Participation

This edited collection gathers together leading voices in theatre and performance studies to debate the politics of participation and find points of connection across a range of performative forms including community theatre, live art, applied theatre, one-to-one performance and marathon running. Anna Harpin & Helen Nicholson, 2017

This is a collection of international essays describing the rich diversity of theatre and drama work in prison related contexts. Michael Balfour (ed), 2004

This book addresses the rarely examined expertise of applied theatre artists, aiming to shed light on their particular skills and qualities. Kay Hepplewhite, 2020.

This book explores a range of contemporary performance practices (with a focus on participatory theatre) that engage spectators physically and emotionally through active engagement and critical involvement. Alice O'Grady (ed), 2017

Digital Storytelling, Applied Theatre, & Youth argues that theatre artists must re-imagine how and why they facilitate performance practices with young people, and presents practitioners, scholars, and educators with innovative approaches to devising and performing digital stories. Megan Alrutz, 2014

A very useful step by step guide to all aspects of participatory project evaluation. Felicity Woolf, 1999.

A scoping study of the ways in which community theatre understands and evaluates its work. University of Nottingham, 2013.

Case study research coming out of the Creative People and Places programmes experience of going digital during the pandemic. CPP, 2020

A publication to guide participatory artists in thinking about the quality of their work. ArtWorks Cymru, 2019.