Augusto Boal

Solo dramas, like the one I used in my classroom, are superb educator tools, allowing a teacher to take on a person or characters’ perspective and dramatically convey important facts or ideas to the students. Through the use of a monologue, a teacher can add a missing voice from a book, tell a story from the perspective of a historical character, or bring focus to a social issue (Kemeh, 2015). The monologue often comes from an unexpected viewpoint, giving a voice where there was not one before.…

Using theatre to help the homeless Homelessness is a huge problem in the United Kingdom, homelessness doesn 't just involve people sleeping on the streets it also encompasses families living in temporary accommodation or in substandard housing. My idea is to devise a piece of theatre using workshops with some people who have gone through or are going through homelessness, once a piece has been devised then a short tour will take the production around schools and areas with higher than normal…

English actor, Andy Serkis is best known for his portrayal as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films Trilogy. His other notable works include The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–17). Andy Serkis is married to actress Lorraine Ashbourne. He has three children from his marriage. His net worth is $28 million. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards in his career. Andrew Clement Serkis was born on April…

Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter are two powerful dramatist of post modern times. They talk about existential crisis in their dramas. In fact, both Beckett and Pinter are associated with absurd movement. The absurd movement describes the meaninglessness and uncertainty of human life. This movement was influenced by existential philosophy of Sartre, Camus and Heidegger. Martin Asslin’s book The Theatre of Absurd is an authentic discussion on the theme of absurdism as presented by post modern…