reading of this text. [Read More] |
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Educational Theatre 2012 Chris Broodryk Posted on 28 Mar 2012 The Drama department’s annual touring educational theatre programmes ran from 14 to 20 March 2012. The programmes are developed annually under the supervision of Prof Marié-Heleen Coetzee. [Read More] |
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An illuminating choreo-poem at the Masker Theatre Chris Broodryk Posted on 19 Mar 2012 Poised to set the stage alight, director and playwright/poet Napo Masheane with the University of Pretoria’s Drama department proudly present their latest production, “Street Lights With Lips”. [Read More] |
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Drama Current Affairs Chris Broodryk Posted on 09 Mar 2012 Drama staff is regularly involved in a variety of interesting and stimulating activities. [Read More] |
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Children's theatre: Pippy puts on her Longstockings! Chris Broodryk Posted on 12 Jan 2012 The Drama Department proudly presents its children's theatre production for 2012, "The Adventures of Pippy Longstocking", directed by stage and screen veteran Estelle Zeeman. Note that the production is staged in Afrikaans. [Read More] |
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Pioneer in educational drama passes away Chris Broodryk Posted on 07 Nov 2011 Dorothy Heathcote, world-renowned and pioneering educational drama teacher, died on 8th October 2011 at the age of 85. [Read More] |
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Penumbra at Aardklop National Arts Festival Chris Broodryk Posted on 28 Sep 2011 The Drama department will present the physical theatre production Penumbra on 6 and 7 October 2011 at the Aardklop National Arts Festival. Students from different year groups partake in the production. The production won a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the 2011 Grahamstown Arts Festival. [Read More] |
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Gogola - Growth through Knowledge Chris Broodryk Posted on 26 Sep 2011 The executive head of the Aardklop National Arts Festival asked the department to create this exciting project in collaboration with AngloGold Ashanti's environmental management division. The project centres on environmental awareness and protection. [Read More] |
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A new movement begins Chris Broodryk Posted on 20 Sep 2011 The Drama Department proudly presents "Choreog 2011". [Read More] |
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The 'Frontlines' of war and conflict Posted on 15 Aug 2011 "Frontlines", the latest Drama production, is a collaboration with DUT and UKZN that creatively explores aspects of war and global conflict. It runs from 23-27 August 2011. [Read More] |
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Drama student receives expert training abroad Posted on 07 Jun 2011 Odia Jordaan successfully completed a number of Playback Theatre Training courses at the Centre for Playback Theatre in the USA as part of her practical work towards her MA degree in Drama. Odia was privileged to have her courses presented by the founders of Playback Theatre, Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas. [Read More] |
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Moliere and Genet feature in Drama double bill Posted on 11 May 2011 The Drama Department proudly presents a drama double bill by acclaimed actor and director Pieter Brand, "Die Geleerde Dames" (Moliere) and "The Maids" (Genet). [Read More] |
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International theatre legend passes away Posted on 09 May 2011 The Drama Department mourns the passing of world renowned voice expert Arthur Lessac, who died in April. [Read More] |
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Centre Stage with Napo Masheane (Part Two) Posted on 05 May 2011 The second part of Prof Coetzee's interview with dynamic theatre writer-director Napo Masheane. [Read More] |
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Exciting new play presents hair salon as South African microcosm Posted on 20 Apr 2011 The Drama Department is proud to present writer-director Napo Masheane's "Hair & Comb", an original work set against an urban city backdrop for a uniquely contemporary South African play. [Read More] |
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Katinka Heyns-Barnard receives honorary degree Posted on 18 Apr 2011 On 14 April 2011, South African entertainment legend Katina Heyns-Barnard received an honorary doctorate from the UP Drama Department. [Read More] |
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Centre stage with Napo Masheane (Part One) Posted on 04 Apr 2011 Prof Coetzee interviews Sotho cultural activist, actress, playwright, poet and director Napo Masheane, a guest director in the Drama department. Napo was born in Soweto (Gauteng) and grew up in Qwaqwa (Free State). The recipient of a number of scholarships and awards, she made her mark as a multi-skilled theatre artist on both international and national stages. A founding member of Feela Sista! Spoken Word Collective, she is also the director of her own company, Village Gossip Productions. Currently, she is one of the few black women directors in the country. [Read More] |
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Drama visits Cirque du Soleil Posted on 30 Mar 2011 Fulbright scholar Heidi Hoffer organised a departmental visit to the internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil. [Read More] |
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Educational theatre speaks to young audiences Posted on 25 Mar 2011 The Drama department's annual touring educational theatre programmes ran from 14 - 18 March 2011. The programmes are developed under the supervision of prof Marié-Heleen Coetzee. The programmes are presented in collaboration with the SAPS Villeria, the Tshwane Metro Police and Kilnerpark Security as part of their crime prevention programmes and their drive to encourage responsible citizenship. [Read More] |
