Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions. Organizational Aesthetics, 34 -50

This article sheds light on the role of co-produced creative methods in creating change, with particular reference to marginalized communities and taboo topics. In doing so, the paper offers a vignette of a day-long theatrical outreach event explorin... Read More about Co-Producing Community and Individual Change through Theatrical Interventions.

Volunteers as monstrous workers:'monsters' in UK live-action roleplay game organizations (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Volunteers as monstrous workers:'monsters' in UK live-action roleplay game organizations. Culture and Organization, 233-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2016.1241254

This paper examines volunteers as workers in the leisure activity of festival-scale UK live-action roleplaying. The descriptive term ‘monsters’ is native within the field, referring to volunteer roles often involving dramatic performance of a ‘villai... Read More about Volunteers as monstrous workers:'monsters' in UK live-action roleplay game organizations.

Late Life Creativity: assessing the value of theatre in later life (2018)
Book Chapter
(2018). Late Life Creativity: assessing the value of theatre in later life. In Creativity in Later Life: Beyond Late Style

Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people (2018)
Book Chapter
(2018). Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people. In Resilience and Ageing: creativity, culture and community (43-64). https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv8xnhxv.8

This chapter provides insight into a long-running programme of research exploring the value for people’s sense of well-being and resilience of being involved in theatre. The project represents a successful example of a creative, participatory researc... Read More about Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people.

Emotion, cognition and spectator response to the plays of Shakespeare (2018)
Journal Article
Yearling. (2018). Emotion, cognition and spectator response to the plays of Shakespeare. Cultural History, 7(2), 129-144. https://doi.org/10.3366/cult.2018.0170

Recapturing what early modern spectators thought and felt when attending the theatre has for some years been a kind of Holy Grail for scholars of Renaissance drama. As Myhill and Low point out in Imagining the Audience in Early Modern Drama (2011), a... Read More about Emotion, cognition and spectator response to the plays of Shakespeare.

Fictional Bodies, Factual Reports: Public inquiries, tv drama, and the interrogation of the NHS (2017)
Journal Article
Bruce. (2017). Fictional Bodies, Factual Reports: Public inquiries, tv drama, and the interrogation of the NHS. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2017.0349

This article addresses the question: ‘What can popular culture know?’ via an examination of the critique of one British public sector institution (the NHS) articulated through a medical drama aired on another British public sector institution (the BB... Read More about Fictional Bodies, Factual Reports: Public inquiries, tv drama, and the interrogation of the NHS.

The Cultural Value of Older People’s Experiences of Theatre-making: A Review (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). The Cultural Value of Older People’s Experiences of Theatre-making: A Review. The Gerontologist, e1-e26. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnw093

Purpose of the Study:
Although a number of existing reviews document the health and social benefits of arts participation by older people, there are none which focus specifically on theater and drama. This article presents the findings of a study co... Read More about The Cultural Value of Older People’s Experiences of Theatre-making: A Review.

Ages and Stages: the cultural value of older people’s experiences of theatre making (2014)
Book
(2014). Ages and Stages: the cultural value of older people’s experiences of theatre making

Ageing, Drama and Creativity is a critical review focused on the cultural value older people derive from their involvement in theatre and drama. Though there are existing published reviews on the impact of participatory arts on older people, there is... Read More about Ages and Stages: the cultural value of older people’s experiences of theatre making.