A selection of key texts which are currently on our library shelf, some written by Geese, some written about Geese, and some we recommend.
Baim, Brookes, Mountford (Eds) - The Geese Theatre Handbook, Waterside Press
Bergman and Hewish - The Violent Illusion (in Liebmann, Arts Approaches to Conflict, Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
Farrall and Mountford - The House of Four Rooms (in Thompson (Ed), Prison Theatre Practices and Perspectives, Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
Hewish - Dramatic Improvisation (Cox (Ed), Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor, Jessica Kinglsey Publishers)
Watson - The Drama of Change (in Mailout, October / November 2006)
Watson - Lift Your Mask! Geese Theatre Company in Performance (in Prentki and Preston (Eds) An Applied Theatre Reader, Routledge 2008)
Books which contain chapters on Geese Theatre Company
Balfour - The Use of Drama in the Rehabilitation of Violent Male Offenders, The Edwin Mellen Press
Moore, P - Acting Out: Therapy for Groups, Arena
Jackson - Theatre, Education and the Making of Meanings, Manchester University Press
Balfour, Michael - Theatre in Prison, Intellect
Blatner, Dr A - Acting In - Practical Applications of Psychodramatic Methods, Free Association Books
Boal, Augusto - Theatre of the Oppressed, Pluto Classic
Chapman and Hough - Evidence Based Practice: A Guide to Effective Practice, Home Office
Gilligan, J - Violence: Reflections on our Deadliest Epidemic, Jessica Kingsley
Gilligan, J - Preventing Violence, Thames and Hudson
Goldstein, A - The Prepare Curriculum, Research Press
Johnson and O'Neil (Eds) - Dorothy Heathcote: Collected Writings on Education and Drama, Routledge
Holmes and Karp (Eds) - Psychodrama: Inspiration and Technique, Routledge
Jenkins, A - Invitations to Responsibility, Dulwich Centre
Jennings, S - Dramatherapy (Vol 1-3), Croom Helm
McGuire, J - Cognitive Behavioural Practice, Home Office
Miiler and Rollnick - Motivational Interviewing, Guildford
Salisbury and Jackson - Challenging Macho Values, Falmer Press
Stordeur and Stiller - Ending Men's Violence against their Partners, Sage
Novaco, R - Anger and Coping with Provocation, University of California
Ross and Fabiano, Time to Think, Inst. of Social Science and Arts Inc
Baim, Brookes, Mountford (Eds) - The Geese Theatre Handbook, Waterside Press
Bergman and Hewish - Challenging Experience, Wood and Barnes
Brandes, D - Gamesters Handbook (1&2), Hutchinson
Boal, A - Games for Actors and Non Actors, Routledge
Boal, A - The Rainbow of Desire, Routledge
Clifford and Herrman - Making a Leap: Theatre of Empowerment, Jessica Kingsley
Dynes, R - Creative Games in Groupwork, Winslow
Fine and Macbeth - Playing with Fire: Training for the Creative Use of Conflict, Youth Work Press
Jennings, S - Creative Drama in Groupwork, Winslow
Johnson, C - House of Games: Making Theatre From Everyday Life, NH Books
Johnson, K - Impro, Eyre Methuen
Novelly, M - Theatre Games for Young Performers, Meriwether
Poulter, C - Playing the Game, MacmillanRawlins and Rich - Look, Listen and Trust: A Framework for Learning through Drama, Nelson
Theodorou, M - Ideas that work in Drama, Stanley Thomas
Spolin, V - Theatre Games for Rehearsal, Northwestern University Press
Spolin, V - Improvisation for the Theatre, Northwestern University Press
Reiss et al - Dramatherapy for mentally disordered offenders: changes in levels of anger, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 8
Blacker, Watson and Beech - A combined drama-based and CBT approach to working with self-reported anger aggression (in Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 18 p129-137 (2008)). To view this article online visit: www.interscience.wiley.com and enter 10.1002/cbm.686 in the search box.)
Harkins, Pritchard, Haskayne, Watson and Beech - An evaluation of Geese Theatre Company's Reconnect Programme