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Emergency Exercise Phoenix Ortia Posted on 28 Feb 2011 Following the success of the training programme THEBE, the Airports Company South Africa (AKSA) requested the involvement of the Drama students again for the 2011 training programme Phoenix Ortia. [Read More] |
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UP Drama welcomes Fulbright Scholar Posted on 17 Feb 2011 Prof Heidi Hoffer is a renowned American scenographer with years of international experience as a scene and lighting designer, and a scenic artist for the theatre. She obtained her MFA (Master of Fine Arts) from Northwestern University and is currently a Fulbright Traditional Scholar at the University of Pretoria Drama Department. In addition, she is a Scenic Artist member of USAA. [Read More] |
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The Giant's Garden Posted on 20 Jan 2011 This year's children's theatre is sure to enchant! [Read More] |
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Identity, history and Mapungubwe Posted on 22 Nov 2010 Prof Marié-Heleen Coetzee presented a paper at an international conference at Goldsmiths University, London, on the transformations of narrative in the postcolonial era. The conference was from 11 to 13 November 2010. [Read More] |
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Drama lecturers receive Education Innovation award Posted on 09 Nov 2010 Mr Johan Visser and Mr Rian Terblance received an Education Innovation Award on 25 October 2010. This award was for implementing technology in leading individual members of large groups of students into co-operative and self paced learning. [Read More] |
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Drama student wins top award Posted on 27 Oct 2010 Nico Scheepers, a third year student at the Drama Department, won the award for best director for his self written play "Kolom" at this year's ATKV Tienertoneelkompetise (competition for teen theatre). [Read More] |
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'Hegter': please note amended show times Posted on 06 Oct 2010 Please note that the show times for "Hegter", which opens 7 October, is at 20:00 in the evenings, and not at 19:00 as previously advertised. [Read More] |
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'Hegter' explores destructive dimension to relationships Posted on 28 Sep 2010 "Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do..." [Read More] |
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Blast from the Past Posted on 27 Aug 2010 Estelle Zeeman's "The Red Light Canteen" opened on 26 August to a packed house and an appreciative audience. [Read More] |
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Important Krękvars schedule change Posted on 26 Jul 2010 Please note the following Krękvars schedule change: [Read More] |
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Like Show Business Posted on 05 Jul 2010 The Drama department returned from Grahamstown after successful runs at the National Arts Festival. [Read More] |
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Ellis Pearson: Exploring African Physical Theatre Posted on 01 Jul 2010 Award winning actor Ellis Pearson was a short-term artist-in-residence at the Drama Department in May 2010. Ellis worked primarily with the Honours movement and acting students. He held an open workshop for undergraduate students that was very well received. [Read More] |
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Grahamstown 2010 Posted on 01 Jul 2010 The Drama Department had two productions at this year's National Arts Festival. [Read More] |
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Give a Dam Posted on 09 Apr 2010 The University of Pretoria’s Drama Department is proud to present “ Dammed UP”, a production conceived and directed by Zwelakhe Mtsaka, with the creative and conceptual contributions from the cast. [Read More] |
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Dancing in the woods again Posted on 09 Apr 2010 The Drama Department of the University of Pretoria is staging THE CRUCIBLE again. This is due to popular demand, after a highly successful run in 2009. [Read More] |
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Educational Theatre 2010 Posted on 07 Apr 2010 The Drama department’s annual touring educational theatre programmes ran from 15-19 March 2010. The programmes are developed under the supervision of Prof Marié-Heleen Coetzee since 2003. The programmes are presented in collaboration with the SAPS Villeria, SAPS Brooklyn, the Tshwane Metro Police and Kilnerpark Security as part of their crime prevention programmes. Kilnerpark Security estimated that the programmes played for up to 8 000 learners. [Read More] |
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Drama @ Career Expo Posted on 25 Mar 2010 The Drama Department was represented at the annual Soweto Career Expo on 23 and 24 March 2010. [Read More] |
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William and the Grey Suits Posted on 03 Feb 2010 This is a journey - discover that happiness is a choice. Dare to make that choice. Dare to dream in colour. It's time for children's theatre again! [Read More] |
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Ready for 2010! Posted on 13 Jan 2010 As the start of the 2010 academic year quickly approaches, the Drama Department would like to extend a warm welcome to all new students as well as the familiar faces returning to their studies. [Read More] |
