Augusto Boal

Context for a Theatre of the Oppressed

Augusto Boal : early years

In New York

At the Arena Theatre of São Paulo, 1956-71

In exile, 1971-86

The 1990s : developments in Rio

Theatre of the Oppressed in the twenty-first century

Overview

Key concepts

The thesis in detail

Cardboard Citizens : Going

going

gone

Mind the Gap and SFX Theatre Company : Never again!

Conclusions

Fundamentals

Workshop structure

Preparation and games

Images and experience

Closure.