Augusto Boal

Boal's explorations were all efforts to transform the “monologue” of the traditional performance into a “dialogue” between the audience and the stage. He believed that dialogue is the most common and healthy dynamic between humans, and that all humans desire and are capable of participating in dialogue, and conversely, that monologue can feed into oppression. He developed a process whereby audience members could stop a performance and suggest different actions for the actor, who would then carry out the audience suggestions. (from http://brechtforum.org/abouttop)




Is presenting social issues the only way to present this kind of dialogue?