This handbook not only provides a very wide-ranging introduction and orientation to the world
of the Theatre of the Oppressed but Birgit Fritz also presents concrete and practical
assistance for structuring basic workshops in process-oriented theatre work and in developing
Forum Theatre plays. Birgit Fritz explores the working principles of emancipatory theatre work
and somatic learning in depth. She gives numerous examples of the work and life of theatre
groups and reveals fascinating possibilities of how Theatre for social change can be
successfully linked with social and political commitment so that artistic process can bring
about cross-generational collaboration develop social democracy and operate as an active force
for peace.
