An Online Interview on " What Now for the Theatre of the Oppressed?"

An Online Interview " What Now for the Theatre of the Oppressed?" Hosted by Arian Rezaei, Activist of the Theater of the Oppressed in Iran, and Luc Opdebeeck Artistic Director of Formaat, will be held on Monday at 9 pm on the live Instagram of @mono.shoraei. This online interview will be translated into Persian by Marzieh Dadvar.

Luc is a well-known figure in Theater of oppressed.

With Formaat, Luc and his colleagues take away personal and societal barriers that prevent people from reaching their full potential – especially those less privileged. How? With participatory drama. ‘The connection between people, and between people and institutions, is often characterized by a lack of a shared language,’ Luc explains. ‘Participatory drama, in which the audience becomes the actor, can bridge that gap. Stakeholders share urgent problems on stage, leading to a performance that expresses the complexity of the problems. What would you do? What would you do different from another stakeholder? Alternately, everybody takes his or her role in the play, exploring different perspectives for action. It is a rehearsal for tomorrow’s reality.

He had  traveled to Iran in 2015 and  held a workshop.