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The Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) describes theatrical forms that the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal first elaborated in the 1970s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe. [1] Boal was influenced by the work of the educator and theorist Paulo Freire and his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed .
Forum theatre is a type of theatre created by Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal.It is one of the techniques under the umbrella term of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO). ). This relates to the engagement of spectators influencing and engaging with the performance as both spectators and actors, termed "spect-actors", with the power to stop and change the perform
Invisible theatre is a form of theatrical performance that is enacted in a place where people would not normally expect to see one, for example in the street or in a shopping centre. Performers disguise the fact that it is a performance from those who observe and who may choose to participate in it, thus leading spectators to view it as a real ...
Theatre or theater [a] is a ... and Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed. ... drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition ...
Augusto Boal (16 March 1931 – 2 May 2009) was a Brazilian theatre practitioner, drama theorist, and political activist. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical left popular education movements.
Theatre for development (TfD) is a type of community-based or interactive theatre practice that aims to promote civic dialogue and engagement.. Theatre for development can be a kind of participatory theatre that encourages improvisation and allows audience members to take roles in the performance, or it can be fully scripted and staged, with the audience simply observing.
Cardboard Citizens was founded in 1991 by Adrian Jackson, MBE, [2] in the Cardboard City that had sprung up in what was then called the Bullring in Waterloo. Cardboard Citizens became independent in 1995 and now regularly tours Forum Theatre productions written by playwrights including Kae Tempest (Glasshouse), Ali Taylor (Cathy) and Sarah Woods (Meta) in the UK to theatres, prisons, hostels ...
Pages in category "Theatre of the Oppressed" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...