Monday, September 29, 2008

Tree of the Theatre of the Oppressed


Original goals of the Theatre of the Oppressed:


  • Newspaper theatre-- dealing with local problems

  • Forum theatre-- part of a literacy program

  • Invisible theatre-- political activity

  • Image theatre-- establishing dialogue

  • Rainbow of Desire-- understanding psychological problems

  • Legislative theatre-- transforming Desire into Law


Boal discovered that these forms can be used around the world because theatre is simply "human language." Theatre of the Oppressed is a balance between Discipline and Freedom in the Game of Dialogue.


"Without discipline, there is no social life; without freedom, there is no life."



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