Books by Augusto Boal

This is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal, including new discussions, a new introduction and a collection of images.

Das Theater der Unterdrückten erlebt in Deutschland eine Renaissance, nachdem es jahrelang in sozialpädagogischen Nischen verschwand. Die emanzipatorische Theatermethode, die in sich Kunst, Selbsterfahrung und psycho-soziales sowie (sozial-) politisches Probehandeln miteinander verbindet, will benachteiligten, diskriminierten oder sonstwie unterdrückten Menschen theatrale Ausdrucksmittel übereignen. Die Übertragung von Problemen in die ästhetische Theaterarbeit eröffnet Möglichkeiten der Distanzierung und schafft gedankliche und emotionale Freiräume für die Veränderungen im Alltag oder für gewaltfreie Aktionsformen.Der Sammelband bietet den Leser/innen Beispiele der Umsetzung dieser Idee, die Partei ergreift, anhand von Projekt-, Gruppen- und Workshopberichten im deutschen und europäischen Kontext. Es finden sich auch grundsätzliche Beiträge, u.a. werden die Rolle des Humors sowie partizipative Ansätze im Forumtheater und Aktionstheaterformen diskutiert. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt des Buches ist die Darstellung der Theater-Arbeit im interkulturellen Kontext.Mehrere Beiträge aus anderen Ländern zeigen, wie verbreitet die Methode ist und wie vernetzt Praktiker/innen in einigen anderen europäischen Ländern (Beispiele: Holland, Österreich, Italien, Kroatien) mit ihr arbeiten.

Part of Pluto's 21st birthday series Get Political, which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience.'One of the most revered figures in world theatre ... the liberation theologian of theatre.' Guardian 'Should be read by everyone in the world of theatre who has any pretensions at all to political commitment.' John Arden'So remarkable, so original and so ground-breaking that I have no hesitation in describing the book as the most important theoretical work on the theatre in modern times.' George Wellwarth"e;Theatre is a weapon. ... A weapon for liberation."e;This new edition of Theatre of the Oppressed brings a classic work on radical drama fully up to date and includes a new foreword by the author Augusto Boal. Boal restores theatre to its proper place as a popular form of communication and expression. He demonstrates the ways in which theatre has come to reflect ruling-class control, drawing on the theories of Aristotle and Machiavelli. He then shows the process reversed in Brechtian/Marxist poetics to the revolutionary potential of transforming the spectator into the actor. Throughout, Boal draws on his own experience in Latin America and illustrates his theory with practical examples.

Augusto Boal's workshops and theatre exercises are renowned throughout the world for their life-changing effects. This book speaks about the subjects important to him - the practical work he does with diverse communities, the effects of globalization, and the creative possibilities for all of us.

More than a handbook of exercises - a bold and brilliant statement of theatre's therapeutic capacity to liberate people and change lives. Boal shows us how to 'see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalised.

The latest stage in the Boal project, this is an attempt to uses theatre within a political system to create a truer form of democracy. Includes a full description of the principles of Legislative Theatre and a description of the process in Rio.

A study of the life of Augusto Boal, a man who brought together the worlds of politics and art in his work. He has devised a unique way of using the stage to empower the disempowered, and taken his methods from the favelas of Rio to the rehearsal studios of the Royal Shakespeare Company.