By Professor Michael Balfour

Journal articles

Balfour M; Hassall L, 2023, 'The Return: Research-Based Theater With and for Ex-Military Personnel Experiencing Posttraumatic Stress', Qualitative Inquiry, 29, pp. 332 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778004221101587

Balfour M; Cattoni J; Sextou P; Herbert A; Seear L; Lobwein G; Gibson M; Penton J, 2022, 'Future stories: co-designing virtual reality (VR) experiences with young people with a serious illness in hospital', Research in Drama Education, 27, pp. 458 - 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2022.2034496

Balfour M; Bartleet BL; Davey L; Rynne J; Schippers H, 2019, 'Introduction: Performing arts in prisons - Creative perspectives', Performing Arts in Prisons: Creative Perspectives, pp. 1 - 20

Balfour M, 2019, 'The difficult return: The arts and social health of returning military personnel. [Special edition: Arts and the military]', Arts in Psychotherapy, 62, pp. 61 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2018.11.003

Hatton N; Dunn J; Balfour M, 2019, 'Editorial', Research in Drama Education, 24, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2018.1548928

Balfour M; Sallis R, 2019, 'The tyranny of distance', Applied Theatre Research, 7, pp. 3 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/atr_00001_2

Dunn J; Balfour M; Moyle W, 2019, 'Quality of life or ‘quality moments of life’: Considering the impact of relational clowning for people living with dementia', Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 24, pp. 38 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2018.1544889

Balfour M, 2017, 'Review', Applied Theatre Research, 6, pp. 77 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/atr.6.1.77_5

Balfour M, 2017, 'Performing Noncitizenship: Asylum Seekers in Australian Theatre, Film and Activism', CONTEMPORARY THEATRE REVIEW, 27, pp. 418 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10486801.2017.1348078

Balfour M, 2017, 'Arts, activism and human rights [Special edition in partnership with Amnesty International]', Journal of Arts and Communities, 8, pp. 75 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jaac.8.1-2.3_2

Balfour M; Stewart D, 2016, 'Perspectives and contexts of arts, social health and the military', Journal of Arts and Health, 7, pp. 87 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2014.999247

Balfour M, 2015, 'Humanitarian Performance from Disaster Tragedies to Spectacles of War', NEW THEATRE QUARTERLY, 31, pp. 295 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X15000585

Davey L; Day A; Balfour M, 2015, 'Performing desistance: How might theories of desistance from crime help us understand the possibilities of prison theatre?', International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 59, pp. 798 - 809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X14529728

Balfour M; Westwood M; Buchanan ML, 2014, 'Protecting into emotion: Therapeutic enactments with military veterans transitioning back into civilian life', Research in Drama Education, Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 19, pp. 165 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2014.911806

Balfour M, 2013, 'Fears of Loss, Tears of Joy: Raun Raun Theatre and Its Role in the Construction of a National Culture in Papua New Guinea', CONTEMPORARY THEATRE REVIEW, 23, pp. 237 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10486801.2012.722799

Balfour M, 2013, 'Acting Together Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict', PEACE REVIEW-A JOURNAL OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, 25, pp. 447 - 453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2013.816574

Dunn J; Balfour M; Moyle W; Cooke M; Martin K; Crystal C; Yen A, 2013, 'Playfully engaging people living with dementia: Searching for Yum Cha moments', International Journal of Play, 2, pp. 174 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2013.852052

Balfour M, 2012, 'Mapping realities: Representing war through affective place making', New Theatre Quarterly, 28, pp. 30 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X12000036

Balfour M, 2012, 'Refugee performance: Encounters with alterity', Journal of Arts & Communities, 2, pp. 177 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jaac.2.3.177_1

Balfour M, 2011, 'Theatre in co-communities: articulating power', RIDE-THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE, 16, pp. 127 - 130, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000287404800011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Harvie J; Balfour M; Yarrow R; O'Toole J, 2011, 'Publications', Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 16, pp. 125 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2011.541616

Balfour M, 2010, 'Reading Against the Orientalist Grain: Performance and Politics Entwined with a Buddhist Strain', NEW THEATRE QUARTERLY, 26, pp. 395 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X10000709

Balfour M, 2010, 'Developing the capacities of applied theatre students to be critically reflective learner-practitioners', Australasian Drama Studies, 57, pp. 54 - 63

Balfour M; Harpin A; Coult T; Hatton C; Woodson S, 2009, 'Reviews', Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 14, pp. 445 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569780903072521

Balfour M, 2009, 'The difficult return: Contexts and developments in drama-based work with returned military personnel', Applied Theatre Researcher/IDEA Journal, 10, pp. 1 - 11

Balfour M, 2009, 'The politics of intention: Looking for a theatre of little changes', Research in Drama Education: Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 14, pp. 347 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569780903072125

Balfour M, 2007, 'Performing war: ‘Military theatre’ and the possibilities of resistance', Performance Paradigm, 3, pp. 1 - 9

James E; Bayliss A; Bundy P; Balfour M; Mangan M, 2004, 'Conferences', Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 9, pp. 109 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1356978042000185966

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