Theatre: technical Books
Nick Hern Books Writing Music for the Stage: A Practical Guide
Book SynopsisThe definitive guide to writing music for the stage, by the Composer-in-Residence at the Donmar Warehouse. Music has played a vital part in drama since the earliest days of theatre. For composers, writing music for the stage is an opportunity to exercise their utmost creativity and versatility: a good musical score will both support and enhance the play it serves, and can lift a prosaic moment into something quite extraordinary. In this book, Michael Bruce takes you through the entire process – from initial preparation, through composition, rehearsals and recording, and finally to performance. He covers everything a composer needs to know, including: • Getting started – spotting when and how music might be used in a play, doing research, considering form and content • Building a 'sound world' – finding and using source music, creating incidental music, choosing the best instrumentation, scoring, utilising technology, writing music to accompany song lyrics • Working on the production – understanding the composer's role in rehearsals, collaborating with key creatives, employing actor-musicians, getting the show on • Recording – knowing when to record, booking and working with musicians – and the studio engineer, running a recording session Throughout the book, the author draws on his own experience of creating music for a wide variety of plays at the Donmar Warehouse, the National Theatre, in the West End and on Broadway, including detailed case studies of his work on The Recruiting Officer, Coriolanus, Privacy, The Winslow Boy, Noises Off and Strange Interlude. The book is accompanied by online excerpts from his scores. An essential companion for all composers – amateur, student or professional – Writing Music for the Stage is also invaluable reading for other theatre professionals, including directors, playwrights, producers, actors, designers and sound designers – in fact, for anyone seeking to understand how music helps to create worlds and tell stories on stage. 'This fascinating book – like its author (with whom I've had the good fortune to work on three productions) – is bursting with practical advice, good sense and invention. A must-read for all those with an interest in how music works on stage.' Mark Gatiss 'A good score makes a world of difference to an actor. Read Michael Bruce's book and you'll understand why. He is a genius.' Judi Dench 'Michael's music is wonderful: inclusive, original, respectful and – in its rightness – sheer joy.' Josie Rourke, from her ForewordTrade Review'plenty of detailed practical advice here for you wherever you are in your learning journey. It’s also a good read for anyone who simply wants to understand how theatrical music works without necessarily wanting to create it.' -- Susan Elkin * susanelkin.co.uk *'A joy to read… an incredibly interesting viewpoint of this vital aspect of the creation of a performance… Michael Bruce successfully conveys his passion and work ethic, constantly inspiring the reader and encouraging us to continue to learn from his words' * Drama Magazine *
£12.34
Taylor & Francis Ltd 18th Century Male Tailoring
Book Synopsis18th Century Male Tailoring: Theatrical and Historical Tailoring c1680â1790 introduces the reader to English eighteenth century tailoring and covers the drafting of patterns, cutting out in cloth and construction techniques in sequence for the tailoring of waistcoats, breeches and coats.From choosing the right cloth to preparing for the fitting process, this how-to guide will help readers create beautiful, historically accurate eighteenth century male garments for events and performances. The book contains the following: step-by-step instructions complete with illustrations for students and costumiers who are new to the making of male tailored garments from the eighteenth century; drafting blocks and construction techniques for the different styles through the eighteenth century and patterns, photographs, detailed measurements and articles taken from a variety of male coats, waistcoats and trousers from c1680 âc1790 from museums and collections. 18th Century Male Tailoring is written for costume design and construction students, fashion students and practitioners who have a reasonable working knowledge of sewing and general costume making, but not necessarily of tailoring, drafting patterns, cutting skills and the making of male garments.Table of Contents1. Getting Started 2. Pattern Drafting and Diagrams 3. Seam Allowances, Pattern Layouts, Cutting Out and Marking Up 4. Preparing for the Fitting and the Fitting Process 5. Making up Waistcoats 6. Making up Breeches 7. Making up Coats 8. Original Garments: Patterns, Photographs and Measurements
£50.34
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Shakespeare Library 3 Volume Hardback Set
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£377.15
Tomahawk Press Greasepaint and Gor The Hammer Monsters of Roy
Book SynopsisRoy Ashton was one of the cinema's greatest make-up designers. He designed most of Hammer's most famous monsters. Inside Greasepaint and Gore you will enter Ashton's own private world, featuring: never-before-seen original drawings and test photographs; Ashton speaking in his own words plus interviews with key actors and crew -- many speaking for the first time about a man the press dubbed The King of Horror! Greasepaint and Gore is a behind-the-scenes insight into the creative processes of the golden years of Hammer Films through the eyes of the people who made the Horrors possible!
