Games for Actors and Non-Actors

Author: Augusto Boal
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134498519
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
Games for Actors and Non-Actors is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal. It sets out the principles and practice of Boal's revolutionary Method, showing how theatre can be used to transform and liberate everyone – actors and non-actors alike! This thoroughly updated and substantially revised second edition includes: two new essays by Boal on major recent projects in Brazil Boal's description of his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company a revised introduction and translator's preface a collection of photographs taken during Boal's workshops, commissioned for this edition new reflections on Forum Theatre.

Games for Actors and Non-actors

Author: Augusto Boal
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415267083
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
This is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal. It sets out the principles and practice of Boal's revolutionary method.

Theatre of the Oppressed

Author: Augusto Boal
Publisher: Get Political
ISBN: 9780745328386
Category : Social classes in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
''... brilliantly original ... brings cultural and post-colonial theory to bear on a wide range of authors with great skill and sensitivity.' Terry Eagleton

Drama Menu

Author: Glyn Trefor-Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781848422858
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Packed full of drama games, ideas and suggestions, Drama Menu is a unique new resource for drama teachers.

A Playful Path

Author: Bernard De Koven
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304351823
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
A Playful Path, the new book by games guru and fun theorist Bernard De Koven, serves as a collection of ideas and tools to help us bring our playfulness back into the open. When we find ourselves forgetting the life of the game or the game of life, the joy of form or the content, the play of brain or mind, body or spirit, this book can help us return to that which our soul is heir.

175 Theatre Games

Author: Nancy Hurley
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
ISBN: 9781566081641
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The games and exercises in this book are designed to be used as warm-ups at the beginning of a theatre class. They have been used successfully with middle school students and they can easily be adapted for use with younger children, older teens and adults in various settings. The games are divided into thirteen sections: Easy Reference; Clowning; Co-operation & Teamwork; Focus & Concentration; Getting Ready; Improvisation; Listening; Name Games; Observation; Pantomime; Stretching & Relaxation; Stage Movement; Voice. The games have been adapted from many books, workshop and standard group activities. This is a comprehensive collection of tested games and exercises. A must book for every theatre library.

Theater Games for the Classroom

Author: Viola Spolin
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810140042
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
A collection of games and music to aid the drama teacher and give ideas for varied classes.

Improv for Actors

Author: Dan Diggles
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1581159412
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
In this step-by-step guide, an actor and improvisational teacher brings his tested methods to the page to show how actors can take risks and gain spontaneity in all genres of scripted theater. Through 28 lessons—each of which includes warm-ups, points of concentration, and improvisation exercises—Improv for Actors provides insights into thinking and reacting with fluidity, exploring a character’s social status, using the voice and body as effective tools of storytelling, and more. Actors of all levels will soon be able to give a fresh, original approach to classic characters, create funnier performances in farce and comedy, and make dramatic characters richer and more believable.

House of Games

Author: Chris Johnston
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780878300891
Category : Acting
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Legislative Theatre

Author: Augusto Boal
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113467371X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Augusto Boal's reputation is now moving beyond the realms of theatre and drama therapy, bringing him to the attention of a wider public. Legislative Theatre is the latest and most remarkable stage in his work. 'Legislative Theatre' is an attempt to use Boal's method of 'Forum Theatre' within a political system to create a truer form of democracy. It is an extraordinary experiment in the potential of theatre to affect social change. At the heart of his method of Forum Theatre is the dual meaning of the verb 'to act': to perform and to take action. Forum Theatre invites members of the audience to take the stage and decide the outcome, becoming an integral part of the performance. As a politician in his native Rio de Janeiro, Boal used Forum Theatre to motivate the local populace in generating relevant legislation. In Legislative Theatre Boal creates new, theatrical, and truly revolutionary ways of involving everyone in the democratic process. This book includes: * a full explanation of the genesis and principles of Legislative Theatre * a description of the process in operation in Rio * Boal's essays, speeches and lectures on popular theatre, Paolo Freire, cultural activism, the point of playwrighting, and much else besides.