Research-based theatre (RbT) is an innovative research methodology that draws on theatre practices and conventions to engage in and share research. It is an inherently collaborative and relational methodology, inviting research participants, artists and researchers to take part in embodied
 data generation, analysis and knowledge-exchange activities. This methodology encompasses writing, rehearsing and performing a research-based monologue, scene or play. In this article, the authors share three recent examples from interdisciplinary projects where researchers and artists engaged
 with different communities to dramatize data using an RbT methodological approach. To add to literature in the field, the authors consider their experiences leading RbT projects in three disparate fields: theatrical, social and therapeutic. The authors explore the question of how RbT transforms
 relationships and how relationships transform RbT.

Research-based theatre across disciplines: A relational approach to inquiry

The concept of mimesis has existed since the time of the ancient Greeks and continues to be debated by artists and scholars alike concerning its meaning and implications for our understanding of the effects of theatre and fiction. In this article, we consider the possible therapeutic potential of mimesis, which can be seen as a way of thinking about theatre as a form of simulated story in which we can imagine ourselves. We focus on the healing effects of the imagination by analyzing its application through DE-CRUIT, a theatre-based treatment program for traumatic stress in military veterans. Through examples of specific veterans who have taken part in DE-CRUIT, we show how the imagination opens up emotional and psychological space for the exploration of trauma, thereby constructing a path to recovery that draws upon the human capacity for story-telling and meaning-making.

The therapeutic effects of imagination: Investigating mimetic induction and dramatic simulation in a trauma treatment for military veterans

The war in Eastern Ukraine has been going on since 2014. This situation has led to new challenges for the social sphere, in particular, the construction of a system of social services for combatants and veterans. Female combatants and veterans need gender-specific services adopted to this particular category. Since the experience of social assistance to this specific category of clients of social work in Ukraine is limited, there is a need to study the experience of other countries to address the issue. The purpose of the article is to analyze the peculiarities of women's military service and the system of social protection of this category in Ukraine and abroad. The article analyzes the experience of Australia, Israel, Spain, Canada, Korea, Poland, the USA, and Croatia in implementing the policy of social protection of combatants. The authors identify the main types of services and assistance to this category provided by the legislation in other countries. The authors of the article used the method of theoretical analysis of scientific works and legal documents that describe and regulate the mechanism of social protection of servicemen/servicewoman in different countries; compare the key aspects and features of women's military service in different countries and systematize the list of social services and structures responsible for providing various social services.

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Comparative analysis of social services provided to female combatants and veterans in ukraine and abroad

Examining the ethics of research-based theatre through Contact!Unload

Voices UP!, a play developed and performed collectively with participants from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, illustrates the use of theatre as an innovative evaluation method for data collection, analysis, and knowledge translation. Th is art­ful process can convey complex, experiential evaluation findings and create engaging opportunities for learning, while building relationships and skills among partici­pants. In this article we describe the creation process utilized for this theatre-based evaluation project, as well as guiding principles and lessons learned for evaluators who may want to engage in similar theatre-based participatory work.

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Dramatizing Learning, Performing Ourselves: Stories of Theatre-Based Evaluation in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

This article explores Contact!Unload, a theatre project in which military veterans, with the support of artists, community members, and counsellors, performed what it means to transition back to civilian life after serving their country. The play features therapeutic enactment, an approach to addressing psychological injuries veterans might face while serving. Various iterations of the play have been performed across Canada and the UK, each featuring a minimum of four veterans. Through extensive interviews with veterans who performed in the production, this article unpacks how creating, rehearsing, and performing in Contact!Unload contributed to personal change. Their goal of participating in the play was focused on helping other veterans who might be suffering from posttraumatic stress injuries, showing successful approaches to coping with service related trauma. However, an unexpected discovery during the theatre process was how their engagement with art-making and performing extended their own therapy, leading to significant personal changes for a number of the performing veterans.

Thawing out: Therapy through theatre with Canadian military veterans

Community members and staff at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Learning Exchange collectively created a theatre piece, based on stories from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), entitled Voices UP! This article examines the impact this project had on four DTES community members who took part in the collective creation process. The results are presented as both a thematic analysis and a short play script, entitled Give Me Your Hands. Give Me Your Hands is a play about making a play, illustrating the shared and individual learning experiences of those who took part in a community-based collaborative theatre process.

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Community Stories and Growth Through Research-Based Theatre

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