Posted on March 19, 2012
Poised to set the stage alight, director and playwright/poet Napo Masheane with the University of Pretoria
Posted on March 09, 2012
Drama staff is regularly involved in a variety of interesting and stimulating activities.
Posted on January 12, 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.
Posted on November 07, 2011
Dorothy Heathcote, world-renowned and pioneering educational drama teacher, died on 8th October 2011 at the age of 85.
Posted on September 28, 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
Posted on September 26, 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.
Posted on September 20, 2011
The Drama Department proudly presents "Choreog 2011".
Posted on August 15, 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.
Posted on June 07, 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
Posted on May 11, 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).
Posted on May 09, 2011
The Drama Department mourns the passing of world renowned voice expert Arthur Lessac, who died in April.
Posted on May 05, 2011
The second part of Prof Coetzee's interview with dynamic theatre writer-director Napo Masheane.
Posted on April 20, 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.
Posted on April 18, 2011
On 14 April 2011, South African entertainment legend Katina Heyns-Barnard received an honorary doctorate from the UP Drama Department.
Posted on April 04, 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 scholarship
Posted on March 30, 2011
Fulbright scholar Heidi Hoffer organised a departmental visit to the internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil.
Posted on March 25, 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 Mari
Posted on February 28, 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.
Posted on February 17, 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
Posted on January 20, 2011
This year's children's theatre is sure to enchant!
Copyright © University of Pretoria 2025. All rights reserved.
Virtual Campus
Get Social With Us
Download the UP Mobile App