Theatre Of The Opressed
The Theatre of The Oppressed originated in Brazil in 1971. In its birth it started as News paper theatre, dealing with local problems and shortly after spread all across the country. The Theatre of the Oppressed was created to tackle political problems and oppressive social standards. The Theatre Of The Oppressed was originated by Augusto Boal whom was a director, writer and a politician
Image Theatre- Spect-Actors make a group of statues which shows in a visual form on a given theme. For example, in France the subject of Image Theatre was unemployment and in Sweden it was Male and Female sexual oppression.
Spect-Actors are very stagnant on conveying their images, if a spectator does not agree with the image shown the actors will re-arrange the image until it's shown correctly. When the image represents is it called "real Image because it properly represents oppression.
Examples of Image theatre
1. Love-Making
In Sweden, a young girl of 18 showed as a representation......
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