Performing the encounter; a practice-led inquiry

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dc.contributor.advisorBaxter, Veronica
dc.contributor.advisorVan Wyk, Klara
dc.contributor.authorLuppes, Juliette
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-02T08:34:47Z
dc.date.available2025-12-02T08:34:47Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2025-12-02T08:28:49Z
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the ethical and relational dimensions of verbatim theatre, focusing on how encounters between theatre-makers, participants, and audiences shape both the creative process and the final performance. Moving beyond traditional notions of representation, it argues that verbatim theatre is not merely a vehicle for reproducing real-life narratives but a dynamic practice of engagement, wit(h)nessing, and artistry. Through a practice-led inquiry, two key projects - Sense of Home and Company in the Gardens - are examined to consider how verbatim theatre can foster attentiveness to the complexities of lived experience while avoiding ethical paralysis in creative work with real-life narratives. By prioritising the process of encounter over fixed notions of truth or authenticity, these projects explore how the exchange between interviewer and interviewee, performer and audience, generates meaning and challenges pre-existing assumptions. The research situates verbatim theatre within broader discussions on ethics, presence, and relationality, considering how the form can resist simplification, create spaces for dialogue, and foster meaningful connections across difference. By weaving together autoethnographic reflections, theoretical analysis, and artistic practice, this study proposes a framework for an ethical and relational approach to verbatim theatre. Ultimately, it positions the form as a political act - an ongoing practice of presence, attentiveness, and shared meaning-making.
dc.identifier.apacitationLuppes, J. (2025). <i>Performing the encounter; a practice-led inquiry</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42377en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLuppes, Juliette. <i>"Performing the encounter; a practice-led inquiry."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2025. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42377en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLuppes, J. 2025. Performing the encounter; a practice-led inquiry. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42377en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Luppes, Juliette AB - This dissertation explores the ethical and relational dimensions of verbatim theatre, focusing on how encounters between theatre-makers, participants, and audiences shape both the creative process and the final performance. Moving beyond traditional notions of representation, it argues that verbatim theatre is not merely a vehicle for reproducing real-life narratives but a dynamic practice of engagement, wit(h)nessing, and artistry. Through a practice-led inquiry, two key projects - Sense of Home and Company in the Gardens - are examined to consider how verbatim theatre can foster attentiveness to the complexities of lived experience while avoiding ethical paralysis in creative work with real-life narratives. By prioritising the process of encounter over fixed notions of truth or authenticity, these projects explore how the exchange between interviewer and interviewee, performer and audience, generates meaning and challenges pre-existing assumptions. The research situates verbatim theatre within broader discussions on ethics, presence, and relationality, considering how the form can resist simplification, create spaces for dialogue, and foster meaningful connections across difference. By weaving together autoethnographic reflections, theoretical analysis, and artistic practice, this study proposes a framework for an ethical and relational approach to verbatim theatre. Ultimately, it positions the form as a political act - an ongoing practice of presence, attentiveness, and shared meaning-making. DA - 2025 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Verbatim Theatre KW - Ethical Encounters KW - Performance as Witnessing KW - Relational Storytelling KW - Autoethnographic Practice LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2025 T1 - Performing the encounter; a practice-led inquiry TI - Performing the encounter; a practice-led inquiry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42377 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42377
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLuppes J. Performing the encounter; a practice-led inquiry. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2025 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42377en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Film and Media Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectVerbatim Theatre
dc.subjectEthical Encounters
dc.subjectPerformance as Witnessing
dc.subjectRelational Storytelling
dc.subjectAutoethnographic Practice
dc.titlePerforming the encounter; a practice-led inquiry
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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