Breathing Space has been widely used as a title, internationally and locally.

The title

The concept of a breathing space (also known as a "breathing spell"), usually refers to an opportunity to rest or think, or to sufficient space in which to move, work, etc. It has become a popular title that has been widely used over time for a number of dramatic and other related creative and academic works.[1]

Among them are:

Stage plays

There have been a number of dramatic works using this title, including

Breathing Space by Ken Bourke (1998)[2]

Breathing Space by Yvette Nolan (2019)[3]

Film and Media versions

Breathing Space, A Sci-Fi Western Audio Anthology created by Scott Paladin and Ash Alder Ketcham Seguinte (2021-2024)[4]

Breathing Space, a recording of jazz music by the Ben Paterson Trio (2007)[5]

Breathing Space a song by David Chappell (2020)[6]

Prose and poetry

Breathing Space a novel by Marita van der Vyver (2000)[7]

Breathing Space July, a poem by Tomas Tranströmer, from New Collected Poems (Bloodaxe, 2011), translated by Robin Fulton[8]

Breathing Space is a book of essays, poems and stories about Tasmanians' changing relationship with nature, edited by Ben Walter and Jane Rawson. (Commissioned to mark the Tasmanian Land Conservancy's 20th birthday)[9].

Academic writing on theatre and performance

Breathing Space: Cross-community professional theatre as a means of dissolving fixed geographical landscapes by Sara Matchett (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009)[10]