The Rainbow of Desire: The Boal Method of Theatre and Therapy

By Augusto Boal

Book Overview

More than a handbook of exercises - a bold and brilliant statement of theatre's therapeutic capacity to liberate people and change lives. Boal shows us how to 'see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalized.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415103495
• ISBN13: 9780415103497
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A Transformational View of Theatre and Psychotherapy

While it is true that some of his work truly needs participation in workshops to understand, the entirety of the late Augusto Boal's vision and practice remains the most revolutionary and transformational of at least the last fifty years, if not many more. His use of Image Theatre brings a profound physicality to psychotherapeutic techniques, one which brings the whole person into a therapy process. Moreover, the approach also asks for extensive collaboraton while at the same time not putting the subject in an overly-vulnerable situation. To the contrary, the group becomes a co-creator and support network while the imaging and dialogue proceed. Boal's final exploration into linking Rainbow to Forum Theatre promises an even broader expansion of TO possibilities. The book will likely become a theatre classic, along with Boal's other texts, equaling the influence of Brecht and Stanislavsky, and perhaps even Aristotle. I urge readers who are genuinely taken by Boal's writings to find workshops led by experienced practitioners. See the PTO website for one site of possible assistance: [...]