This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Next revision | Previous revision | ||
out_of_the_box:tools:together:forum [2019/12/16 13:01] ceci created |
out_of_the_box:tools:together:forum [2019/12/16 13:03] (current) ceci [What is Forum Theater?] |
||
---|---|---|---|
Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
==== What is Forum Theater? ==== | ==== What is Forum Theater? ==== | ||
- | Forum Theatre is a type of theatre created by the innovative and influential practitioner Augusto Boal. It relates to the engagement of spectators influencing and engaging with the performance as both spectators and actors, termed ‘spect-actors’, with the power to stop and change the performance. | + | Forum Theatre is a type of theatre created by the innovative and influential practitioner Augusto Boal. It relates to the engagement of spectators influencing and engaging with the performance as both spectators and actors, termed ‘spect-actors’, with the power to stop and change the performance.\\ |
The issues dealt with in Forum Theatre are often related to areas of social justice with aims to explore solutions to oppression featured in the performance. | The issues dealt with in Forum Theatre are often related to areas of social justice with aims to explore solutions to oppression featured in the performance. | ||
Line 19: | Line 18: | ||
**1) Mutual interview (25’)** | **1) Mutual interview (25’)** | ||
- | To address the topic, ask the participants to gather by 3. Each person will have to think about a personal unsatisfying situation where they had to deal with conflict and then to share it with the two others in 5 minutes. | + | To address the topic, ask the participants to gather by 3. Each person will have to think about a personal unsatisfying situation where they had to deal with conflict and then to share it with the two others in 5 minutes.\\ |
- | + | After hearing all the stories, ask them to make emerge what was at stake in the different situations and to reformulate the stories in short sentences that they will write down on small papers starting by “How to …”.\\ | |
- | After hearing all the stories, ask them to make emerge what was at stake in the different situations and to reformulate the stories in short sentences that they will write down on small papers starting by “How to …”. | + | |
From the 3 situations, ask then the participants to choose the one they consider the most urgent/critical one. Collect the situations that were not selected. | From the 3 situations, ask then the participants to choose the one they consider the most urgent/critical one. Collect the situations that were not selected. | ||
Line 45: | Line 42: | ||
- Any other information that is essential for the understanding of the scene.\\ | - Any other information that is essential for the understanding of the scene.\\ | ||
- | As soon as they will have finished playing, the facilitator will give the speech to the audience: What happened? What have they seen? Did they see the conflict? What is it about? | + | As soon as they will have finished playing, the facilitator will give the speech to the audience: What happened? What have they seen? Did they see the conflict? What is it about?\\ |
From their feedback the performers will know how to improve the scene so the conflict they wanted to illustrate will become clearer. Give them 20 more minutes to improve it. | From their feedback the performers will know how to improve the scene so the conflict they wanted to illustrate will become clearer. Give them 20 more minutes to improve it. | ||