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Below are a few bits of reference material you may find interesting for information related to specific Theatre for Living (Headlines Theatre) past projects. First we have Internet Links and below that is a Suggested Reading List. Enjoy!

 

→ Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide

→ Arts Health Network Canada

→ Canadian Improv Games

→ CTO Rio. Augusto Boal's Centre for the Theatre of the Oppressed in Brazil

→ Giolli Centro di Ricerca

→ grunt gallery

→ ImaginAction

→ International Theatre of the Oppressed Organisation. A GREAT web site for linking into Boal-based work around the world.

→ Independent Community Television

→ Judith Marcuse Projects

→ Mandala Centre for Awareness

→ Professional Association of Canadian Theatres PACT

→ Pedagogy & Theatre of the Oppressed

→ Playwright's Workshop Montreal

→ Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)

→ Review Vancouver

→ SHEATRE

→ Strange and Beautiful Music was happy to donate their music to
Through a Clear Lens

→ Street Spirits

→ SWAMP Theatre grassroots interactive theatre

→ Theatre In The Raw

→ TOPLAB

Brecht forum in NY

→ Theatre Canada. A vast collection of links to theatres across the country

→ The Freedom Theatre

→ The Vancouver East Cultural Centre

→ Third Way Theatre

→ Vancouver Fringe Festival

→ Vancouver Theatre Guide

 

 

Following is a list of suggested reading. These are books that have affected the birth and evolution of Theatre for Living work:

 

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

 

→ Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, by Deepak Chopra, MD., published by Harmony Books.

 

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

 

→ Healing into Life and Death, by Stephen Levin, published by Anchor Press.

 

→ Leadership and the New Science, by Margaret Wheatly, published by Berrett-Koehler.

 

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

 

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

 

→ Playing Boal (Theatre, therapy, activism), Edited by Mady Schutzman and Jan Cohen-Cruz. Published by Routledge.

 

→ Quantum Healing, Exploring the Fronteirs of Mind/Body Medicine, by Deepak Chopra, MD., published by Bantam.

 

→ The Magic of Dialogue -Transforming Conflict into Cooperation, by Daniel Yankelovich, a Touchstone Book published by Simon and Schuster (1999).

 

→ The Moral Imagination, by John Paul Lederach, published by Oxford University Press (2005).

 

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

 

→ The Seven Mysteries of Life (An Exploration in Science and Philosophy), by Guy Murchie, published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

 

→ The Turning Point, by Fritjof Capra, published by Bantam Books.

 

→ The White Hole in Time, by Peter Russell, published by Harper SanFrancisco.

 

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

 

→ Timeshifting, by Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD, published by Doubleday.

 

→ The Hidden Connections, by Fritjof Capra, published by Doubleday.

 

Starting from the 2010/2011 project Us and Them (the inquiry), you'll find a direct link to each project's Links & Resources page:

 

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maladjusted Tour 2015

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Us and Them (the play)

Us and Them (the inquiry)

 

Here is a list of links to community organizations and resources that were gathered through projects as far back as 2001:

 

From after homelessness…

From SHATTERING

Vancouver Detox Lines and BC Web-based Resources

  • Vancouver Crisis Line: 604.872.2211
  • Directions Youth Services Centre - Provides Vancouver's homeless and at-risk youth with a single entry point to access the tools they need to work towards reclaiming their lives. 604.633.1472
  • Vancouver Addictions Matrix Program - VAMP ∼ A 16-week intensive day/evening crystal meth treatment program that offers group format along with individual counselling sessions. 604.633.4230
  • ACCESS CENTRAL –Detox Referral Line - 1.866.658.1221
    Central phone number for access to adult and youth detox services in Vancouver.
  • Alcohol & Drug Information & Referral Service – BC Ministry of Health
    Vancouver: 604.660.9382 - BC Toll Free: 1.800.663.1441
  • From Grief to Action/Parents Forever
  • Hey-Way'-Noqu' Healing Circle for Addictions Society
    604-874-1831
  • Native Courtworker and Counselling Assoc of BC
  • Urban Native Youth Association - UNYA
  • http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/
  • DEYAS - Youth Detox Program - 604.251.7615
  • Family Services Detox - 604.872.4349
  • PLEA Detox - 604.708.2616

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Canada-wide

From 2º of Fear and Desire:

Our Working Group:

More resources:

 

From METH:

 

From Here and Now:



From Practicing Democracy:

Reading

Local Groups

Events and Actions

From Don't Say A Word:


From Thir$ty:

Local (Vancouver-based) organizations working on water:


Global water sites


Good papers and articles

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