£7.46
Cambridge University Press Staging Conventions in Medieval English Theatre
Book SynopsisHow was medieval English theatre performed? This book analyses dormant evidence of theatrical processes such as casting, doubling of parts, rehearsing, memorising, cueing, entering, exiting, playing, prompting, timing, hearing, seeing and responding. All these concerns point to a very different kind of theatre to the naturalistic theatre produced today.Trade Review'Butterworth's book will be of use to those seeking a scholarly discussion of problems and strategies in the performance of medieval drama, both as it was once written and played, and for contemporary revivals. His knowledge is extensive and his practical experience of the staging of many of these works clearly and helpfully informs his comments on their characteristic ways of working in space, time, and action.' Tom Bishop, SpeculumTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Outdoors and indoors; 2. Casting and doubling; 3. Rehearsing, memorising and cueing; 4. Coming and going; 5. Playing, feigning and counterfeiting; 6. Dressing and disguising; 7. Expounding and monitoring; 8. Effecting effects; 9. Timing and waiting; 10. Hearing, seeing and responding.
£81.00
Christian Publishers LLC Stage Lighting in the Boondocks: A Stage Lighting
Book SynopsisThis leading authority in small theatre stagecraft shows and tells how professional-quality lighting can be achieved within the limitations of school auditoriums, community theatres and churches.
£15.29
Christian Publishers LLC Costuming Made Easy: How to make Theatrical
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£18.89
Christian Publishers LLC Instant Period Costumes: How To Make Classic
Book SynopsisWhy spend a small fortune to rent expensive period costumes when you can create them yourself for less than a day''s rental price? Make them the easy way from cast-offs without sewing! Included in this book are over 100 ingenious costume designs with photographs and diagrams for many period characters from Egyptian, Greek and Roman all the way to Punk. These conversion costuming ideas will save you time, money and deadline disasters and give you precisely the costume you want.
£18.89
Christian Publishers LLC Costumes, Accessories, Props & Stage Illusions
Book SynopsisTransform common people into superheroes, movie stars, witches -- whatever illusion you want to create. Creative costuming is all in the details. One garment can take on many totally different looks depending on how you accessorise it. Over the years, the author has learned all the tricks about how anyone can turn leftover clothing into fabulous costumes. This book''s numerous drawings explain in detail the costuming process of ''turning straw into gold''. It shows you how to design illusions that you never thought possible. Yes, you can easily do all this -- and at a minimum expense! This is another Barb Rogers must have book for your library of costume ideas.
£21.59
Christian Publishers LLC Face to Face: An Amateur's Video Guide to
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£103.72
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co Scene Design: Rendering and Media
Book Synopsis Scene Design: Rendering and Media is intended to help students or practitioners improve their skills at making finished renderings of scene designs for theater. The book demonstrates the process of creating the renderings through real world methods and techniques. Chapters are dedicated to a detailed discussion of various tools including drawing, light and shadow, color mixing, painting, figures, and other media, and the book is rife with colorful and inspirational examples.
£43.34
Museum Tusculanum Press Performance Design
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£36.54
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of
Book SynopsisThis book, the first to document the significant work carried out in these places, transports us back to a time of fearless experimentation in theatre.
£17.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Sound A Reader in Theatre Practice Readings in Theatre Practice
Book SynopsisROSS BROWN is Dean of Studies andReader in Soundat the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK. He is Convenor of the International Theatre Sound Colloquium His professional career as a theatre composer, musician and sound designer includes productions for BBC Radio Drama, Shared Experience, RSC, The Almeida, BAC, The Gate, The Royal Court, The Shadow Syndicate, Glasgow Citizens', Lancaster Duke's, Derby Playhouse, Red Shift and many other prestigious companies in the commercial and subsidised sectors.
£37.36
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Costumes for the Stage A Complete Handbook for Every Kind of Play Backstage
Book SynopsisFor anyone producing costumes on a small budget, whether for schools, colleges or amateur, semi-professional or professional groups, this basic introduction offers practical advice for every kind of play, together with drawings, diagrams and patterns from which to work.
£27.47
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Essentials of Stage Management Backstage
Book SynopsisIn this guide, Peter Maccoy examines the qualities and skills necessary for effective stage management, stressing the importance of understanding both the creative and the technical processes involved in theatre. The advice featured covers such topics as contracts, rehearsals and performance.
