Prison Theatre

Source: Applied Theatre, Third Edition , pp 161-180
Publication Date: March 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789389227_10
Language: English

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Davey, L., Day, A., & Balfour, M. (2014, April 6). Performing desistance: How might theories of desistance from crime help us understand the possibilities of prison theatre? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 58, 1–12. Examines the value of theatre in helping prisoners to build more positive identities and constructive life skills.
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McAvinchey, C. (2011). Theatre & prison. Palgrave Macmillan. An excellent introduction to how the prison system reflects governments’ views on justice as custodial, coercive or punitive and how theatre projects happen within those contexts.
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Taylor, P. (2012). Theatre behind bars: Can the arts rehabilitate? Trentham. This contribution to the literature on prison theatre documents the author's projects carried out in New York state prisons and looks at the issues of rehabilitation, ethics and evaluation.
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Thompson, J. (1998). Prison theatre: Perspectives and practices. Jessica Kingsley. An early book on this topic from a leader in the field.
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Woodland, S., & Hazou, R. (Eds.). (2021). Carcerality, theatre and rights [Special issue]. Research in Drama Education, 26(3), 385–405. This special issue contains a range of articles from many countries.179
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Davey, L., Day, A., & Balfour, M. (2014, April 6). Performing desistance: How might theories of desistance from crime help us understand the possibilities of prison theatre? International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 58, 1–12. Examines the value of theatre in helping prisoners to build more positive identities and constructive life skills.
[Google Scholar]
Hartley, J. (2012). Applied theatre in action: A journey. Trentham.
[Google Scholar]
Heritage, P. (2004). Taking hostages: Staging human rights. TDR: The Drama Review, 48(3), 96–106.
[Google Scholar]
Lucas, A. (2020). Prison theatre and the global crisis of incarceration. Bloomsbury. Lucas surveys a number of global projects in this recent book.
[Google Scholar]
McAvinchey, C. (2011). Theatre & prison. Palgrave Macmillan. An excellent introduction to how the prison system reflects governments’ views on justice as custodial, coercive or punitive and how theatre projects happen within those contexts.
[Google Scholar]
Rhida, T. (2018). Exploring prison theatre in Canada: A case study on William Head on Stage (WHoS). This MA thesis looks at the theatre company presented in 10, located in Metchosin, BC. https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/38449
Shailor, J. (Ed.). (2011). Performing new lives: Prison theatre. Jessica Kingsley. A collection of 15 case studies from American prisons.
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Sutherland, A. (2013). Now we are real women: Playing with gender in a male prison theatre programme in South Africa. RIDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 18(2), 120–132. This article raises many thought-provoking ethical issues related to making theatre in prisons.
[Google Scholar]
Taylor, P. (2012). Theatre behind bars: Can the arts rehabilitate? Trentham. This contribution to the literature on prison theatre documents the author's projects carried out in New York state prisons and looks at the issues of rehabilitation, ethics and evaluation.
[Google Scholar]
Thompson, J. (1998). Prison theatre: Perspectives and practices. Jessica Kingsley. An early book on this topic from a leader in the field.
[Google Scholar]
Woodland, S., & Hazou, R. (Eds.). (2021). Carcerality, theatre and rights [Special issue]. Research in Drama Education, 26(3), 385–405. This special issue contains a range of articles from many countries.179
[Google Scholar]

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