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Short history of the Forum Theatre approach
Significant Brazilian theatrical innovator Augusto Boal XX ct. 6-th decade began working in theater “Arena Theatre” in São Paulo. In order to find out people’s opinions, he always organized discussions after plays. Later, he developed the following method: during a performance time viewers could stop the action and propose how oppressed character should do. Once play is stopped a woman from the audience tried to explain how oppressed character should do. Excited she climbed onto the stage and showed to the actors how everything should look like. According Boal, that moment was the biggest theatrical coup. Appeared Theatre, where the boundary between actor and spectator disappears. August Boal Theatre became a practical basis for social activity. There was developed a new Theatre method - Forum Theatre.
Our long history
This method has come to Lithuania owing to the people who work with young people initiative. In 1998 actress Rimanta Vaičekonytė studied this method in Estonia, Denmark and Sweden. During her studies in Estonia, she noticed the huge impact of this method that makes to people who participate in the Forum Theatre. The audience becomes an active participant of performance.
During the performance there takes a place a discussion about the story, characters, their behavior, the conflict. The audience not only to express their opinions, but going to play instead of one or another character and attempts to change the situation and seek for a solution on a stage.
In 2004 Rimanta invited well know Forum Theatre Specialist Mary Nilson from Sweden to Lithuania and she has carried out a comprehensive three-day workshop for professionals’ youth workers. At 1-st of July 2004 the Public Organization “The house of arts and education” was established and a program of the Forum Theatre created. Vilnius city youth (students, high school students, and professional actors) became interested in the Forum Theatre method, and began his study and practically applied to the educational, crime and drug prevention programs for children and young people.
In 2006 already 40 young people active participated in this program. They attended the Forum Theatre sessions 2 times a week, created and presented to the public performances. The trainings of team building and the Forum Theatre method was promoted, developing creative evenings, discussions on various topics. Professional artists and psychologists were working with youth.
From 2005 to 2009 annually several annual projects have been implemented, each year attended by over 1000 young people. At schools and Republican camps were carried out research profiles on youth issues, then these problems were analyzed and discussed with the psychologist, then the stories about following problems were created and performed of the Forum Theatre. The seminars were organized as well as taking part in different conferences and public actions.
Today the program of the Forum Theatre carries out by
Vilnius Forum theatre
Guide and tutor – Rimanta Vaičekonytė
Actors:
Artūras Dubaka, Gelminė Glemžaitė, Marius Kulpis, Greta Petrovskytė, Justina Jasvilytė, Austėja Beinartaitė, Donatas Pakštys, Barbora Narvilaitė, Karolis Peleckis, Linas Lukošaitis, Skaistė Antulytė, Aušrinė Šeduikytė, Povilas Zmejauskas, Guostė, Marija Norkūnaitė, Ieva Genevičiūtė, Petras, Justas.
Full activity programs initiates, organizes and patronizes by PO “The house of arts and education”.
The institution works in educational, cultural and social fields. The main objectives are organization of the educational, social and cultural activities. Founder and director of the organization is the actress Rimantas Vaičekonytė.
We have 6 years of experience of participating in the national drug and crime prevention, socialization and recreation for children and youth in employment and education programs.