Workshop - Revision history

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The broad history

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Somes South African companies and venues by this name

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The concept

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 ==The broad history==
 The concept was introduced into the South African scene via the British and American ''avant garde'' movements of the 1960s and 1970s, but became really prominent as an [[alternative]] creative form in the 1970-1980 struggle period among writers and [[theatremakers]] in English, gradually becoming the dominant form of play creation for political work especially, for a while almost ousting the traditional playwright as dominant creative figure in the local industry. This situation continued after the politcal shift in the country in 1994, [[theatremakers]] working in all the South African languages having adopted it as a valuable creative tool.
 ==Somes South African workshop-oriented companies and venues ==

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 The concept was introduced into the South African scene via the British and American ''avant garde'' movements of the 1960s and 1970s, but became really prominent as an [[alternative]] creative form in the 1970-1980 struggle period among writers and [[theatremakers]] in English, gradually becoming the dominant form of play creation for political work especially, for a while almost ousting the traditional playwright as dominant creative figure in the local industry. This situation continued after the politcal shift in the country in 1994, [[theatremakers]] working in all the South African languages having adopted it as a valuable creative tool.
-==Somes South African companies and venues by this name==
+==Somes South African workshop-oriented companies and venues ==
 Click on the name below for details on the companies/venues.
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 [[The Workshop]], Cape Town (1976)
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		+	==The broad history==

	The concept was introduced into the South African scene via the British and American ''avant garde'' movements of the 1960s and 1970s, but became really prominent as an [[alternative]] creative form in the 1970-1980 struggle period among writers and [[theatremakers]] in English, gradually becoming the dominant form of play creation for political work especially, for a while almost ousting the traditional playwright as dominant creative figure in the local industry. This situation continued after the politcal shift in the country in 1994, [[theatremakers]] working in all the South African languages having adopted it as a valuable creative tool.		The concept was introduced into the South African scene via the British and American ''avant garde'' movements of the 1960s and 1970s, but became really prominent as an [[alternative]] creative form in the 1970-1980 struggle period among writers and [[theatremakers]] in English, gradually becoming the dominant form of play creation for political work especially, for a while almost ousting the traditional playwright as dominant creative figure in the local industry. This situation continued after the politcal shift in the country in 1994, [[theatremakers]] working in all the South African languages having adopted it as a valuable creative tool.

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-The term [[workshop]], with its  traditional meaning as a place where construction and repair work are done, has been adopted and used metaphorically in a range of ways in theatre and [[performance]] since the 20th century.
+The term [[workshop]], with its  traditional meaning as a place where construction and repair work are done, including set-building workshops and the like) has also been adopted and used metaphorically in a range of other ways in theatre and [[performance]] since the 20th century.
-= The concept as used in theatre and performance=
+= The concept [[workshop]] used in theatre and performance=
-Related to the concepts of [[Experimental theatre]] and [[Laboratory theatre]], though perhaps with less of the accent on "scientific research processes" implied by ''experimental'' and ''laboratory'', '''[[workshop theatre]]''' refers to the theatrical process of creating a [[performance]] by [[experimentation]] and [[improvisation]].
+Related to the concepts of [[Experimental theatre]] and [[Laboratory theatre]], though perhaps with less of the accent on "scientific research processes" implied by ''experimental'' and ''laboratory'', when emplyed in theatre and performance, '''[[workshop]]''' generally refers to the theatrical process of creating a [[performance]] by [[experimentation]] and [[improvisation]].
 The basic term [[workshop]] can be used as a '''verb''' ("to [[workshop]] a play"), a '''noun''' ("a [[theatre workshop]]"), or '''adjectivally''' ("a [[workshopped]] text"; "a [[workshop]] production")
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 The term [[workshop theatre]] specifically emphasises the notion of creating or shaping a theatre text through a [[workshop]] process, i.e. by having the actors and director create or adapt a play through a [[improvisation]] processes (hence the term [[workshopping]]) a text/scene/play, and can refer to both the process itself as well as the [[venue]] where/by which such processes are employed (i.e. a temporary or permanent venue/company/facility to facilitate such work).
-== As an adjective ("a [[workshop]] production") ==
+The basic term can be used as a verb ("to [[workshop]]" a play, a scene or a production"), an adjective ("a [[workshop]] production or [[workshopped]] play") or a noun (e.g. to a temporary or permanent venue/company/facility workshop processes take place).
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 The concept was introduced into the South African scene via the British and American ''avant garde'' movements of the 1960s and 1970s, but became really prominent as an [[alternative]] creative form in the 1970-1980 struggle period among writers and [[theatremakers]] in English, gradually becoming the dominant form of play creation for political work especially, for a while almost ousting the traditional playwright as dominant creative figure in the local industry. This situation continued after the politcal shift in the country in 1994, [[theatremakers]] working in all the South African languages having adopted it as a valuable creative tool.
-==South African companies and venues==
+==Somes South African companies and venues by this name==
-=== [[Theatre Workshop '71]] ===
+[[Theatre Workshop '71]]
+[[The Workshop]], Cape Town (1976)
 = Sources =

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 The term [[workshop]], with its  traditional meaning as a place where construction and repair work are done, has been adopted and used metaphorically in a range of ways in theatre and [[performance]] since the 20th century.
-= The concept =
+= The concept=
-Related to the concepts of [[Experimental theatre]] and [[Laboratory theatre]], though perhaps with less of the accent on "scientific research processes" implied by ''experimental'' and ''laboratory'', '''[[workshop theatre]]''' refers to the process of creating a [[performance]] by [[experimentation]] and [[improvisation]].
+Related to the concepts of [[Experimental theatre]] and [[Laboratory theatre]], though perhaps with less of the accent on "scientific research processes" implied by ''experimental'' and ''laboratory'', '''[[workshop theatre]]''' refers to the theatrical process of creating a [[performance]] by [[experimentation]] and [[improvisation]].
 The basic term [[workshop]] can be used as a '''verb''' ("to [[workshop]] a play"), a '''noun''' ("a [[theatre workshop]]"), or '''adjectivally''' ("a [[workshopped]] text"; "a [[workshop]] production")
-''Related concepts include [[improvise]], [[improvisational theatre]], [[theatre laboratory]], [[theatremaking]]''.
+''Besides [[experimental theatre]] and [[laboratory theatre]], other related concepts include [[improvisation]] and [[theatremaking]]''.
 =The concept of [[workshop theatre]]=

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−	~~[[Laboratory]], [[improvisation]] and [[theatre-making]].~~	+