Professor Persephone Sextou

My Repository -works about the ART OF GIVING

Selected works

Lorenza, M. L & Sextou, P. (2025). 'A Robot who could not dance: Generating performative presence among performer, text, and audience through exploring and performing stories by children'. Scenario: A Journal of Performative Teaching, Learning, Research, 18 (2), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.33178/scenario.18.2.1

Sextou,P., & Kiosses, S. (2024). 'The Lexicon of Pain: Highlighting the Advantages of Applied Theater in Pediatrics through the Lens of Psychodynamic Therapy. Creative Arts in Education and Therapy (CAET), pp. 126 - 140. DOI: 10.15212/CAET/2024/10/5 https://caet.inspirees.com/caetojsjournals/index.php/caet/article/view/523

Worthington, N. M. & Sextou, P.  (2024). 'Theatre, disability and wellbeing: addressing best practice and creative outcomes across disabled and nondisabled communities through an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis'. Arts & Health, pp. 1-14.
DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2024.2350505 https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2024.2350505 

Maagerø, L.H., Grainger, C., & Sextou, P. (2023). ‘Can arts-based interventions reduce children’s peri-operative anxiety in paediatrics? A discussion of representative studies’. Applied Theatre Research Journal, 11 (2), 141-154. https://doi.org/10.1386/atr_00081_1

Sextou, P. (2023). ‘Digital solutions to applied theatre in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’, in Dunjerovic, A. and Pravdic, I. (Eds) Digital Performing Arts. Participatory Practices in a Digital Age. University of Arts Belgrade, pp. 66-79. And Online: https://zenodo.org/records/7714356  

Grainger, C., Maagerø, L.H., & Sextou, P. (2022). ‘Health Through Arts: Connecting People & Communities, A Sidney De Haan Research Centre Webinar Series, Kent, UK, January–June 2022’. Journal of Applied Arts & Health. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah_00108_5

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. The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. [Online 2021] Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2022.2034496.

Sextou, P. (2022). Theatre in paediatrics: can participatory performance mitigate educational, emotional and social consequences of missing out school during hospitalisation?, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569783.2021.1940914 [Online 2021]

Sextou, P. (2021). Online arts-based educational resources for children in hospital: The Rocket-Arts project in response to COVID-19’. In Daykin, N. and Coulter, A. (Eds) Culture, Health & Wellbeing International Conference 2021 Proceedings, pp. 126-128. https://www.ahsw.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CHW21-Conference-Research-Proceedings-June-2021-PDF.pdf 

Sextou, P., Karypidou, A. and Kourtidou-Sextou, E. (2020). ‘Applied theatre, puppetry and emotional skills in healthcare: A cross-disciplinary pedagogical framework’, Applied Theatre Research, 8:1,1, pp. 89-105 https://doi.org/10.1386/atr_00028_1.

Sextou, P. and Rolston, W. (2020). ‘Exploring methods of training the actor/puppeteer in healthcare: a Socratic dialogue’, Applied Arts and Health Journal, 11;1,2, pp: 171-176, https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah_00030_7.

Fisher, E., Astles, C., Purcell-Gates, L. and Sextou, P. (Eds.) (2020). ‘Applied Arts and Health on Puppetry, Object theatre and Health, Wellbeing and Disability’, Journal of Applied Arts and Health, Double Volume 1:11&12, https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah_00014_2.

Astles, C., Fisher, E., Purcell-Gates, L. and Sextou, P. (2020). ‘Broken Puppet Symposia’. Journal of Applied Arts and Health (JAAH), Double Volume 1:11&12, pp. 200-207, https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah_00037_5.

Sextou, P. and Karypidou, A. (2018). ‘What does the actor need to perform in health care? Emotional demands, skills and competences’. Applied Theatre Research Journal, 6:2, pp. 107-19. doi: 10.1386/art.6.2.107_1

Patterson, P. and Sextou, P. (2017). ‘Trapped in the Labyrinth’ – the use of symbolism, time and aesthetic distance in exploring the impact of mental illness through theatre’. Medical Humanities, 43:2, pp. 86-91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2016-011094.

Sextou, P. and Smith, C. (2017). ‘Drama is for Life! Recreational drama activities for the elderly in the UK’. Text matters A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, 7:7, pp. 273-290. https://doi.org/10.1515/texmat-2017-0015.

Sextou, P. and Hall, S. (2015). ‘Theatre & Community: Bedside theatre promoting child wellbeing in cardiac and cancer units’, Applied Theatre Research, 3:1, pp. 67-84. https://doi.org/10.1386/atr.3.1.67_1.

Sextou, P. & Patterson, P. (2014). ‘Theatre, Stigma and Society: Mental illness on stage’, The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts, 9:1, pp.1-10. https://doi.org/10.18848/2326-9960/CGP/v09i01/1-10. 

Sextou, P. and Trotman. D. (2013). ‘Devised Drama, Shakespeare and Creativity; Practical work on Othello’s Pathos’, The International Journal of the Arts in Education, A section of the Journal of the Arts in Society, 7:1, pp.47-56. https://doi.org/10.18848/2326-9944/CGP/v07i01/36173.

Sextou, P. and Monk, C. (2013). ‘Bedside theatre and its effects on hospitalised children’s wellbeing’, Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 5:1, pp. 81-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2012.712979.

Sextou, P. (2012). ‘Devising monologues on domestic violence for the development of inter-professional training and community support services’, Drama Research Journal, available through this 'researchgate' link.

Sextou, P. (2011). ‘The Pedagogy of Drama Supervision in Higher Education’, Brookes e-Journal of Learning and Teaching (BEJLT), 3:1, available through this 'academia.edu' link.

Sextou, (2011). ‘Drama Tickles Student Imagination and Verbal Expression’. In Coreil, C. (ed.) ‘The ‘X’ Point in Education: Where Imagination is Lost’, The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 9, pp. 225-231. Available through this  'academia.edu' link.

Sextou, P. (2008). ‘Anorexia and Teenagers; Applied Theatre and Health Education’. National Drama, 15:2, pp. 20-24.

Sextou, (2006). ‘A Theatre-in-Education Study of Multicultural Understanding in Hellas’. Youth Theatre Journal, American Alliance for Theatre and Education, 20, pp. 77-94 https://doi.org/10.1080/08929092.2006.10012588 .

Sextou, P. (2005). ‘A Response to “Educational Research Through Drama; presenting data and beyond’. Research in Drama Education, 10:1, pp. 74-80.

Sextou, P. (2005). ‘The Cocoa Smell Programme. Drama and social inclusion in primary schools’. National Drama, 13:1, pp. 13-18.

Sextou, P. (2003). ‘Theatre in Education in Britain: Current Practice and Future Potential’. New Theatre Quarterly (NTQ 74), XIX:2, pp. 177-188.

Sextou, P. (2002). ‘Drama Teacher Training in Greece: A survey of attitudes of teachers towards drama teachers’. Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 28:2, pp. 123-13.  

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