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This resource introduces Augusto Boal's methods in Lithuanian, including their history, principles, examples, and practical advice for application.
An introduction to legislative theater in Poland, highlighting its role in fostering social dialogue and community engagement through performance.
A course support guide outlining social theater as a tool for community engagement and social change in Moldova, focusing on participatory methods like forum and legislative theater.
A handbook offering practical guidance on implementing forum theater in Estonia, explaining its principles and providing exercises to engage communities in social dialogue.
An online post explaining the origins and functioning of forum theater, focused on its implementation in the Bulgarian context.
A short paper analyzing and explaining the history, structure, functioning and phases of legislative theater.
Sample of a recruitment flyer to attract participants for a legislative theater process.
A detailed manual in English, Romanian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Greek and Polish for practitioners interested in using legislative theater in their work.
A video (in two parts) in which Julian Boal (son of Augusto Boal) explains how Theater of the Oppressed works and the different contexts in which it can be used.
This guide shares the necessary tools to carry out this form of theater, including materials and step-by-step instructions.
A brief video introduction to legislative theater and some examples of how it has been used in policymaking.
The knowledge base provides definitions, guides, research findings, videos, and other resources about a range of participatory and deliberative processes.
This article examines the origins of legislative theater during Augusto Boal's service as a member of the local parliament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This brief video captures the legislative theater process, based on four experiences to address homelessness in the United Kingdom.
In this blog post, legislative theater leader Katy Rubin reflects on her experience working with residents to engage policymakers on climate change through theater in Glasgow, Scotland.
This video features highlights of legislative theatre events that brought community members together to address homelessness in Manchester, England.
A book providing a comparative analysis of innovative democratic practices, including popular assemblies, mini-publics, direct legislation, and e-democracy.
A case study of legislative theater in Mulhouse, France.
A booklet documenting the use of legislative theater by Smes, a Belgian civil society organization focused on mental health and social inclusion.
In this 40-minute podcast, Lora Krasteva of Untrained Effort talks to Katy Rubin, one of the world's leading practitioners of Legislative Theatre.
Blog post about legislative theatre in Greater Manchester with insights into how the play is developed, the role of the facilitator, and the desired outcomes of the process.
This blog post summarizes the policy proposals developed at the first legislative theatre event in Greater Manchester in September 2020. It also includes a 2-hour video of the event.
In this book, Theatre of the Oppressed creator Augusto Boal explains how he created Legislative Theatre, the principles behind it, and how he implemented it in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This handbook not only provides a very wide-ranging introduction and orientation to the world of the Theatre of the Oppressed, it also presents concrete and practical assistance for structuring basic workshops in process-oriented theatre work and in developing Forum Theatre plays.
Book in which Augusto Boal, creator of the theatre of the oppressed (TO) describes theatrical forms that he first elaborated in the 1970s, initially in Brazil and later in Europe.
A report that explains how Theatre of the Oppressed practices have been applied to raise awareness of pertinent issues of oppression, shift the minds of policymakers, and engage audience members in civic action.
A video with testimonials from community members and organizers of Legislative Theatre that explains how Legislative theater can bring about change in NYC.
Short video from the first iteration of Legislative Theatre in New York City (2013), demonstrating some of the process.
An essential resource (in German) for those seeking to implement Theater of the Oppressed processes.