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Insights in Applied Theatre: the early days and onwards

The world’s first journal of applied theatre first published these articles. How do we know? John O’Toole its editor tells us. It was probably the first because no one else was using the term ‘applied theatre’ as the millennium turned, but according to O’Toole, it soon caught on – one of those concepts whose time had come.

Steampunk Sparks: Antigone’s Rebel Heartbeat Revived by 11-year-olds

This article describes and reflects upon a theatre practitioner/educator’s process in collaborating with a group of 11-year-olds to develop a production of Sophocles’ Antigone for the Youth Theatre Festival, Trikki Trakki, organised by Teatru Malta in March 2022.

Volume 14 Notes on Authors

Notes on Authors Jonathan Barnes is a National Teaching Fellow and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Canterbury Christ Church University. He has taught at every level of education in Africa and Asia and England. He now researches, lectures and writes on values, diversity and an inclusive curriculum for creativity, understanding and emotional engagement. James D. …

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Crisis, Representation and Resilience: Perspectives on Contemporary British Theatre

A collection of incisive investigations into the ways that 21st-century British theatre works with – and through – crisis. It pays particular attention to the way in which writers and practitioners consider the ethical and social challenges of crisis.
Anchored in an interdisciplinary approach that draws from sociology, cultural theory, feminism, performance and philosophy, the book brings multi-faceted ideas into dialogue with the diverse aesthetics, practices and themes of a range of theatrical work produced in Britain since 2005.

Speech Bubbles and the Teaching Assistant: investigating the impact of a drama intervention on school support staff.

Teaching Assistants have become an essential part of primary school life over the last 30 years. They represent around one third of the overall school workforce, a higher percentage in primary school and nurseries. Despite training and qualification opportunities, most are relatively poorly paid, often untrained, and high percentages admit to reluctantly seeking better paid work. This article reports on research into the impact of a Drama project on TAs in primary schools.

Volume 14 Editorial

Editorial Welcome to the fourteenth issue of Drama Research! This is the second issue in our new format, and it has a truly international dynamic, featuring articles from Colombia, Greece, Norway and the USA as well as the UK. One thing that all these countries have in common through recent experience is, of course, the …

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