£32.41
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) performancelightingdesign
Book SynopsisNick Moran is Lecturer for Lighting Design at Central School of Speech and Drama.Trade Review'His years in teaching have given him a framework to hang the logic and protocol of lighting on, while keeping the essential love of the art and the respect for the craft...There are acres of wisdom on production interaction and safety, mostly with respect to drama, although the other art forms are covered too.' The Stage (Jan 2008)
£34.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Practical Guide to Working in Theatre Backstage
Book SynopsisGill Foreman is Acting Head of the Young People's Programme at the Royal Shakespeare Co. and former Director of Education at the Bristol Old Vic.Trade Review'With contributions from across the industry, this new and up-to-date guide will be essential for all those planning their careers.' AS Magazine (Amateur Stage) (September 2009) 'Gill Foreman's book shows clearly what goes on backstage and how the industry works. Put this book on the shelves of your school and/or drama libraries and do your best to persuade your colleagues in the careers department to invest a copy.' Teaching Drama (Spring Term 2 2009/2010) 'It hugely conveys the work and effort that make possible your theatre night out' Noda Theatre Business
£27.47
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Ultimate Scene Monologue Sourcebook The Updated Expanded Edition An Actors Reference to Over 1000 Monologues and Scenes from More Than 300 Contemporary Plays
Book SynopsisAll actors and acting teachers need The Ultimate Scene and Monologue Sourcebook, the invaluable guide to finding just the right piece for every audition. This remarkable book describes the characters, action, and mood for more than 1,000 scenes in over 300 plays. This unique format is ideal for acting teachers who want their students to understand each monologue in context. Using these guidelines, the actor can quickly pinpoint the perfect monologue, then find the text in the Samuel French or Dramatist Play Service edition of the play. Newly revised and expanded, the book also includes the author’s own assessment of each monologue.
£16.80
LEGARE STREET PR Towards a new Theatre Forty Designs for Stage Scenes
£23.70
LEGARE STREET PR Drama Its Costume Décor
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£25.60
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Staging the Screen The Use of Film and Video in Theatre Theatre and Performance Practices
Book SynopsisGREG GIESEKAM sits on the Board with Ankur Productions and was a Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK until 2006. His publications on contemporary British theatre and contemporary performance art include A Descriptive Catalogue of the Archive of the National Review of Live Art (a reference website cataloguing over 200 performances, talks and installations from 1986-1996) and Luvvies and Rude Mechanicals? Amateur and Community Theatre in Scotland (Scottish Arts Council, 2000).
£35.38
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Pattern Cutting for Mens Costume
Book SynopsisElizabeth Friendship wrote the system of cutting for Royal WelshCollege of Music and Drama and taught there for over 25 years. Forseveral years she did all the cutting for the Welsh National Opera, andprior to that she cut all costumes at the Citizen's Theatre. Shetrained in Fashion at St Martin's School of Art, London and her firstjob was drafting patterns at J.P Coats.Trade Review'visually handsome' Costume - 2010
£37.99
Watchmaker Publishing Acting: The First Six Lessons
£9.66
Echo Point Books & Media, LLC A Method of Lighting the Stage 4th Edition
£15.57
Spring Knoll Press The Rigging Math Made Simple Workbook
£13.08
Spring Knoll Press The Arena Riggers' Handbook, Second Edition
£25.14
Zircon Designs Introduction to Show Networking
£18.00
Independently Published Vera Violetta: Cuentos del día después...
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£9.24
Cambridge Media Group Theatre Engineering and Stage Machinery
£30.00
Word Bothy Self-Confidence for Actors
£19.56
Word Bothy Resilience for Actors
£19.56
De Gruyter Slapstick: An Interdisciplinary Companion
Book SynopsisDespite its unabated popularity with audiences, slapstick has received rather little scholarly attention, mostly by scholars concentrating on the US theater and cinema traditions. Nonetheless, as a form of physical humor slapstick has a long history across various areas of cultural production. This volume approaches slapstick both as a genre of situational physical comedy and as a mode of communicating an affective situation captured in various cultural products. Contributors to the volume examine cinematic, literary, dramatic, musical, and photographic texts and performances. From medieval chivalric romance and nineteenth-century theater to contemporary photography, the contributors study treatments of slapstick across media, periods and geographic locations. The aim of a study of such wide scope is to demonstrate how slapstick emerged from a variety of complex interactions among different traditions and by extension, to illustrate that slapstick can be highly productive for interdisciplinary research.
