Short Oral response of Augusto Boal's Image THeatre

Augusto Boal, theatre innovator, viewed 'Aristotelian' or traditional theatre as oppression and domination. You were either an actor, who had your character and their actions imposed upon you by a director, the tyrannical dictator of theatre, or you were a spectator, passively watching the spectacle onstage that would very often have nothing to do with your life. Through his various forms of TO, Boal was able to turn the audience of spectators into spect-actors, protagonists, …

…'traditional' theatre is still so deeply ingrained into their mentalities that they will find it difficult to comprehend and accept this radical change to their theatrical experiences. However, we are hopeful that this will be less of a problem after the series of games and exercises designed to liberate their inner 'actors' both physically and mentally. Jess and Pip will lead our audience through this particular part of our workshop. Thankyou. You have been warned