Du spectacle de la politique à la politique spectacle. Theatre of the Oppressed. Theatre of the Oppressed was born in 1971, in Brazil, under the very young form of Newspaper Theatre , with the specific goal of dealing with local problems – soon, it was used all over the country.
Forum Theatre came into being in Peru, in 1973, as part of a Literacy Program; we thought it would be good only for South America– now it is practiced in more than 70 countries. Growing up, TO developed Invisible Theatre in Argentina, as political activity, and Image Theatre to establish dialogue among Indigenous Nations and Spanish descendants, in Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico... Now these forms are being used in all kinds of dialogues. In Europe, TO expanded and the Rainbow of Desire came into being – first to understand psychological problems, later even to create characters in any play. Back in Brazil, the Legislative Theatre was born to help the Desire of the population to become Law – which it did at last 13 times. Groupe théâtre(s) politique(s)
L'apostrophe. CYCLE THÉÂTRE & POLITIQUE 13 au 27 mai 2014 La condition humaine est l’inépuisable vivier du théâtre.
Pour en rendre compte, la palette est large, de la farce grinçante (un texte inédit de Václav Havel) à la force des témoignages (ceux, bouleversants, de mineurs maghrébins, d'Algérie et du Maroc en Lorraine, que Jean-Paul Wenzel transpose en scène). L’Histoire est convoquée, des attentats révolutionnaires sous le régime tsariste en Russie (Les Justes d’Albert Camus) à l’Amérique enfiévrée des années Kennedy (American tabloïd, de James Ellroy).