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The Little Theatre

Research Report 2006
Director: Associate Professor Christopher Weare
Production Manager: Mr Daniel Galloway

Administrative Officer: Ms Susan Cole

Wardrobe Supervisor: Ms Illka Louw

Unit Profile
The Little Theatre is an interfaculty unit run in association with the Drama Department. It provides theatre spaces and facilities for theatre research for departments within the University as well as opportunities for production for theatre, film, television companies and community groups. It has at its disposal the 250 seat proscenium arch Little Theatre, the flexible staging 70 seat Arena Theatre, the 60 seat Intimate Theatre, the Hiddingh Hall (flexible space), the 40 seat Playroom which is an experimental space and numerous outside spaces on the Hiddingh Campus as well as a scenery workshop, costume wardrobe, furniture and properties store. In addition to staging productions, the Little Theatre serves as an informal resource for past students and members of the public needing theatre information. Assistance is provided whenever possible.

Unit Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff

Technical Support Staff	7
Administrative and Clerical Staff	1
Total	8

Contact Details

Postal address: Little Theatre Office, Office and Workshop Building, Hiddingh Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town, 8001

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://www.drama.uct.ac.za/

Research Output
Creative Work
“University of Chicago” UCT Extra Mural Studies. Jan 09 – Feb 11, 2006. The Playroom, UCT.
“Righthere outsideinside” by Morten Minothi Kristiansen. Jan 13 – Jan 14 2006. The Intimate, UCT.
“Pora” by Sonia Esgueira. Jan 17 – Feb 01 2006. Directed by Ruth Levin. The Intimate, UCT
“Second Time Broken” by Remix Dance Company. Feb 02 – Feb 11 2006. Coreography by Adam Benjamin & Ina Wichterich. The Little Theatre, UCT.
“A Woman’s Bum is Like the Moon” by Samantha Gray. Feb 05 – Feb 12 2006. Directed by Milton Schorr. The Intimate, UCT.
“Duncan Farenheit’s Acoustic Jam Sandwich” by Pierre Malherbe. Feb 20 – Feb 26 2006. Directed by Luke Tagg. The Intimate, UCT.
“A Woman’s Bum is Like the Moon” by Samantha Gray. Mar 07 – Mar 11 2006. Directed by Milton Schorr for Cape Town Festival. The Intimate, UCT.
“Poppie” by Elsa Joubert. Mar 10 - Mar 25 2006. Directed by Sandra Temmingh for the Drama Department. Arena Theatre UCT.
“Moegoeman en die Afikane” Mar 14 – Mar 18 2006. For the Cape Town Festival. The Intimate, UCT.
“The Suit” by Can Themba. Adaptation by Christopher Weare. Mar 14 - Mar 18 2006. Directed by Christopher Weare for The Cape Town Festival. The Intimate, UCT.
“The Seagull” by Anton Chekhov. Mar 15 – 25 Mar 2006. Directed by Liz Mills for the Drama Department. Little Theatre, UCT.
“Residue” created by Aja Marneweck, Yolanda Michaels and Jacqueline Van Meygaarden. Mar 21 – Mar 25 2006. For The Cape Town Festival. The Intimate, UCT.
“Bambi in Kabaret” by Pieter-Dirk Uys. (Sundays only) April 23 – June 11 2006. The Intimate, UCT.
“Kusalawula Yena” by G. B. S. Xundu. April 10 – April 29 2006. Directed by Thoko Ntshinga and Mandla Mbothwe for Drama Department. Little Theatre, UCT.
“Virgin Boy” by Peter Krummeck. April 24 – April 29 2006. Directed by Peter Krummeck. The Intimate, UCT.
“The Magic of Larry Soffer” May 08 – May 12 2006. Directed by Greg Karvellas. The Intimate, UCT.
“Anowa” by Ama Atta Aidoo. May 10 – May 13 2006. Directed by Sara Machett for the Drama Department. Little Theatre, UCT.
“Performers Travel Guide” by Scott Sparrow. May 15 – May 20 2006. Directed by Peter Spring. The Intimate, UCT.
“Alan Committie is F.U.C.T” May 22 2006. The Little Theatre’s 75 Anniversary. Little Theatre, UCT.
“Story telling” by Pieter Dirk Uys, Nicholas Ellenbogen & Janice Honeyman. May 22 2006. The Little Theatre’s 75 Anniversary. The Intimate, UCT.
“The Al Green Catastrophe” by Dianne Makings. May 25 – June 03 2006. Directed by Steven Pillemer. The Intimate, UCT.
“The Trial of the One Short Sighted Black Woman Versus Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae” by Marani Marcia Leslie. May 19 – May 27 2006. Directed by Vanita Vactor for the Drama Department. Arena Theatre, UCT.
“Dolos” by Janni Younge and Julia Teale. June 01 – June 03 2006. Directed by Janni Younge for Drama Department. Little Theatre, UCT.
“Crosses on Tins” by Monique September. June 12 – June 24 2006. Devised by Qaqambile Feliti. The Intimate, UCT.
“Maybe Sunshine Up Ahead” by John Hunt. July 08 – July 29 2006. Directed by Adam Neill. The Intimate, UCT.
“I Have A Dream” July 17 – July 22 2006. Directed by Gavin Wright for 3 Dimensions. The Little Theatre, UCT.
“City Varsity” July 23 2006. Organised by Shirley Johnson. Arena Theatre, UCT.
“Baie Nice” by Benji Magowan. July 31 – Aug 05 2006. Directed by Luke Rous & Meren Reddy. The Intimate, UCT.
“An African Syzygy” by Tichaona Chimoga. Aug 01 – Aug 05 2006. Directed by Sanjin Muftic for Drama Department. Arena Theatre, UCT.
“The Miracle Begins” by Ingqayi Educational Theatre Project. Aug 07 – Aug 09 2006. Arena Theatre, UCT.
“Not the Princess” Aug 08 – Aug 12 2006. Directed by Megan Godsell and Belinda Belseck. The Intimate, UCT.
“Raiders of the Purple Panther” by Nicholas Ellenbogan. Aug 16 – Sept 09 2006. Directed by Andrew Brent. The Intimate, UCT.
“Res 4 Res Theatre Festival”. Aug 23 – Aug 26 2006. By the Student Development Office and UCT Drama Department. Little Theatre, UCT.
“Bambi in Kabaret” by Pieter-Dirk Uys. Aug 27 – Oct 08 2006. (Sundays only) The Intimate, UCT.
“Alphabet Dance” by Suella’s Dance Studio. Aug 30 – Sept 02 2006. The Little Theatre, UCT.
“Honours Directing Scenes” Aug 24 – Aug 25 2006. Honours students, Drama Department. Arena Theatre, UCT.
“Pent Up?” by 3^rd year Theatre Makers. Sept 06 – Sept 08 2006. Rosedale, Commerce Buildings & Egyptian Quad, UCT.
“Out the Box Festival” Festival of Puppets, Masks and Visual Performance. Sept 11 – Sept 16 2006. Little, Arena, Intimate Theatres, Playroom & Arena Quad, UCT.
“The Last Five Years” by Jason Brown. Sept 19 – Sept 30 2006. Directed by Paul Griffiths. The Intimate, UCT.
“Theatre Makers” by 4^th year Theatre Makers. Oct 11 – Oct 14 2006. Little Theatre, UCT.
“Trampled” by Nicholas Ellenbogen. Oct 10 – Oct 28 2006. Directed by Greg Karvellas. The Intimate, UCT.
“Encounter, Celebration of Life” Cultural Exchange Project, 14 Oct – 23 Oct 2006. Danish Cultural Institute, Ragnarock and the Little Theatre. The Intimate, UCT.
“The Possibilities” by Howard Barker. Oct 20 – Oct 22 2006. Directed by Sanjin Muftic for the Drama Department. Arena Theatre, UCT.
“Bambi in Kabaret” by Pieter-Dirk Uys. Oct 29 – Dec 17 2006. (Sundays only) The Intimate, UCT.
“Gumbo” by Rob Murray and Floss Adams. Oct 30 – Nov 04 2006. Directed by Tanya Surtees for from the hip: Khulumakahle. The Intimate, UCT.
“Guys and Dolls” A Frank Loesser musical. Nov 10 – Nov 25 2006. Directed by Graham Boxall for Pinelands Players. Little Theatre, UCT.
“Que-Tropha” by John Jusa. Nov 16 – Nov 18 2006. Directed by John Jusa for the Drama Department. Arena Theatre, UCT.
“A Wound in the Thigh” by Tichoana Chimoga. 30 Nov – Dec 02 2006. Directed by Sanjin Muftic for the Drama Department. Arena Theatre, UCT.
“Train Your Man” by Shirley Kirschmann. Nov 20 – Dec 17 2006. Directed by Luke Ellenbogen. The Intimate, UCT.
“Mirror Mirror” by Mike van Graan. Nov 20 2006. Directed by Geoff Hyland for the Drama Department. The Intimate, UCT.
“Onnest’Bo” by Magnet Theatre. Dec 04 – Dec 17 2006. Directed by Mark Fleishman and Jennie Reznek. Little Theatre, UCT.
School of Education

