http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_Oppressed
The Theatre of the Oppressed describes theatrical forms that the Brazilian theatre practitioner Augusto Boal first elaborated in the 1960s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe. Boal was influenced by the work of the educator and theorist Paulo Freire. Boal's techniques use theatre as means of promoting social and political change. In the Theatre of the Oppressed, the audience becomes active, such that as "spect-actors" they explore, show, analyse and transform the reality in which they are living.
'The theatre of the oppressed is practised by "spect actors" who have the opportunity to both act and observe, and who engage in self-empowering processes of dialogue that help foster critical thinking'
The theatre of the oppressed is a system of exercises, games and techniques based on the essential theatre, to help men and women develop what they already have inside them: theatre.
The oppressed are those individuals or groups who are socially, culturally, politically, economically, racially, sexually or in any other way deprived of their right to dialogue or in any way impaired to exercise this right.
Cardboard citizens was founded by Adrianna Jackson and it is one of the foremost companies for using and teaching theatre of the oppressed.
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