Summary south african theatre dramatic arts grade 12

South African theatre 1960-1994

1960’s
1962:
 Perfoming Arts Council:  PACT
 NAPAC
 CAPAB
 RACOFS
 Replaced the National Theatre
council


1963:
 British equity boycott
 Prevented South Africans from perfoming British plays and British
perfomers from performing in SA



1970’s
 Black consciousness promoted through theatre
 1976 Soweto protests: protested against being taught in Afrikaans
 Alternative venues created for more controversial works:
 Wits
 The Space
 Market Theatre
 Baxter Theatre


1980’s
 Theatre became deeply engaged with politics
 Agitprop theatre: Aimed at mobilising oppressed and to fight
oppression
 More Afrikaans playwrights became anti-apartheid
 Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging launched a university theatre
 Cross-cultural workshop theatre explored South African issues and
characters