Resources

Theatre for Living (TfL) - links and information …

TfL's work is a worldwide leading example of theatre for social change; theatre for dialogue creation and conflict resolution; theatre for community healing and empowerment. Projects have taken place in collaboration with First Nations and multicultural communities through over 500 theatre workshops, Power Plays and Forum Theatre events around the world. Below are links to the company's annual main stage productions and some of the key smaller projects that it developed since 1981

• Project Reports

• Video archives (Power Plays, Interviews and More!)

• David’s Book: Theatre for Living - the art and science of community-based dialogue

Research Article Links …

1. Drama Therapy Counseling as Mental Health Care of College Students

2. The use of clinical role-play and reflection in learning therapeutic communication skills in mental health education: an integrative review

3. Fear and Shame: using theatre to destigmatise mental illness in an Australian Macedonian community

4. Be Centre Annual Report (Play Therapy)

Applied Theatre Companies …

• Theatre for Living - Vancouver, Canada

• Public Act Theatre - Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia

• Milk Crate Theatre - Sydney, NSW, Australia

• D.I.V.E. Theatre Collective - Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

• ATCo (Applied Theatre Company Ltd) - Auckland, New Zealand

• TONYC - New York City, USA

• Cardboard Citizens - London, UK

Recommended Reading …

1. Theatre for Living: the art and science of community-based dialogue, by David Diamond, published by Trafford.

2. Theatre of the Oppressed, by Augusto Boal, published by Theatre Communications Group.

3. Pedagogy of Hope, by Paulo Friere, published by Continuum.

4. Theatre for Community, Conflict, & Dialogue by Michael Rohd. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1998.

5. Legislative Theatre by Augusto Boal. New York: Routledge Press, 1998

6. Acts of Service: Spontaneity, Commitment, Tradition in the Non-scripted Theatre by Jonathan Fox. New Paultz, NY: Tusitala Publishing, 1994

7. The Rainbow of Desire, by Augusto Boal, published by Routledge.

8. Interactive and Improvisational Drama by Adam Blatner. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2007.

9. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paulo Friere, published by Continuum.

10. The Rainbow of Desire by Augusto Boal. New York: Routledge Press, 1995.

11. The Essential Moreno: Writings on Psychodrama, Group Method, and Spontaneity by Jacob Moreno (author) and Jonathan Fox (editor). New Paltz, NY: Tusitala Publishing, 2008.

12. Games for Actors and Non-Actors, by August Boal, published by Routledge.