Theatre for development

The Theatre of the Oppressed, an influential collection of theatrical forms developed by Augusto Boal in the 1970s, aims to create dialogue and interaction between audience and performer as a means of promoting social and political change.

Popular theatre is intended to empower the common man with a critical consciousness crucial to the struggle against the forces responsible for his poverty."

Forum theatre, one of the interactive theatrical forms developed by Augusto Boal as part of his Theatre of the Oppressed, begins with the performance of a short scene.Often times, it is a scene in which a character is being oppressed in some way (for example, a typically chauvinist man mistreating a woman or a factory owner mistreating an employee).

Invisible theatre is intended to be indistinguishable from real-life, unstaged situations, so as to provoke thought or raise awareness among observing members of the public.

It is very important for actors and organisers of the performance or TfD-project (Theatre for Development Project) to get to know the community and the problems its people face.

One-Third of a Nation: This play incorporates accounts from the crisis surrounding The New York Housing Department using the technique of the Living Newspaper.

[5] Plays, musicals, and other performances can be created to specifically show to younger age demographics in order to teach them about topics they do not usually learn about or that may not be prevalent in their lives.

[6] Talkbacks are also utilized in order to get younger audiences to engage and come up with their own questions about any performance or the themes and issues that were mentioned in the show.