Research Report 2006
(Including the Schools Development Unit (SDU), the Centre for Applied Language and Literacy Studies and Services in Africa (CALLSSA) and the Project for Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA))
Director: Professor Crain Soudien
School Profile
The School of Education is a largely postgraduate interdisciplinary department with research activity across a number of important fields. These include studies in knowledge development and transfer (curriculum development, learning and acquisition, scientific literacy, mathematics, science and technology education, primary education, history education), policy and evaluation (research into school reform, HIV/Aids, evaluation studies), student learning in higher education, and studies in race, culture, identity and language. A number of members of staff lead and participate in large collaborative research projects. Significant numbers of staff act as consultants to local and national government, to national commissions as well as to important education NGOs. A number of staff members are involved in materials development for a range of school learning areas.

School Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff

Professors	3
Associate Professors	4
Senior Lecturers	7
Lecturers	1
Professional, Administrative & Clerical Staff	4
Total__19____Students'>Total	19

Students

Doctoral	28
Masters	59
Postgraduate Diploma	47
BEd Honours	35
Postgraduate Certificate in Education	74
Undergraduate	196
Total	439

Research Fields and Staff
Permanent Staff
Mr Nigel Bakker

Senior lecturer; English education; teaching; creativity; curriculum studies; humanities in the curriculum

Dr Jean Baxen

Senior lecturer; primary education; early childhood development; pedagogy; curriculum studies; HIV/Aids and education.
Associate Professor Chris Breen

Researching practice; fear of mathematics; enactivism and becoming more aware of one’s practice; the Discipline of Noticing; complexity science and educational research.

Dr Zain Davis

Senior lecturer; language and mathematics; textual analysis; the functioning of pleasure in the structuring of pedagogic discourse; continuing professional development of mathematics teachers

Professor Paula Ensor

Mathematics education; sociology of education, especially with respect to curriculum and pedagogy; teacher education; higher education studies; qualitative research methodology

Mr David Gilmour

Senior lecturer; economics of education; education and the labour market; educational planning; educational evaluation; social theory and education