An online resource of all things arts and health related, from a timeline of the development of the field in the UK, to a repository of all the significant publications to guides and toolkits. Repository for Arts & Health Resources, live
ArtWorks Alliance
An online resource for participatory arts in the UK that grew out of a Paul Hamlyn Foundation initiative to improve and develop practice. With an extensive knowledge bank, a monthly newsletter and upcoming projects. ArtWorks Alliance, live
Games for Actors and Non Actors
This book gives a detailed introduction to Boal’s theories and sets out the different forms of Theatre of the Oppressed, including Image, Invisible and Forum theatre. Also includes many practical theatre games. For many more books by Boal about different aspects of TO look here. Augusto Boal, 1992
Applied Theatre: An E-debate
This article offers a broad range of insights into what academics and practitioners understand by the term Applied Theatre, and gives a good over view of the terrain. Research in Drama Education, 2004
The Applied Theatre Reader
This book brings together case studies from practitioners and academics that explore the key themes behind Applied Theatre, with chapters exploring representation, ethics, participation, intervention, border crossing, transformation and globalisation. Tim Prenki & Sheila Preston (ed), 2009
What is Theatre for Social Change
This paper describes and defines theatre for social change as a specific field of practice, considering the features that differentiate it from other forms of participatory and applied drama. Sarah Thornton, 2013
Culture, Democracy and the Right to Make Art: The British Community Arts Movement
This book tells the history of community arts in the UK through the experiences of those involved and discusses its influence on participatory arts today. An invaluable read for anyone making participatory theatre. Alison Jeffers & Gerri Moriarty, 2017
A Restless Art: How Participation Won and Why it Matters
A fantastic overview of the development of participatory arts, with historical context, analysis of themes and principles and a clear understanding of where we are and how we got here. A must read. More resources on the supporting website. Francois Matarasso, 2019
Use or Ornament? The Social Impact of Participation in the Arts
The first major report to describe the impacts that participatory arts can have in terms of personal development, social cohesion, community empowerment, local image and identity, imagination and health and wellbeing. As valuable now as it was then. Francois Matarasso, 1997
