Routledge - A Boal Companion: Dialogues on Theatre and Politics

A Boal Companion provides a thorough collection of theoretical engagements with the work of Augusto Boal. This volume serves as a primary resource for those looking to move beyond basic understandings of the Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) movement. By assessing TO within a broader context, the text examines the cultural practices that inform these methods through the lens of performance theory and cultural politics. Readers will find deep academic discussions that place Theatre of the Oppressed into dialogue with various complex frameworks. The contributors explore connections to complexity theory, Merleau-Ponty, Emmanuel Levinas, race theory, feminist performance art, Deleuze and Guattari, and liberation psychology. This book is an essential tool for students and scholars of theatre history and criticism who want to understand the kinship between Boal's methods and wider philosophical and political movements.