The Applied Theatre Reader is the first book to bring together new case studies of practice by leading practitioners and academics in the field and beyond, with classic source texts from writers such as Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Mikhail Bakhtin, Augusto Boal, and Chantal Mouffe.

Tim Prentki is Emeritus Professor of Theatre for Development at the University of Winchester, UK.

Nicola Abraham is a Lecturer in Applied Theatre Practices at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK.

PART I; 1. Nicola Abraham APPLIED THEATRE: AN INTRODUCTION; 2. Nicola Abraham and Tim Prentki LEXICON; PART II Poetics of Representation; 3. Tim Prentki INTRODUCTION TO POETICS OF REPRESENTATION; 4. Mikhail Bakhtin RABELAIS AND HIS WORLD; 5. Marc Silberman, Steve Giles and Tom Kuhn (eds.) BRECHT ON THEATRE; 6. Sonia Norris and Julie Salverson LAUGHING AND YELLING IN THE TROUBLE: SPACES OF CONSENSUAL COURAGE ; 7. Adrian Jackson PROVOKING INTERVENTION; 8. Andy Watson `LIFT YOUR MASK¿: GEESE THEATRE COMPANY IN PERFORMANCE; 9. Michael Balfour and Julie Dunn GEOGRAPHIES OF HOPE: EXPLORING DEPARTURES IN APPLIED THEATRE WORK WITH PEOPLE LIVING WITH ADVANCED DEMENTIA; 10. Colette Conroy and Sarah Jane Dickenson CULTURALLY PRODUCING AND NEGOTIATING WOMEN¿S RUGBY LEAGUE HISTORIES THROUGH APPLIED PERFORMANCE; PART III Ethics of Representation; 11. Nicola Abraham INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS OF REPRESENTATION; 12. Stuart Hall THE WORK OF REPRESENTATION; 13. Chantal Mouffe ON THE POLITICAL; 14. bell hooks CHOOSING THE MARGIN AS A SPACE OF RADICAL OPENNESS; 15. Joe Winston and Chenchen Zeng DRAMA FOR MORAL EDUCATION IN MAINLAND CHINA: TENSIONS AND POSSIBILITIES; 16. Katharine Low, Phana Dube, Gerard Bester and Ben Gunn `I NEVER KNEW I HAD SO MANY HEALTH RIGHTS¿ ¿ DEVELOPING A HEALTH MANIFESTO WITH YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN HILLBROW; 17. Anna Herrmann and Caoimhe McAvinchey with contributions from Lucy Edkins, Jennifer Joseph, TerriAnn Oudjar, Jade Small, Deborah Pearson and Stacey Gregg INSIDE BITCH: CLEAN BREAK AND THE ETHICS OF REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; 18. Gareth White THE ETHICS OF AESTHETIC RISK; 19. Marianne Nødtvedt Knudsen and Bjørn Rasmussen TRANSITION AND CHALLENGE ¿ ETHICAL CONCERNS IN PRISON THEATRE; 20. Brendon Burns THEARE FOR DEMOCRACY; PART IV Participation and Inclusion; 21. Nicola Abraham INTRODUCTION TO PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION; 22. Augusto Boal THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED; 23. Antonio Gramsci SELECTIONS FROM THE PRISON NOTEBOOKS; 24. Majid Rahnema PARTICIPATION; 25. Sara Ahmed ON ARRIVAL; 26. Ananda Breed, Kurtis Dennison, Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo, and Kirrily Pells MOBILE ARTS FOR PEACE (MAP): CURRICULUM FOR MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA IN RWANDA; 27. Marina Henriques Coutinho LEST ALL THINGS BE HELD UNALTERABLE: BRECHT¿S MESSAGE TO `ZOMBIE DEMOCRACIES¿; 28. Adelina Ong BEING IMPERFECT: BREAKIN¿ AWAY FROM RELATING COMPETITIVELY IN SINGAPORE; 29. Sue Mayo THE GRATITUDE ENQUIRY: INVESTIGATING RECIPROCITY IN THREE COMMUNITY PROJECTS; PART V Intervention; 30. Tim Prentki INTRODUCTION TO INTERVENTION; 31. Noam Chomsky PROFIT OVER PEOPLE; 32. Zakes Mda WHEN PEOPLE PLAY PEOPLE; 33. Dorothy Heathcote FROM THE PARTICULAR TO THE UNIVERSAL; 34. Paul Sutton ACT SMART: USING C&T'S PROSPERO TECHNOLOGY TO SHAPE EFFICACIOUS THEATRE PRACTICES IN THE DIGITAL CENTURY; 35. Jonathan Fox UNEXPECTED RESILIENCE OF THE PARTICIPANT PERFORMANCE MODEL FOR PLAYBACK THEATRE; PART VI Border Crossing; 36. Tim Prentki INTRODUCTION TO BORDER CROSSING; 37. Henry Giroux BORDER CROSSINGS; 38. Ng¿g¿ wa Thiong¿o DECOLONISING THE MIND; 39. Jan Cohen-Cruz HOME, AWAY AND BACK AGAIN; 40. Salvo Pitruzzella BRECHT IN SICILY: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THEATRE AND DRAMA THERAPY; 41. Catherine McNamara THE TRANSACTING PROJECT; PART VII Change; 42. Nicola Abraham INTRODUCTION TO CHANGE; 43. Ira Shor PROBLEM-POSING SITUATED AND MULTICULTURAL LEARNING; 44. Renato Constantino SYNTHETIC CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT; 45. Michael Etherton CHILD RIGHTS THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH DISADVANTAGED AND EXCLUDED CHILDREN IN SOUTH ASIA AND AFRICA; 46. Molly Mullen and Michelle Johansson, with Ashlee Niuia, Bayley Johansson, Billy Revell-S¿o, Carmel-Maria Savaiinaea, Faananafu Tofilau, Leonard Folau, Maria Ahmad and Viola Johansson OPENING DOORS, NOT FILLING BOXES: POLICY KINESIS AND YOUTH PERFORMANCE WITH THE BLACK FRIARS THEATRE COMPANY, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND; 47. Nicola Abraham and Cristian Almarza EDUCASWITCH: PREVENTING BULLYING AND ADVOCATING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LITERACY IN SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHILE; 48. Syed Jamil Ahmed PLANTING DREAM-SEEDS IN THE WIND WHEN THE POINT IS TO CHANGE; PART VIII Applied Theatre and Globalisation; 49. Tim Prentki APPLIED THEATRE IN GLOBAL MELTDOWN; Recommended Further Reading by part