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| Title: | From post-performance discussions to intervention and processing: theatre-for-development and citizenship issues in Nigeria |
| Author: | Kafewo, Samuel Ayedime |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Periodical: | African Performance Review |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 58-72 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | theatre development citizenship |
| Abstract: | Community Theatre, Theatre for Development or Applied Theatre, irrespective of the nomenclatorial description by which this theatre practice is known, all point to new ways and uses to which theatre can be put that is opposed to the conventional form of theatre. A defining characteristic of this theatre is its unfinished nature. The structures of the plays are more or less ongoing dialogues. The evolving nature of the practice ensures that practitioners strive to improve from one experiment to the other in a bid to find a more effective method of getting across to the audience. From routine post performance discussions, many practitioners and projects have moved to processing Augusto Boal's 'joker' technique to intervene more directly in a performance. This article examines the Citizenship, Participation and Accountability project undertaken by the Theatre for Development Centre (FDC), Ahmadu Bello University, and the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance (NPTA) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, from 2001 through 2002. It analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the methodologies adopted, the role of processing and intervention in building new perspectives on the citizenship issues tackled in the project, and the overall impact of the project. Bibliogr, sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |