Rainbow of Desire

<p><em>Rainbow of Desire</em> is a handbook of exercises with a difference. It is Augusto Boal's bold and brilliant statement about the therapeutic ability of theatre to liberate individuals and change lives. Now translated into English and comprehensively updated from the French, <em>Rainbow of Desire</em> sets out the techniques which help us `see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalised.<br> Boal, a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician, has been confronting oppression in various forms for over thirty years. His belief that theatre is a means to create the future has inspired hundreds of groups all over the world to use his techniques in a multitude of settings. This, his latest work, includes such exercises as:<br> * The Cops in the Head and their anti-bodies<br> * The screen image<br> * The image of the future we are afraid of<br> * Image and counter-image<br> ....and many more.<br><em>Rainbow of Desire</em> will make fascinating reading for those already familiar with Boal's work and is also completely accessible to anyone new to Theatre of the Oppressed techniques.</p> Why This Book? My Three Theatrical Encounters; Part 1 The Theory; Chapter 1 Theatre, the First Human Invention; Chapter 2 Human Beings, A Passion and A Platform: the ‘Aesthetic Space’; Chapter 3 The Three Hypotheses of ‘The Cop in the Head’; Chapter 4 Experiences in Two Psychiatric Hospitals; Chapter 5 Preliminaries to the Utilisation of the Rainbow of Desire Techniques; Part 2; The Practice; Chapter 6 The Prospective Techniques; Chapter 7 The Introspective Techniques; Chapter 8 The Extraversion Techniques;