Difference between revisions of "Woyzeck on the Highveld"
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| − | 1992: The play opened at the [[Grahamstown Festival]], with [[Adrian Kohler]], [[Basil Jones]], [[Louis Seboko]], [[Busie Zokufa]] and [[Tale Motsepe]] as puppeteers | + | 1992: The play opened at the [[Grahamstown Festival]], directed by [[William Kentridge]] with [[Adrian Kohler]], [[Basil Jones]], [[Louis Seboko]], [[Busie Zokufa]] and [[Tale Motsepe]] as puppeteers. |
1992: The production played at the [[Market Theatre]] and at the [[Baxter Theatre]]. | 1992: The production played at the [[Market Theatre]] and at the [[Baxter Theatre]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 19 January 2024
Woyzeck on the Highveld is a collaborative theatre production by William Kentridge (1955-) and the Handspring Puppet Company.
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This is a major adaptation of Georg Büchner's unfinished play Woyzeck and was undertaken as the first collaborative theatre project by artist William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company.
The play comments on South Africa at the start of the 1990s through a multi-layered structure taking place on three levels: the rear-projected animation of filmed charcoal drawings and ink-drawn shadow puppets, the roughly carved wooden rod puppets in front of the screen, each manipulated by four puppeteers, and a live actor. The distance between the inner world as projected on the screen and the action on stage forms the thin line between Woyzeck's twisted dream and reality.
After opening in 1992, the play went on to tour the world for years. After appearing in Israel in 1996, the puppets were sold to the Munich City Museum’s puppet collection. However they
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Performance history in South Africa
1992: The play opened at the Grahamstown Festival, directed by William Kentridge with Adrian Kohler, Basil Jones, Louis Seboko, Busie Zokufa and Tale Motsepe as puppeteers.
1992: The production played at the Market Theatre and at the Baxter Theatre.
1994: Performed at the Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago.
1996: The production was presented during the Israel Festival, Jerusalem at the Rebecca Crown Auditorium, May 31 - June 2. Later the puppets were sold to the Munich City Museum's puppet collection.
2008: The puppets were borrowed from Munich City Museum for a revival for the UNIMA Festival in Perth, Australia, with Mncedisi Shabangu taking Motsepe’s place. This also played in South Africa
2011: Performed at The Barbican, London[1]
Sources
The Handspring Puppet Company website[2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6rDZYmTvX8
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/sep/07/woyzeck-on-the-highveld-review
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