£21.85
Stockholm University Press Performing the Eighteenth Century: Theatrical Discourses, Practices, and Artefacts
£22.00
Independently Published Beyond the Console
£32.35
Independently Published The Ultimate Eyeshadow Application Guide
£14.04
Independently Published Viral Halloween Aesthetics From Folk Masks to Meme Era DIY Scares
£14.11
Independently Published Mastering Comedy Magic
£10.74
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The FourFifteen Express
£12.20
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Queen Without Rules
£14.81
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp La Nariz Enorme
£12.39
Taylor & Francis Ltd Sewing Techniques for Theatre
Book SynopsisSewing Techniques for Theatre: An Essential Guide for Beginners distills the intimidating art of sewing down into simple, quick, and effective lessons to prepare readers for an entry-level position in a costume shop. The lessons follow an hour-by-hour structure, offering detailed instructions to creating 11 sewing samples, a scrub shirt, and a tote bag. Embedded in the projects' directions are lecture materials on safety, irons, fabric, and patterns. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, review questions, photographs, and step-by-step instructions for compiling a portfolio, this guide teaches aspiring costume technicians about the culture and machinery of the costume shop, and equips them with the necessary skills to begin their career as members of a costume shop team.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Introduction to the Costume Shop, Shop Safety, Fabric, Introduction to the Overlock Sewing Machine, Introduction to the Portfolio 2. Overlock Machine, Sewing Notions, Irons, Right and Wrong Side of Fabric, Hemming Stitches 3. Introduction to Sewing Machines, Maching Stitching Projects, Curved Seams, Dart 4. Introducing the Scrub Shirt, Constructing the Shirt, Finishing the Neck Edge, Pinning and Attaching the Sleeves, Hemming the Sleeves 5. Tote Bag, Portfolio Master Supply List Chapter Review Answers Index
£128.25
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Digital Scenography
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the PQ Best Publication Award in Performance Design & Scenography 2023 This book uses digital media theory to explore contemporary understandings of expanded scenography as spatial practice. It surveys and analyses a selection of ground-breaking, experimental digital media performances that comprise a genealogy spanning the last 30 years, in order to show how the arrival of digital technologies has profoundly transformed performance practice. Performances are selected based on their ability to elicit the unique specificities of digital media in new and original ways, thereby exposing both the richness and shortcomings of digital culture. O''Dwyer argues that contemporary scenography is largely propelled by and dependent on digital technologies and represents a rich, fertile domain, where unbridled creativity can explore new techniques and challenge the limits of knowledge. The 30-year genealogy includes works by Troika Ranch, Stelarc, Klaus Obermaier, Chunky MovTrade ReviewO’Dwyer guides the reader through six chapters of case studies … with amazing dexterity … It is O’Dwyer’s adept and careful analysis of each of the artists/works that makes this volume so compelling. * International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Avant-garde and Invention in Early Digital Scenography: Troika Ranch 2. Scenography of the Cyborg: Stelarc’s Extra Ear 3. Innovations in Motion-Tracking and Projection-Mapping: Klaus Obermaier 4. Responsive Environments and Choreographing Indeterminacy: Chunky Move 5. Architectural Projection-Mapping: OnionLab Beaming on a Grand Scale 6. Ubiquitous Computing, Behavioural Profiling, Big Data and Machine Learning: Blast Theory Conclusion: Towards a Nascent Grammar of Digital Scenography Notes Bibliography Index
£34.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How to Write Everything
Book SynopsisDavid Quantick really has written everything. He is part of the writing team for HBO's multi-award winning show Veep, for which he won the 2015 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.As a television writer, he has written for The Thick Of It, The Day Today, Brass Eye, TV Burp and many other shows. As a radio writer, he created Radio 4's One and Radio 2's The Blagger's Guide. His novel Sparks was described as excellent by Neil Gaiman and his graphic series Louis Wain (created with Savage Pencil) was published in Alan Moore's Dodgem Logic. As well as a series of music books and the official biography of Eddie Izzard, David wrote the Sunday Times best-seller Grumpy Old Men and has written for over 50 magazines and newspapers, from The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph to NME and Q. With Jane Bussmann, he created the world's first internTrade ReviewClear, kind, funny, and full of good advice. There's nobody better to provide it than David Quantick,who in writing terms is the quintessential jack of all trades and master of - well, all of them actually. * Jonathan Coe *David Quantick has a medical condition whereby he literally cannot be unfunny. * Caitlin Moran *This is the book David Quantick's publishers have been waiting for. * Julie Burchill *He stands astride the world of entertainment, a comedy colossus. If this book is as funny as his excuses for being late to TV Burp meetings it will be a best seller! * Harry Hill *Quantick doesn't just make it look easy to write anything, he makes it look easy to write hilariously about everything. Damn him. * Graeme Garden *David Quantick is a brilliant and hilarious man, who has spent years writing for (and with) everybody, from Armando Iannucci to Harry Hill. This is a warm, thoughtful and incisive guide to all kinds of writing, and especially television and journalism. If you want to write, but aren't sure where to begin, or even which medium would suit you best, he can help. A thoroughly pragmatic and unpretentious guide for the perplexed self-starter. * Natalie Haynes, author of The Amber Fury *‘No chapter on ‘How To Write Quotes For A Book Cover’ but otherwise excellent and very entertaining.’ -- Graeme Garden‘I taught David Quantick everything he knows. Here it is – read it and weep.’ -- Julie Burchill‘Quantick doesn’t just make it look easy to write anything, he makes it look easy to write hilariously about everything. Damn him.’ -- Hadley Freeman‘Clear, kind, funny, and full of good advice. There’s nobody better to provide it than David Quantick, who in writing terms is the quintessential jack of all trades and master of…well, all of them actually.’ -- Jonathan Coe‘He taught the world to laugh … He stands astride the world of entertainment, a comedy colossus.’ -- Harry Hill‘A thoroughly pragmatic and unpretentious guide for the perplexed self-starter.’ -- Natalie Haynes
£18.58
Edinburgh University Press Performance Theatricality and the Us Presidency
Book SynopsisProposes a new perspective on the contemporary rise of mainstreamed populism by exploring features of populist-style politics through the lens of distrustTrade Review"Going beyond well-worn and simple theatrical metaphors to describe political action, Julia Peetz's new book offers a sophisticated and genuinely interdisciplinary - blend of performance and political analysis. Readers will find compelling new approaches to, and arguments about, crucial factors in political life, from legitimacy and representation to distrust, authenticity and populism. The book's in-depth engagement with the past and present of US presidential performance is both illuminating and insightful." -Michael Saward, University of Warwick
£80.75
Rowman & Littlefield Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to
Book SynopsisTheatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout the book so that students can better understand the concepts being discussed. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of theatre are explored, from the classical definition of theatre to today’s most avant-garde theatre activities. Types of plays, the elements of drama, and theatre criticism are presented, as well as detailed descriptions of the different jobs in theatre, such as actor, playwright, director, designer, producer, choreographer, and more. The book concludes with a look at where and how theatre is evolving in America and the latest changes and innovations today.This fourth edition has been greatly expanded and updated, including: The introduction of four new plays—Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Fences; Angels in America; and Hadestown—in addition to Macbeth, You Can’t Take It With You, and Hamilton A discussion of the rise of social media in raising awareness and replacing traditional review outlets An entirely new, enhanced section on diversity and inclusion in theatre An updated selection of playwrights featured, including Terrence McNally, Lynn Nottage, Tony Kushner, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, to better reflect the diversity of those writing for the theatre today. Featuring full-color photographs, updated learning guides, and suggested topics for discussion and research, the fourth edition of Theatre as Human Action is an invaluable resource to introduce students to the world of theatre.
£80.75
Rowman & Littlefield Theatre as Human Action: An Introduction to
Book SynopsisTheatre as Human Action is the ideal textbook to introduce students to the various aspects of theatre, especially for those who may have little or no theatergoing experience. Seven diverse plays are described to the reader from the start, and then returned to throughout the book so that students can better understand the concepts being discussed. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of theatre are explored, from the classical definition of theatre to today’s most avant-garde theatre activities. Types of plays, the elements of drama, and theatre criticism are presented, as well as detailed descriptions of the different jobs in theatre, such as actor, playwright, director, designer, producer, choreographer, and more. The book concludes with a look at where and how theatre is evolving in America and the latest changes and innovations today.This fourth edition has been greatly expanded and updated, including: The introduction of four new plays—Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Fences; Angels in America; and Hadestown—in addition to Macbeth, You Can’t Take It With You, and Hamilton A discussion of the rise of social media in raising awareness and replacing traditional review outlets An entirely new, enhanced section on diversity and inclusion in theatre An updated selection of playwrights featured, including Terrence McNally, Lynn Nottage, Tony Kushner, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, to better reflect the diversity of those writing for the theatre today. Featuring full-color photographs, updated learning guides, and suggested topics for discussion and research, the fourth edition of Theatre as Human Action is an invaluable resource to introduce students to the world of theatre.
£39.90
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. The Production Notebooks: Volume 2: Theatre in
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£21.24
