ABSTRACT
Augusto Boal was welcomed by activist networks from social movements and by practitioners of physical theatre. Boal and his team took turns to act as jokers in the forums. Members of groups from all over France contributed to the forums and discussions, and some stayed on to take part in militant action as well as to engage in sessions on Image Theatre. Subsequently, the team performed at the East Paris Theatre, and in 1980 they spent six weeks at the Theatre du Soleil giving workshops and forum performances. The project culminated in a highly original Forum play with nine scenes, which was performed about 40 times throughout France. About 15 people joined the full-time joker for a big project for the bicentenary of the French Revolution. There was a year of fascinating research, punctuated by training workshops, geared toward the creation of a Forum play entitled Bastilles to be Stormed.
