Consisting of
Continual Assessment 40% [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3]
Practical Presentation 60% [Learning Outcomes1, 2]

Key Information Set:
100% practical exams (skills assessment and presentations)

Drama Studio
Library and internet
Lecture and Seminar Rooms
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

This module will introduce students to the work of theatre practitioner Augusto Boal and his pioneering approach to theatre for social change. The theory and practice of Forum Theatre will be studied and explored, as well as preceding and proceeding practices such as Image Theatre, Invisible Theatre and Legislative Theatre.

Students will create, devise and perform in a short piece of Forum Theatre to deepen knowledge and understanding of the theory.

Initial lectures and Seminars will concentrate on the theory, history and application of Forum Theatre, from its origins in Brazil with Boal to current hybrids.

Workshops will allow students to focus on the methodologies and techniques required to create a successful forum theatre piece.
Rehearsals will see students devise, script and structure a piece of Forum Theatre leading to an interactive performance.
The written research summary will allow for analysis and critical reflection on working towards a Forum Theatre project.

Key Information Set:
30% scheduled teaching and learning activities
70% guided independent learning

BOAL. A. 2002 . Games for Actors and Non Actors. Routledge
BOAL, A. 2000. Theatre of the Oppressed. Pluto Press
BOAL, A. 1995. The Rainbow of Desire. Routledge
BOAL, A. 1998. Legislative Theatre: Using Performance to Make Politics. Routledge.