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Krękvars 2009 Posted on 02 Oct 2009 As in previous years, the 2009 Krękvars Students Arts Festival, hosted by the Drama Department, will be remembered as a resounding success. The official opening was attended by representatives of the Czech Republic embassy and the Brazilian embassy, as well as representatives from other local drama departments. In addition, familiar industry figures such as Eloise Cupido, Melt Sieberhagen (“District 9”), Hannes Brummer (“Kompleks”) and Shareen Swart (“7de Laan”) were also in attendance. Sieberhagen and Brummer brought their side-splitting stand-up comedy show, “The Flying Dutchman”, to the festival. [Read More] |
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Congratulations Brumilda! Posted on 03 Aug 2009 Veteran actress and Drama Department alumna Brumilda van Rensburg was introduced into the Foxwood Walk of Fame this past Sunday 02 August 2009. [Read More] |
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Lights! Action! Camera! Posted on 24 Jul 2009 UP Drama Department, is producing the play "I Am A Camera" by John van Druten, on which the musical Cabaret was based. The production features Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Diary of the 1930’s, and although not a musical, the action will be interspersed with music from that era. [Read More] |
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Exciting experimental installation-performance Posted on 24 Apr 2009 Since time immemorial humankind has tried to establish its place and reason for existence in time and space. But the notion of tempero-spatial reality, like the proverbial mat, has been pulled from under our feet. Introducing: cyberspace, the internet, alternative realities and existence. [Read More] |
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Witch hunt! Posted on 24 Apr 2009 In “The Crucible”, presented by UP Drama, a group of girls are discovered dancing in the woods. This discovery leads to riveting and explosive consequences in their society. The narrative that unfolds entails an intricate love story between John Proctor and his wife, Elizabeth. Their relationship is complicated by Abigail’s youthful passion for John. [Read More] |
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Drama at Paddy Crean! Posted on 25 Feb 2009 Three drama students, Tiloshne Govender, Luan Jacobs and Dillion Naicker were awarded scholarships to participate in the Paddy Crean International Stage Combat Workshop/Symposium. [Read More] |
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'The Witches' are upon us! Posted on 11 Feb 2009 The Department of Drama's children's theatre production of Roald Dahl's much loved "The Witches" officially opened on 10 February 2009. [Read More] |
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Notice: Honours students 2009 Posted on 14 Jan 2009 All honours students enrolled at the Department of Drama for 2009 are reminded of their first general meeting. [Read More] |
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Drama Lecturer receives Laureate Award Posted on 18 Dec 2008 Dr Estelle Zeeman, a lecturer at the Department of Drama, has received a Laureate Award "for exceptional contribution made with regard to education innovation at UP." [Read More] |
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Notice to current students Posted on 18 Dec 2008 Current students should take note of the following announcements. [Read More] |
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Roald Dahl comes to UP Drama! Posted on 21 Nov 2008 UP Drama's children's theatre production for 2009 is already in progress. Pieter Bosch Botha, one of South Africa's most exciting young actor-directors will direct Roald Dahl's "The Witches". [Read More] |
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First year auditions for 2009 Posted on 15 Oct 2008 The time frame for the registration for auditions of prospective first year Drama students has been extended. [Read More] |
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TAKING A NEW LOOK AT MACBETH Posted on 20 Aug 2008 The proverbial dust is shaken from Shakespeare with a new approach to Macbeth, directed by Estelle Zeeman at the UP Drama Department. This production is a modern version of the classical text where for example the atmosphere of a cocktail bar/club is created in a place called The Heath, instead of the open Scottish highlands the words refer to. [Read More] |
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Krękvars Arts Festival 2008 Posted on 22 Jul 2008 The University of Pretoria's Drama department is proud to present the 8th annual Krękvars Arts Festival. The Festival is sponsored by the Transnet Foundation this year, and promises more action, more fun and more magic than ever before. [Read More] |
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Mummenschanz visits UP Drama! Posted on 19 Jun 2008 The Department of Drama was highly privileged to attend a neutral mask workshop hosted by the renowned Mummenschanz theatre company, [Read More] |
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Mapungubwe Stories 19 to 24 May 2008 Posted on 22 May 2008 On 19 May 2008, the Department of Drama launched one of its most culturally significant productions of the year, a work that will stand out as part of the centenary celebrations of the University of Pretoria. [Read More] |
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Theatre for Development Posted on 16 May 2008 From 12 to 16 May 2008 the Department of Drama's Theatre for Development (TFD) initiative delivers multiple performances in a variety of challenging spaces, from campus to Laudium, from Hammanskraal to C-Max prison. [Read More] |
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John Murrell's 'Waiting for the Parade' Posted on 25 Apr 2008 The UP Department of Drama proudly presents John Murrell's superlative character drama, "Waiting for the Parade", directed by television and stage veteran Pieter Brand and starring a cast of honours students. [Read More] |
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