奧古斯都·波瓦（Augusto Boal，1931-2009），巴西戲劇導演、作傢、教育傢和政治傢。作為世界民眾戲劇的共同導師，波瓦的戲劇思想及實踐影響深遠，被公認為當代重要的戲劇教育傢之一。現在，全球70多個國傢的藝術傢、學者、應用戲劇工作者、社區工作者、教師和心理治療師都在使用波瓦的戲劇方法進行不同領域的實踐。因其卓越的貢獻，波瓦一生獲得眾多榮譽，其中1994年獲得聯閤國教科文組織頒發的巴勃羅·畢加索勛章，2008年被提名諾貝爾和平奬，2009年被聯閤國委任為“世界劇場大使”。《被壓迫者劇場》是波瓦有關批判性對話實踐的經典之作，《欲望彩虹》則是《被壓迫者劇場》在揭示、理解和治療個體內在心理壓迫領域的延伸之作。波瓦齣版著作30多部，並翻譯為30多種語言。

Rainbow of Desire is a handbook of exercises with a difference. It is Augusto Boal's bold and brilliant statement about the therapeutic ability of theatre to liberate individuals and change lives. Now translated into English and comprehensively updated from the French, Rainbow of Desire sets out the techniques which help us 'see' for the first time the oppressions we have internalised. Boal, a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician, has been confronting oppression in various forms for over thirty years. His belief that theatre is a means to create the future has inspired hundreds of groups all over the world to use his techniques in a multitude of settings. This, his latest work, includes such exercises as: * The Cops in the Head and their anti-bodies * The screen image * The image of the future we are afraid of * Image and counter-image ...and many more. Rainbow of Desire will make fascinating reading for those already familiar with Boal's work and is also completely accessible to anyone new to Theatre of the Oppressed techniques.