Yvette Hutchison
Biographic Data
| ID | 2014473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yvette Hutchison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yvette |
| FAMILY NAME | Hutchison |
| SIGNATURE | HUTCHISON Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3199-0305 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Traversing Distances and Differences: Developing the African Women’s Playwright Network
In 2015, playwright, director and screenwriter from Cape Town, South Africa, Amy Jephta and I set up the African Women’s Playwright Network (AWPN) via a mobile app to traverse literal, conceptual and historic distances to enable artists, researchers, educators, programmers and publishers from various parts of Africa and its diasporas to connect. In this article, I will trace how and why this network was set up, while reflecting on what we need to…
Voicing the Imaginative in Africa: Three creatives speak
In what follows we offer three independent interviews with a theatre, dance and visual artist that create dialogues and emergent patterns on what it means to be a black female creative in Africa in
“Zones of Occult Instability”: A South African Perspective on Negotiating Colonial Afterlives Through Intercultural Performance
Creating a network on and off-line, in and out of Africa: African Women Playwright Network
This article compares and analyses factors that impact when creating a network on both online and live networking platforms, designed as spaces for artistic and critical engagement both within Africa and beyond. As I draw on the African Womens’ Playwright Network as my example, I consider how we can acknowledge the materiality of the processes and relationships involved in these kinds of networks, which as Stephansen argues, also involve the maki…
Embodied Practice that Troubles Fixed Narratives of Identity, History and Memory
African Theatre 14: Contemporary Women
South African performance and archives of memory
This book explores the place of memory in post-apartheid South Africa by analysing state sanctioned-performances of the nation. It first explores how the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) archive was created, and what it means to contemporary South Africa. The book then explores creative responses to the TRC. It examines individual narratives that have become iconic; asking why these have been chosen to represent the experiences of the br…
New territories: Theatre, drama, and performance in post-apartheid South Africa
Greg Homann and Marc Maufort are well placed to edit this new critical analysis of South African theatre: Homann is a successful South African playwright who won the 2014 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Theatre, and has taught in the Wits School of Arts and the South African School for Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance in Johannesburg. Maufort is Professor of English, American and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Bruxel…
Eckhard Breitinger: 4 May 1940, Ebingen (now Albstadt) – 15 August 2013, Bayreuth
Eckhard Breitinger was an amazing man, both as an academic and as a generous and talented individual. He was the Coordinator of African Studies at Bayreuth University from 1981 until his retirement, heading the Institute for African Studies, where he researched and taught in Literature and Theatre Studies, with a special interest in Africa
African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950
The "Dark Continent" Goes North: An Exploration of Intercultural Theatre Practice through Handspring and Sogolon Puppet Companies' Production of Tall Horse
This essay explores the complexities of intercultural interaction, specifically in the context of globalization. These interactions involve not only contact with, but also negotiation of cultural representations. The debates about the processes involved in such encounters are complex and highlight tensions among aesthetics, ideology, the ethics of production, voice, and authorship. The essay begins by outlining some of the key debates and issues …
Riding Osofisan's Another Raft through the sea of Nigerian history: Theatre for agency
One of Femi Osofisan's most intriguing and significant contributions to African drama has been his provocative linking of history to knowledge and myth, which he sees as pivotal in challenging and conscientising post-independent Nigeria
The Seductive Dance Between History and Literature: The Moremi Legend by Historian Samuel Johnson and Playwrights Duro Ladipo and Femi Osofisan
(1999). THE SEDUCTIVE DANCE BETWEEN HISTORY AND LITERATURE: THE MOREMI LEGEND BY HISTORIAN SAMUEL JOHNSON AND PLAYWRIGHTS DURO LADIPO AND FEMI OSOFISAN. South African Theatre Journal: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 31-47
An introductory placing of South African theatre in the African context
The article provides a broad overview of the forms and elements which have contributed to the progression of drama in Africa, and simultaneously indicates the position of South African drama within this extensive context. Much attention has been devoted to pinpointing existing similarities and differences which may mainly be ascribed to South Africa's unique socio‐political character. The conclusions drawn could have a significant bearing on futu…
Theories of Drama, Theatre and Performance in Africa
"Theories of Drama, Theatre and Performance in Africa." South African Theatre Journal, 10(1), pp. 1–2
Articles published in South Africa on Theatre and Drama in 1994
"Articles published in South Africa on Theatre and Drama in 1994." South African Theatre Journal, 10(1), pp. 113–114
Access to rather than ownership of”: South African theatre history and theory at a crossroad
This article offers a concise overview of South African theatre history and theory to date, with an evaluation of possible areas that have been neglected. It also considers present trends in theatre—both mainstream and community theatre within the context of the cultural debate in South Africa. The article also considers how approaches by critics from other parts of Africa may be of benefit to South African theatre historians and theorists
Articles published in South Africa on Theatre and Drama in 1993
"Articles published in South Africa on Theatre and Drama in 1993." South African Theatre Journal, 9(1), pp. 111–112
African Literature in South Africa: Towards a Renaissance Conference, Cape Town, 24–25 February 1995
Masks Today: Mediators of a Complex Reality
Articles published in South Africa on Theatre: 1990–1991
(1993). Articles published in South Africa on Theatre: 1990–1991. South African Theatre Journal: Vol. 7, Theatre Arts at the Crossroads, pp. 140-144
The Social Relevance of Play
(1992). The Social Relevance of Play. South African Theatre Journal: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-3
A Bibliography of South African Theatre: 1987–88
The "Dark Continent" Goes North: An Exploration of Intercultural Theatre Practice through Handspring and Sogolon Puppet Companies' Production of Tall Horse
