The courses are led Adrian Jackson, Augusto Boal's translator and the founder of Cardboard Citizens. Since its creation in 1991, the company has been applying Theatre of the Oppressed techniques in homeless hostels, community centres, schools and theatres – using Boal’s techniques to engage and inspire the most marginalised. Adrian has taught Theatre of the Oppressed techniques alongside Augusto Boal and independently for over 15 years.

RAINBOW OF DESIRES
An introduction to Boal’s “Theatre and Therapy”

Further 2010 dates tba. To be kept posted, please email too@cardboardcitizens.org.uk

Rainbow of Desires is the over-arching name given by Augusto Boal to a range of exercises, games and techniques he devised, using the power of theatre to identify, analyse and respond to “internalised oppression”. This three-day course will give participants a detailed understanding of Rainbow of Desires techniques, their relation to Boal’s other tools such as Forum Theatre, and their practical applications, from the operation of a therapeutic group to the rehearsal of a play.

"Thanks for such a packed week, full of good stuff for us to use." (Participant, 2008)

Each of the 3 days will involve the development of simple games and exercises, followed by the practice of one or more substantial techniques:

The Circle of Masks and Rituals: exploring the masks we don for different areas of our lives; Image/Counter-Image: using the filter of storytelling to investigate how we show and see moments of oppression; The Analytical Image: working from subjectivised distortions of an improvised replaying of a difficult moment; The Rainbow of Desires: identifying and clarifying our desires through the use of images; The Cop in the Head: inhibiting or directing voices in our consciousness that limit our possibilities.

FORUM THEATRE FACILITATOR (“JOKER”) MASTERCLASS

Further dates tba. To be kept posted, please email too@cardboardcitizens.org.uk

This intensive two-day course will focus on the skills of the joker (facilitator/ ‘difficultator’) and the dramaturgy of Forum Theatre plays. The workshops will be led by experiences of participants and will include sessions about: generating participation, stimulating nervous audiences, ‘difficult’ interventions, working with particular constituencies, and how and when to end a Forum show.

"Thanks so much for a great Joker weekend - I came away very inspired and re-energised." (Participant 2010)

Participants will have the opportunity to ‘joker’ a section of a ready-made Cardboard Citizens show or a ‘blank’ Forum Theatre piece generated by the group.

For people already familiar with Forum Theatre, and/or facilitators from other disciplines.

To download a copy of our Theatre of the Oppressed Professional Theatre Training Booklet please click here.

If you have any questions regarding Theatre of the Oppressed Training please email too@cardboardcitizens.org.uk or telephone 020 7247 7747.