Saturday 29. March - Afternoon -
Forum Theatre in action:

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Each group show their play one time and then discussion with the spectators.
- The joker ask questions:
- Is this story believable?
- Are there any possible interventions? The interventions must keep the story open for other interventions / possibilities.
- In terms of Forum Theatre, is there a clear person you would sympathies with.
- Is there one person who can change this story / this situation in a positive way? This person becomes the catalyst for the changes and the person who will present the interventions.
2. Inspiration how to play:

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If the information is important for the story or gives the story new dimensions, you must get it into the story.
- It may help in difficult situations/be relieving to play the story with different themes:
- Cartoon
- Opera
- Musical
- Ballet
- Riverdance or many more.
- Or the themes can be representing emotions:
- Every character hates all the other characters.
- Every character is in love with all the other characters.
- Being inspired of this, remember the story is the same.
- In Forum Theatre we can go back and forward in time. We can go on forever - we can go where ever the audience want to go.
3. Joker / Intervention / Responsibility/Changes:
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Being the Joker you can ask the audience:
- "How can this be better"?
- "Is there anything you would like to change"?
- "Would you like to go up there and show us".
- It is important that the audience is active and becomes spectators - there is a big difference in explaining and showing.
- Remember the applause after each intervention
- Every person making intervention did his/her best.
- The interventions are important for having a go, not for making the perfect solution.
- We will never find the perfect solution. There is not only one solution.

In the evening: Portuguese folklore and, of course, Bachalau!
but also a birthday cake:

 - If a intervention involves physically things like fights, it must be shown in slow motion and without body contact.
- It is allways a good idea to ask the people on stage, if they have some comments.
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It is important to look after the person, who is sharing his/her story. As it is important to look after the persons who have played the oppressors. (But also remember - Boal does not dance about peoples feelings).
 
- It is about being responsible for one self.
- It is about sharing the story, so everyone can learn something.
- It is not the Jokers job to know best. It is patronising trying to say: I know best.
- Real changes is within.
- All parts of the process is important for these changes.
4. The last game "I´m falling":

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Everybody walks around eachother ready to catch. Walk for a while be aware of the others. Silence is important. Any body can at any time say out loud: "I am falling". Then persons standing next to will catch him / her.
- A trusting exercise that needs focus and concentration from all the participants.

5. The last circle in Porto:
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We were sitting on chairs in a big circle as close as possible.
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One at a time, everyone was saying to the person on their right, what they are appreciating about this person.
- The facilitator started having a rainbow coloured ball of yarn. The many colours because each and everyone of us is different.
- This ball of yarn was given all around the circle from one person to another. It passed on, when the person had said something nice to the person sitting next.
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When the circle was closed, everybody had a piece of rainbow coloured yarn in their hands.
- With the person next to you did split the piece between you and make a bow.
And then a birthday song for Tsvete!
 - Now evryone had the proof of being part of something big and beautiful - like a rainbow!!