Games for Actors and Non-Actors
A source page for quotes linked to Augusto Boal.
“Theatre is a weapon. For that reason it must be fought for.”
“The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.”
“Theatre is the most perfect artistic form of coercion.”
“It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass.”
“Anyone can do theater, even actors. And theater can be done everywhere. Even in a theater.”
“The theater itself is not revolutionary: it is a rehearsal for the revolution.”
“We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.”
“Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves.”
“All human beings are Actors (they act!) and Spectators (they observe!).”