Theatre in Health Education (THE)

Baxter, V., & Low, K. E. (2017). Applied theatre: Performing health and wellbeing. Bloomsbury. This book offers case studies from many countries, particularly from the global south.

D'Alessandro, P., & Frager, G. (2014). Theatre: An innovative teaching tool integrated into core undergraduate medical curriculum. Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 6(3), 191–204. A verbatim play was created from the diary of a 16-year-old cancer patient and interviews with his family, friends and health care team. The article 140surveys responses to the play by varied audiences that show its effects on both health professionals and the general public.

Gray, R. (2003). Prostate tales: Men's experiences with prostate cancer. Men's Studies Press. The next project on Gray's research agenda.

Gray, R., & Sinding, C. (2002). Standing ovation: Performing social science research about cancer (with accompanying video). AltaMira. Gray is an oncology researcher who uses applied theatre in his work and documents its effect on performers and audiences.

Hadley, B., & McDonald, D. (Eds.). (2018). The Routledge handbook of disability arts, culture, and media. Routledge. A useful compendium on multiple topics such as: disability, identity, and representation; inclusion, wellbeing, and whole-of-life experience; access, artistry, and audiences; practices, politics and the public sphere; activism, adaptation, and alternative futures.

Journal of Applied Arts and Health. https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-applied-arts-health. We recommend this journal for its regular articles on applied theatre.

Strickling, C. A. (2002). Actual lives: Cripples in the house. Theatre Topics, 12(20), 143–162. A description of a project that critiques cultural and medical attitudes towards disability and engages the audience in re-envisioning what it means to live with disability.

Walsh, A. (2012). Breaking frames: Mark Storer's For the Best – A case study about an artist in residence. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 3(2), 217–228. A remarkable site-specific production based on interviews and artworks by children undergoing dialysis and their responses performed by London's Unicorn Theatre, a professional children's theatre company.

Baxter, V., & Low, K. E. (2017). Applied theatre: Performing health and wellbeing. Bloomsbury. This book offers case studies from many countries, particularly from the global south.

D'Alessandro, P., & Frager, G. (2014). Theatre: An innovative teaching tool integrated into core undergraduate medical curriculum. Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 6(3), 191–204. A verbatim play was created from the diary of a 16-year-old cancer patient and interviews with his family, friends and health care team. The article 140surveys responses to the play by varied audiences that show its effects on both health professionals and the general public.

Gray, R. (2003). Prostate tales: Men's experiences with prostate cancer. Men's Studies Press. The next project on Gray's research agenda.

Gray, R., & Sinding, C. (2002). Standing ovation: Performing social science research about cancer (with accompanying video). AltaMira. Gray is an oncology researcher who uses applied theatre in his work and documents its effect on performers and audiences.

Hadley, B., & McDonald, D. (Eds.). (2018). The Routledge handbook of disability arts, culture, and media. Routledge. A useful compendium on multiple topics such as: disability, identity, and representation; inclusion, wellbeing, and whole-of-life experience; access, artistry, and audiences; practices, politics and the public sphere; activism, adaptation, and alternative futures.

Journal of Applied Arts and Health. https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-applied-arts-health. We recommend this journal for its regular articles on applied theatre.

Strickling, C. A. (2002). Actual lives: Cripples in the house. Theatre Topics, 12(20), 143–162. A description of a project that critiques cultural and medical attitudes towards disability and engages the audience in re-envisioning what it means to live with disability.

Walsh, A. (2012). Breaking frames: Mark Storer's For the Best – A case study about an artist in residence. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 3(2), 217–228. A remarkable site-specific production based on interviews and artworks by children undergoing dialysis and their responses performed by London's Unicorn Theatre, a professional children's theatre company.