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A form of theatre that emerges from and is created with a specific community to express, communicate, and address issues of importance to the community members.

A genre of theatre in which the playwright and often the performer too, uses their own life experiences as the source material for the play, thus exploring personal and social issues.

A form of street theatre where actors perform a scripted play as if it were real life in a public space, unaware to the audience that they are in a play, with the intention of highlighting social issues.

A highly politicized theatre that originated in Soviet Russia, intended to agitate and propagate political ideas and messages through simple, clear, and direct performances.

A movement which combines education and theatre to create interactive performances to educate children and young people about various subjects.

Developed by Augusto Boal, this type of theatre aims to use the techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed to enact laws or social policies based on the needs and desires of the community.

Theatre that uses non-fictional content such as interviews, reports, or historical documents to create a performance that comments on social issues.

Aims to promote social change by transforming theatre from a monologic presentation into a dialogic conversation; uses techniques like Forum Theatre and Image Theatre to engage audience participation and discuss oppression.

Interactive theatre that encourages audience engagement by allowing them to influence the outcome of a play, often used to explore solutions to social and political problems.

Theatre influenced by Bertolt Brecht, which aims to provoke rational self-reflection and critical views of the action on stage, often through a technique called the Verfremdungseffekt or 'alienation effect'.

A form of documentary theatre where the script is constructed from the precise words spoken by people interviewed about a particular event or topic.