What I was Told

Verbatim-physical theatre as feminist protest theatre in South Africa

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ID14960943
AutoresHelena Baard (0000-0002-7752-2726, Stellenbosch University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen34
Número3
Páginas178-193
Fecha de publicación2021-09-02
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSouth African Theatre Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1013-7548 • E-ISSN: 2163-7660
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10137548.2022.2063938
OpenAlexW4224315466
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas14

Verbatim-physical theatre presents the possibility for women’s stories, not only to be told, but to be heard, interacted and engaged with. This article explores the combination of physical- and verbatim theatre for feminist protest theatre in South Africa. It argues that verbatim-physical theatre as feminist protest theatre presents a mode of storytelling that is challenging and oppositional through embodied and dynamic performances. It further makes the case that South African theatre is built on a long tradition of story-telling, is imbued with inherent physicality and has always been a strong means for political consciousness-raising and education. It is this nature of South African theatre that makes the combination of verbatim- and physical theatre so effective for feminist protest theatre. The article also analyses the creation and staging of What I was Told, a verbatim-physical theatre production telling the stories of women, the stories told to us and the stories that still need to be told

Art · Drama · Geography · Global South · Media studies · Political theatre · Sociology · Theatre studies · Visual arts · Gender Studies · History · South African History and Culture · Theatre and Performance Studies

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