Invisible Theatre
A Boal form performed in public space (buses, parks, restaurants) where bystanders do not know a performance is happening — ethically contested, politically sharp.
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- Actors stage a scripted scene (e.g., a discriminatory incident on a bus) and let bystanders intervene as if real.
- Boal developed this in Argentina during his exile — public Forum Theatre was banned.
- Controversial: bystanders are experimented on without consent; contemporary practitioners split on whether Invisible Theatre is still ethical to perform.
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augusto boal
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