Who are IYF’s influences in Theatre?
Although various aspects of IYF’s work could probably be traced back to ideas originally pioneered by specific theatre practitioners, we have never set out or intended to follow a specific genre or director. For example, a theatre module of our education programme is Forum Theatre based, as pioneered originally by Agusto Boal, however, we use this style of theatre not to emulate the work of Boal, but rather for our own means, in order for it to achieve an exploration of forgiveness or some other key teaching of Christianity. Another example, is our sketch shows, which are interrupted at various stages by teaching and conversation from the actors, out of character, relaying personal experiences and understanding of faith. Again IYF recognise that Bertolt Brecht pioneered ways of destroying traditional theatre’s conventions in a similar fashion, but again, we would say that we implement these methods, not to be brechtian, but in order to give as clear an understanding of faith as possibl
