The Theatre of Activism

The Theatre of Activism: An Analysis of the Legacy of Badal Sircar expresses Badal Sircar's activism through the platform of theatre. Unlike the conventional proscenium theatre, Sircar's theatre is not fulfilled and satisfied with its mere theatrical enactment in an auditorium. His dramas are based on activism which are not meant for mere confinement and enjoyment of audience in a theatre hall. Sircar's plays are utterly political in nature which expose the feeble as well as distressed voice of the marginalized in the lower strata of society in the wake of oppression, deprivation and dispossession by the ruling community and simultaneously sensitize the oppressed commoners to raise their voice of protest against the inexplicable injustice done to them. As a politician or a social activist empathizes the sufferings of the dispossessed community and help them organize movements against the ruling governments and constitutional authorities on streets, Sircar registered his protest against human degradation, exploitation and injustice through his dramatic texts. Infact, he used theatre as a tool of activism in his struggle to reform the society.