Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 3
6. Staging War 21
7. Contact!Unload 37
8. Facilitating Therapeutic Change through Theatre Performance 38
9. A Soldier’s Tale 46
10. Listening through Stories 53
11. Suicides to Sydney 65
12. Coming Home 71
13. Reconnaissance and Reclamation 73
14. Impact on Veteran Performers 79
15. Holding on to the Script 93
16. Finding My Truth 105
17. Unpacking Contact!Unload Using Relational-Cultural Theory 109
18. Contact!Unload Revisited 123
19. Remembering 135
20. A Poet(h)ic Reflection on Contact!Unload 139
21. Soldiers Lead the Way in the Fight for Mental Health among Men 148
22. Audience Experience of Vicarious Witnessing in Performing War 151
23. Understanding the Impacts of Contact!Unload for Audiences 160
24. Vulnerable Strength Seen 172
25. Conclusion 176
26. Contributors 178
27. Index 184
28. Studies in Canadian Military History 191
29. Studies in Canadian Military History 191