is a Brazilian actor graduated from the Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza. With a PhD from the University of Cologne, Germany, he has a Master’s degree in Performing Arts from UNI-RIO, Rio de Janeiro. He is also an author, researcher, and theatre producer with research interests in performativity, identity, theatre of the oppressed, and political theatre.

Preface - Acknowledgments - Opening remarks - 1 The foundations we stand on: theoretical context - 2 Theatre in exceptional times: historical context - 3 Teatro de Arena and the fantasy of a popular theatre - 4 A Mais Valia vai acabar, seu Edgar and the CPC: allegory of a utopia - 5 Teatro Oficina and O Rei da Vela: crushing illusions - 6 A political critique of Forum Theatre - What now for the Brazilian political theatre? - Works cited - Filmography - Index