Posted on January 22, 2015
The Drama Department presents their children's theatre production of Aspoestertjie.
Posted on October 03, 2014
UP drama student Gopala Davies won the coveted award for ‘best director’ at the 2014 Student Festival of the National Arts Festival for his production Barbe Bleue: a story about madness. The production was the Drama Department’s official entry for the NAF Student Festival....
Posted on October 03, 2014
Drama alumnus Henco J (Henco Jacobs) offers some thoughts on becoming a successful film director.
Posted on October 01, 2014
Bent, under the direction of Rian Terblanche, follows one man's journey from the hedonistic clubs of 1930s Berlin to the detention camp, Dachau. It is an emotional tale of love, set against the tyranny of the Third Reich and its persecution and slaughter of gay men.
Posted on May 15, 2014
In this contemporary production of OTHELLO it becomes the tragedy of choice for the present generation with the interracial love affair at the center of the action. It is a love story and essentially a domestic tragedy about love and passion as basic huma
Posted on May 06, 2014
S. Ansky
Posted on April 07, 2014
Alexander Melck, an MA student at the Drama Department, won the presitigious South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) for Best Editing of a Documentary Short.
Posted on April 07, 2014
A physical theatre documentary based on fact, speculation and assumption choreographed by Bailey Snyman:
Posted on March 28, 2014
On 6 and 7 March 2014, the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) held the colloquium 'Collaborative art activism: a tool for decolonising genders and sexualities in the global South'. The colloquium coincides with the new Wits Art Museum's exhibition
Posted on March 28, 2014
Morn
Posted on March 24, 2014
Drama has reason to celebrate the many achievements of its alumni in theatre and film.
Posted on March 10, 2014
Dr Myer Taub will introduce the idea of the trashure hunt on 12 March 2014 at the GRIND Studio Space in Johannesburg.
Posted on January 24, 2014
The Drama Department presents the delightful "Liewe Heksie" from 12 - 22 February 2014.
Posted on December 18, 2013
The Drama Department hosts the Body/Space/Emergence conference from 17-19 January 2014.
Posted on December 12, 2013
The Drama Department of the University of Pretoria
Posted on November 26, 2013
In July of 2013 MA student and Bat Boy director Anitra Davel attended the International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR) Conference in Barcelona. The topic of the conference was Re-routing Performance. Ms Davel presented a paper entitled Multicultura
Posted on November 26, 2013
Drama second year student Joanne McQuirk reflect on her Neil Simon experience, made possible through Mr Rodrigo Chiari of Yellow Bakkie Productions.
Posted on September 06, 2013
The University of Pretoria Drama Department presents Statements 1, an explosive and visually compelling showcase of 1st and 3rd year physical theatre artists. The programme is a diverse and varied exploration of movement and physical theatre where the art
Posted on September 06, 2013
Two Drama students, Ms Goitumetswe Moseki and Mr Henco Jacobs, received their MA degrees in Drama and Film Studies and in Drama (cum laude) respectively during the spring graduation ceremony on 5 September 2013.
Posted on August 29, 2013
Holly Bass, an acclaimed writer, director and performance artist based in Washington DC, presented a guest lecture to the Drama Department
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