Research-based Theatre
Research-based Theatre (Book)
An Artistic Methodology
Research-based Theatre aims to construct a theoretical analysis of the field and offer critical reflections on how the methodology can now be applied. The book shares twelve examples of contemporary research-based theatre scripts and commentaries, selected to represent different approaches that come from a variety of disciplinary areas.
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George Belliveau is Professor of drama education at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Graham W. Lea is assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Foreword
John O’Toole and Judith Ackroyd
Introduction
Graham W. Lea and George Belliveau
Section I: Education
Chapter 1: Scripting a Narrative Inheritance: Homa Bay Memories
Graham W. Lea
Chapter 2: The Ink Murderers Can’t Hold It Any Longer
Betsy Ferrer Okello
Chapter 3: The Lives of Incarcerated Youth in Athabasca’s Going Unmanned
Diane Conrad
Chapter 4: Critical Plays: An Exploration in Truth and Verisimilitude
Christine Sinclair and Anne Harris
Section II: Health 75
Chapter 5: Considering Aesthetics: Bringing New Awareness to Patient Safety Culture in Hospitals
Julia Gray and Gail Mitchell
Chapter 6: Communicating about Dementia Care through Theatre: Inside Out of Mind
Tanya Myers and Justine Schneider
Chapter 7: Transitioning Home: Research-Based Theatre with Returning Servicemen and Their Families
Linda Hassall and Michael Balfour
Chapter 8: No Particular Place to Go
Trudy Pauluth-Penner, Warwick Dobson, Monica Prendergast, and Holly Tuokko
Section III: Community 131
Chapter 9: An Ethnographic Performance for Professional Learning
Jane Bird
Chapter 10: Temporarily Yours: Foreign Domestic Workers in Singapore
Prue Wales
Chapter 11: Harriet’s House and Ana’s Shadow: Learning about Other People’s Families
Tara Goldstein
Chapter 12: Performing Autobiography
George Belliveau and Rita L. Irwin
Final Reflections
George Belliveau and Graham W. Lea
Contributors
References
