Chapter 15 & 16

Question 1

Augusto Boal

Answer 1

didn’t like conventional theater- didn’t engage audience
came up with talk back and people giving suggestions
spectactor- audience is spectator and actor

Question 2

Theatre of the Oppressed

Answer 2

different types

1. image theatre- nonverbal, sculpt bodies into physical images
2. invisible theatre- actors present prepared piece in public space, audience doesn’t know they are audience
3. forum theatre- dramatic situation from everyday life, have to find solutions, audience members are encouraged to intervene and stop action/replace actors and enact their own ideas
4. legislative theatre- determine need for and ability to create and enact laws
5. rainbow of desire- uses some of image and forum to investigate issues, explores how external oppression can cause us to oppress ourselves, identifies greater social issues
6. newspaper theatre- transforms daily news article into a scene, includes music/rhythm