Unmasked

Title

Unmasked

Department

Applied Theatre

Genre

Applied performance

Keywords

Prison theatre See all items with this value
Masks See all items with this value
Applied theatre See all items with this value

Production Type

Research Based Production See all items with this value

Research Lecturer

Veronica Baxter

Description

In 2022 Second Chance theatre Project, SA and Geese Theatre Company, UK collaborated on the Unmasked Project, funded by the British Council's International Collaboration Grants. Both theatre companies work in the criminal justice settings using theatre strategies to develop individual and collective social health. The Second Chance Theatre Project has been associated with the University of Cape Town since its inception, and has been funded by the National Research Foundation 2019 - 2021.

The production of Unmasked made on the South African side, toured to prisons and youth community centres, Zabalaza mini-festival in Mitchell’s Plein and the Gangstar Café in Mowbray. It is an interactive performance, typical of applied theatre, in that the facilitators jump in and out of role using the masks for core emotions.

Veronica Baxter is the Research Lecturer on this project, as well as artistic director/researcher of Second Chance Theatre Project.

Script Type

Devised

Year Created

2022

Geographic Location of Performance

Cape Town

Producer

CTDPS
Second Chance Theatre Project

Co Production with

British Council International Collaboration Grants
Geese Theatre Company

Director

Veronica Baxter
Iman Isaacs

Assistant Director

Nawaal Adams
Matthew Petersen

Set Designer

Iman Isaacs

Costume Designer

Iman Isaacs

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Unmasked | Documentary Moving Image