This essay explores the complexities of intercultural interaction, specifically in the context of globalization. These interactions involve not only contact with, but also negotiation of cultural representations. The debates about the processes involved in such encounters are complex and highlight tensions among aesthetics, ideology, the ethics of production, voice, and authorship. The essay begins by outlining some of the key debates and issues …
A Bibliography of South African Theatre: 1987–88
The Social Relevance of Play
(1992). The Social Relevance of Play. South African Theatre Journal: Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 1-3
Articles published in South Africa on Theatre: 1990–1991
(1993). Articles published in South Africa on Theatre: 1990–1991. South African Theatre Journal: Vol. 7, Theatre Arts at the Crossroads, pp. 140-144
Masks Today: Mediators of a Complex Reality
Articles published in South Africa on Theatre and Drama in 1993
"Articles published in South Africa on Theatre and Drama in 1993." South African Theatre Journal, 9(1), pp. 111–112
African Literature in South Africa: Towards a Renaissance Conference, Cape Town, 24–25 February 1995
An introductory placing of South African theatre in the African context
The article provides a broad overview of the forms and elements which have contributed to the progression of drama in Africa, and simultaneously indicates the position of South African drama within this extensive context. Much attention has been devoted to pinpointing existing similarities and differences which may mainly be ascribed to South Africa's unique socio‐political character. The conclusions drawn could have a significant bearing on futu…
Theories of Drama, Theatre and Performance in Africa
"Theories of Drama, Theatre and Performance in Africa." South African Theatre Journal, 10(1), pp. 1–2
Articles published in South Africa on Theatre and Drama in 1994
"Articles published in South Africa on Theatre and Drama in 1994." South African Theatre Journal, 10(1), pp. 113–114
Access to rather than ownership of”: South African theatre history and theory at a crossroad
This article offers a concise overview of South African theatre history and theory to date, with an evaluation of possible areas that have been neglected. It also considers present trends in theatre—both mainstream and community theatre within the context of the cultural debate in South Africa. The article also considers how approaches by critics from other parts of Africa may be of benefit to South African theatre historians and theorists
The Seductive Dance Between History and Literature: The Moremi Legend by Historian Samuel Johnson and Playwrights Duro Ladipo and Femi Osofisan
(1999). THE SEDUCTIVE DANCE BETWEEN HISTORY AND LITERATURE: THE MOREMI LEGEND BY HISTORIAN SAMUEL JOHNSON AND PLAYWRIGHTS DURO LADIPO AND FEMI OSOFISAN. South African Theatre Journal: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 31-47
Riding Osofisan's Another Raft through the sea of Nigerian history: Theatre for agency
One of Femi Osofisan's most intriguing and significant contributions to African drama has been his provocative linking of history to knowledge and myth, which he sees as pivotal in challenging and conscientising post-independent Nigeria
African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950
The "Dark Continent" Goes North: An Exploration of Intercultural Theatre Practice through Handspring and Sogolon Puppet Companies' Production of Tall Horse
This essay explores the complexities of intercultural interaction, specifically in the context of globalization. These interactions involve not only contact with, but also negotiation of cultural representations. The debates about the processes involved in such encounters are complex and highlight tensions among aesthetics, ideology, the ethics of production, voice, and authorship. The essay begins by outlining some of the key debates and issues …
Eckhard Breitinger: 4 May 1940, Ebingen (now Albstadt) – 15 August 2013, Bayreuth
Eckhard Breitinger was an amazing man, both as an academic and as a generous and talented individual. He was the Coordinator of African Studies at Bayreuth University from 1981 until his retirement, heading the Institute for African Studies, where he researched and taught in Literature and Theatre Studies, with a special interest in Africa
African Theatre 14: Contemporary Women
South African performance and archives of memory
This book explores the place of memory in post-apartheid South Africa by analysing state sanctioned-performances of the nation. It first explores how the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) archive was created, and what it means to contemporary South Africa. The book then explores creative responses to the TRC. It examines individual narratives that have become iconic; asking why these have been chosen to represent the experiences of the br…
New territories: Theatre, drama, and performance in post-apartheid South Africa
Greg Homann and Marc Maufort are well placed to edit this new critical analysis of South African theatre: Homann is a successful South African playwright who won the 2014 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Theatre, and has taught in the Wits School of Arts and the South African School for Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance in Johannesburg. Maufort is Professor of English, American and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Bruxel…
Embodied Practice that Troubles Fixed Narratives of Identity, History and Memory
“Zones of Occult Instability”: A South African Perspective on Negotiating Colonial Afterlives Through Intercultural Performance
Creating a network on and off-line, in and out of Africa: African Women Playwright Network
This article compares and analyses factors that impact when creating a network on both online and live networking platforms, designed as spaces for artistic and critical engagement both within Africa and beyond. As I draw on the African Womens’ Playwright Network as my example, I consider how we can acknowledge the materiality of the processes and relationships involved in these kinds of networks, which as Stephansen argues, also involve the maki…
Voicing the Imaginative in Africa: Three creatives speak
In what follows we offer three independent interviews with a theatre, dance and visual artist that create dialogues and emergent patterns on what it means to be a black female creative in Africa in
Traversing Distances and Differences: Developing the African Women’s Playwright Network
In 2015, playwright, director and screenwriter from Cape Town, South Africa, Amy Jephta and I set up the African Women’s Playwright Network (AWPN) via a mobile app to traverse literal, conceptual and historic distances to enable artists, researchers, educators, programmers and publishers from various parts of Africa and its diasporas to connect. In this article, I will trace how and why this network was set up, while reflecting on what we need to…
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