One: First Feelings About Going Into St. Giles

First Feelings About Going Into St. Giles

I'm exceptionally scared to go into the school on Tuesday since the class I'm going into is AF, the severe disability class. I have heard from people that it's exceptionally hard to look after children with a certain disability like them. These children have severe disability and have limited mobility. They cannot verbally speak or move. I'm quite worried as to how I'm going to plan this workshop as I have to plan a series of games that will span 90 minutes. I'm finding it very hard to think of games to play when they don't have any mobility. In terms of my feelings towards entering the school, I'm very excited to help the students. I've heard from past students that this is the most rewarding term as you're helping others and you get an incredible sense of satisfaction when helping those in need. I'm also anxious because I'm not entirely  sure how the students are to be interacted with. I don't want to seem patronising or rude by moving them or speaking to them in a manner that seems like I'm talking down to them. I guess I will have to meet them first before judging on that one.

Augusto Boal Fact Sheet

Augusto Boal was born on the 16th March 1931 and Died 2nd May 2009 at the age of 78.

He was a theatre practitioner who developed the ideology of the theatre of the oppressed and responsible for the many forms of community theatre we have today.

He was a Brazilian theatre, writer and director as well as a well renowned politician. He was raised in Rio De Janeiro, and attended Columbia University in the 1940s/50s.

He was very experimental when it came to performance.

His ideology was that humans were a self contained theatre, actor and spectator in one. Also known as a SpectActor. He believed that our change in actions have an even greater impact on the change in the world.

Community Theatre is about changing the world for the better by altering our actions. Just like what Boal achieved.