abstract

The paper will analyze Dario plays. Fo’s theatre acts as a harbinger of social, political and cultural revolution. His brilliant theatrical gimmicks and ideas, conforming to the anarchic discourse attempt to employ art as a tool for social activism. Rooted in the tradition of amateur theatre groups, Dario Fo brings out the earnivalesque aspects of popular Commedia dell arte. As a creative artist and a social rebel, Fo uses the theatrical space to unveil the dynamics of power in society and religion. His colourful theatre tickles the funny bone, and uses humour as a ‘reflex of reason’, creating a leftist theatre with a difference. Buffoonery and hilarity of his performance shows that humour can be both serious and seriously funny. The unveiling process of his theatrical space gives way to a pugnacious anarchic discourse that puts to test the monolithic discourses of politics and religion.