From Boal to Jana Sanskriti: Practice and Principles

Sanjoy Ganguly is the founder and Artistic Director of the Jana Sanskriti Centre for the Theatre of the Oppressed, in West Bengal, India; considered by Boal the chief exponents of his methodology outside his native Brazil. He is the author of Jana Sanskriti: Forum theatre and democracy in India (2010). Ralph Yarrow is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature at the University of East Anglia.

• Foreword Eugène van Erven Preface Ralph Yarrow PART 1: Workshops Sanjoy Ganguly Developing Boal’s Games into Social MetaphorsIndex of ExercisesIntroductory Exercises While Walking Feel the Protagonist Express Emotion Variation, Finding Oppression Indian Parliament Fish Society Game of Power Expression with Body 1 Joint Sculpture Circles of Emotion Sculpting in Pairs, plus Variation 2 Human Knot, plus Variation Variations of Grandma’s Footsteps The Deer and the Tiger Crossing the Border Spontaneous Group Sculptures Development of Status Game 3 Forum in a circle Variation on Columbian Hypnosis, plus further Variation Blind Game Storytelling 4 Catch in the Circle Newspaper Theatre Points of Contact Invisible Friend Soundscape and Images Characters’ Stories 5 Moving as Still Image Experiencing the Lives of Others Glass Cobra becomes Trade Union Game PART 2: Interviews with Sanjoy Ganguly and short essays Interview by Robert Klement Interview by Robyn Kirkby Interview by Clément Poutot Interview by Joschka Kȍck Interview by Clément Poutot, on Vivekananda Sanjoy Ganguly: The Political Aesthetic of Jana Sanskriti: Theatre as an Art of Creating Connection Coda: Sanjoy Ganguly: ‘Aesthetics as Transformation’ Postscript: Sanjoy Ganguly: A critical space: Forum, Jokering and the problem of sympathy Letters from Augusto Boal and Sanjoy Ganguly