Theatre of the contact zone : a quest for a means to nurse split psychic spaces in public spheres through the transformation of dramatic texts into performance texts

This study is a theoretical explication of an idea of a theatre called Theatre of the Contact Zone. Its main feature is the collaboration between the playwright and the director in the transformation of dramatic texts into performance texts. Within the pragmatics of this theatre the playwright's initial task is to provide a working script. It is only a foundation, the basis, without which the director has nothing to begin coordinating the collaborative process of theatre making. The writing of the script continues through out rehearsals. The final script is compiled after the production incorporating changes made in the course of its transformation into a performance, as well as insights gained through watching the production. The first experiment was through a play called An African Syzygy which I wrote and was directed by Sanjin Muftic (a fellow postgraduate student whose orientation in theatre studies is directing).

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Drama

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Chimoga, Tichaona Ronald Kizito

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Banning, Yvonne
• Singer, Jacque
• Pather, Jay

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8157

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8157