How would you use theatre to create change?

THEATRE IS A FORCE FOR CHANGE. HOW WOULD I USE THEATRE TO CREATE CHANGE? 

"It is forbidden to walk on the grass. It is not forbidden to fly over the grass" - Augusto Boal

It has gotten to a point as a result of the last couple of years that I feel continually disassociated from politics and what's going on in the news and media. It seems as though we are shifting in the Western world towards a more oppressive alt-right stance which has made me even more emotionally stunted and confused about the world we're living in.  It doesn't give me lots of hope as a young person growing up in this world.

Nevertheless, theatre has and always will be the exception of this feeling. I feel that no matter how disconnected I become as an individual when news articles flash up on my phone, or when I see newspaper headlines on newspapers on the tube, theatre always connects to me like nothing else. As a deviser, I can feed all of my passion, energy and anger into projects that make me feel like I'm contributing my thoughts about the evolving world. As an audience member of theatre, seeing things on stage or even in film can affect me completely. I got this recently when I saw 'The Jungle' performed at the Playhouse Theatre. That play broke down so many barriers, challenged so many notions in society and increased my own personal awareness of the Syrian refugee crisis that made me speechless by the end.  

Overall, I feel as an individual no matter what happens theatre is something I will always cherish as a tool for change, and thus there is so much I would do with theatre if I had the means and power and time to implement change. After researching a bit into Augusto Boal, I feel as though the extent at which theatre can contribute towards real and viable change has opened my mind even further, and therefore, here is a list of how I would use theatre to create change:

1) HIGHLIGHT TO THE CLOSE MINDED GOVERNMENT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE WORKING CLASS AND MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES WITHIN BRITAIN and hence how they are being failed, and helping to represent and empower those communities in feeling like they have a voice and are being heard. 

2) USING THEATRE AS A WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURAL AND IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMMUNITIES PROMOTING UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING OVER IGNORANCE AND ALIENATION  - theatre evokes empathy and understanding through a dedicated and three dimensional understanding and representation of people and their stories, and this can be used to break down division and barriers.

3) USING THEATRE AS A WAY TO REFLECT ON THE PREVALENCE OF THE PAST ON TODAY AND HOW FAR WE HAVE CHANGED AS A SOCIETY AND HOW FAR YET WE HAVE TO GO (I am an avid lover of History and some of the major historical events that are unravelling today are all a direct result of history. I believe history is a great tool to learn from which can be represented in theatre by explaining the ways we can change and evolve as a society.

4) UNITE COMMUNITIES TO FIGHT AGAINST OPPRESSION - this overall is a summary of my first 3 points, but I believe that this will be the final point if all of these things are achieved since they are all inherently linked.