Legislative Theatre

Using Performance to Make Politics

Bibliographic Data

ID8093167
AuthorsAugusto Boal (corresponding author)
Year2005
Publication date2005-07-28
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueLegislative Theatre (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203984895
OpenAlexW4210924877
Open LibraryOL37943809M
ISBN9780203984895
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Augusto Boal's reputation is now moving beyond the realms of theatre and drama therapy, bringing him to the attention of a wider public. Legislative Theatre is the latest and most remarkable stage in his work. 'Legislative Theatre' is an attempt to use Boal's method of 'Forum Theatre' within a political system to create a truer form of democracy. It is an extraordinary experiment in the potential of theatre to affect social change. At the heart of his method of Forum Theatre is the dual meaning of the verb 'to act': to perform and to take action. Forum Theatre invites members of the audience to take the stage and decide the outcome, becoming an integral part of the performance. As a politician in his native Rio de Janeiro, Boal used Forum Theatre to motivate the local populace in generating relevant legislation. In Legislative Theatre Boal creates new, theatrical, and truly revolutionary ways of involving everyone in the democratic process. This book includes: * a full explanation of the genesis and principles of Legislative Theatre * a description of the process in operation in Rio * Boal's essays, speeches and lectures on popular theatre, Paolo Freire, cultural activism, the point of playwrighting, and much else besides

Business · Legislature · Political science · Arts and Performance Studies · Politics in literature · Law

Tools

Open DOI