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The Aesthetics of the Oppressed
Legislative Theatre: Using Performance to Make Politics.
Hamlet and the Baker's Son: My Life in Theatre and Politics.
While working in San Paulo for the Arena theatre , he transformed plays to fit the cultural society of brazil. Working on plays like John steinbeck's of Mice and Men. As a new director of the arena theatre they were facing bankruptcy.
Boal then suggested the creation of a Seminar in Dramaturgy at the Arena Theatre. Many new productions were made through the creation of the seminar. . He established a major Center for the Theatre of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro. Their objective was to discuss the problems with systematic oppression in Brazil
Augusto Boal’s Theatre of Oppression could relate to the theatre movement of Neoclassical Ideals we talked about in Renaissance & Early Modern Theatre.
You could say that The theatre of the oppressed really relates when it comes to “true to life” because it’s based on dealing with everyday oppression in our lives through different techniques where people learn to fight against their oppression which could be compared to their evil they have to beat.
More specifically Vesimilitude in Neoclassical theatre speaks of truth or “true to life” meaning it takes has to take place here in our world/reality, it must teach morals
public space is reconstructed into a political stage
1992 election of City Councilor
Forum Theater demonstration
participators who have the opportunity to both observe and act during the performance
main role is to break the fourth wall with the outset; might warm audience up with a game