The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to think or to act in his place. The spectator frees himself; he thinks and acts for himself! Theatre is action!
Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion. - Augusto Boal
Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion.
- Augusto Boal
We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it. - Augusto Boal
We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.
Anyone can do theater, even actors. And theater can be done everywhere. Even in a theater. - Augusto Boal
Anyone can do theater, even actors. And theater can be done everywhere. Even in a theater.
All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!). - Augusto Boal
All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).
Theatre is a weapon. For that reason it must be fought for. - Augusto Boal
Theatre is a weapon. For that reason it must be fought for.
The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to think or t… - Augusto Boal
The poetics of the oppressed is essentially the poetics of liberation: the spectator no longer delegates power to the characters either to think or t…
When does a session of The Theatre of the Oppressed end? Never - since the objective is not to close a cycle, to generate a catharsis, or to end a de… - Augusto Boal
When does a session of The Theatre of the Oppressed end? Never - since the objective is not to close a cycle, to generate a catharsis, or to end a de…
The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it. - Augusto Boal
The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.
The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spec… - Augusto Boal
The Theatre of the Oppressed is theatre in this most archaic application of the word. In this usage, all human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spec…
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