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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Acting (But Were Afraid to Ask, Dear) by West End Producer
RRP: £10.99£7.71West End Producer is the anonymous Twitter sensation whose hilarious and unfailingly accurate barbs satirising and celebrating the theatre industry have won him a devoted following. His identity is the subject of feverish speculation in the media,... -
Laban's Efforts in Action: A Movement Handbook for Actors with Online Video Resources by Vanessa Ewan 9781472533241
RRP: £36.99£32.88As an actor, awareness of your movement is the key to transformation. By making deliberate physical choices, you can fully and articulately embody different ways of being: you can become someone or something else. Laban's Efforts give you a way of... -
Classical Monologues for Women: Good Audition Guide by Marina Caldarone
RRP: £12.99£9.02THE GOOD AUDITION GUIDES: Helping you select and perform the audition piece that is best suited to your performing skills Each Good Audition Guide contains a range of fresh monologues, all prefaced with a summary of the vital information you need to... -
Through The Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre by Dymphna Callery
RRP: £14.99£10.86A step-by-step guide to Physical Theatre in both theory and practice - full of detailed exercises and inspiring ideas. In Through the Body, based on twelve years of teaching physical theatre, Dymphna Callery introduces the reader to the principles... -
The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide by Jenna Fischer
RRP: £12.99£8.60Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong? Uh,... -
Shakespeare Monologues for Women by Luke Dixon
RRP: £12.99£9.02These are the two new volumes in NHB's successful series of "Good Audition Guides".It is full of fresh speeches from Shakespeare's plays. It is ideal for actors of all ages and experience. It features uniquely formatted potted intros to each... -
In Performance: Contemporary Monologues for Men and Women Late Thirties to Forties by JV Mercanti 9781480396623
RRP: £12.99£12.03In this thoughtfully curated collection actors preparing for an audition or searching for quality scenes to hone their chops will find a wealth of contemporary material from American and British plays. Almost all of the works are from the year 2000 to... -
A Challenge for the Actor by Uta Hagen 9780684190402
£18.85The actress and teacher guides actors in developing their art, covering such aspects as voice techniques, timing, rhythm, and including exercises to correct problems.Book InformationISBN 9780684190402Author Uta HagenFormat HardbackPage Count 331Imprint... -
Essential Acting: A Practical Handbook for Actors, Teachers and Directors by Brigid Panet
RRP: £39.99£35.06How do actors fuse thought, emotion and action within their creative process?Essential Acting is an inspired and reliable toolbox for actors and teachers in the classroom, the rehearsal room and the workshop. RADA's Brigid Panet has distilled nearly 60... -
The Moment of Speech: Creative Articulation for Actors by Annie Morrison
RRP: £25.99£22.76Annie Morrison, creator of the Morrison Bone Prop, abandons the notion that language and thought are mainly processed in the left cerebral hemisphere, and coaches the actor to speak from the heart. Through this method, words acquire physical properties,... -
A Little Thing Called Life: On Loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and Songs in Between by Linda Thompson
RRP: £9.99£6.64Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson breaks her silence, sharing the extraordinary story of her life, career, and epic romances with two of the most celebrated, yet enigmatic, modern American superstars-Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner For the last... -
Working with Actors: Meisner Technique for Directors and Actors by Stephen Bayly 9781350295285
RRP: £16.99£14.21Working with Actors provides the key to unlocking the honest, dynamic performance every actor has within them. It offers a well-articulated formulation of the Meisner Technique easy for directors and actors to use within a working context. Through... -
Maggie Smith: A Biography by Michael Coveney
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Coveney is the only writer who could get under Smith's skin, capturing her steeliness and vulnerability' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYFrom her days as a star of West End comedy and revue, Dame Maggie's path has led to international renown and numerous accolades... -
Contemporary Duologues: Two Women by Trilby James
RRP: £14.99£10.86THE GOOD AUDITION GUIDES: Helping you select and perform the audition piece that is best suited to your performing skills As an actor at any level - whether you are doing theatre studies at school, taking part in youth theatre, preparing for... -
Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption by Professor Ellis Cashmore 9781628920697
RRP: £26.99£24.44The first volume to examine the iconic Elizabeth Taylor in this light, Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption paints Taylor as the seminal representation of "celebrity." A figure of enormous charisma and cultural sway, she intrigued a... -
So You Want To Be An Actor by Timothy West
RRP: £10.99£7.71A handbook for aspiring actors by two of the best-known names in British theatre and television. So You Want To Be An Actor? by Timothy West and Prunella Scales offers practical advice and do's and don'ts to anyone thinking of taking up acting. The... -
The Life and Loves of a He Devil: A Memoir by Graham Norton
RRP: £10.99£7.40'I defy anyone not to snort, howl and recoil' The Sunday Times'Full of wicked asides, tart observations and sharp remarks that could only have originated in Graham Norton's witty brain.' Terry WoganLooking around the room I saw what life really was. It... -
Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Drama by Bob Odenkirk
RRP: £20.00£13.35*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'A real gem of a book for comedy fans... honest, irreverent and fascinating' Matt Lucas'Bob Odenkirk is not only a brilliant comedy writer and performer, he is also a comedy fan. This book is a love... -
Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique by William Esper
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279262Author William EsperFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Frantic Assembly by Mark Evans
RRP: £35.99£31.69Frantic Assembly have had a powerful and continuing influence on the popularisation of devising practices in contemporary theatre-making. Their work blends brave and bold physical theatre with exciting new writing, and they have collaborated with some of... -
Josephine Baker in Art and Life: THE ICON AND THE IMAGE by Bennetta Jules-Rosette
RRP: £23.99£20.81Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was a dancer, singer, actress, author, politician, militant, and philanthropist, whose images and cultural legacy have survived beyond the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Neither an exercise in postmodern deconstruction... -
Directing a Play by David Mayer
RRP: £9.95£7.29Throughout any theatrical production, the director is pivotal to the success of the operation. He or she is entrusted with the responsibility of making decisions that affect the artistic and often financial welfare of the entire production. Covering all... -
Bossypants by Tina Fey
RRP: £9.99£6.80Once in a generation a woman comes along who changes everything. Tina Fey is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around her.Before 30 Rock, Mean Girls and 'Sarah Palin', Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring... -
The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition by Anne Bogart
RRP: £14.99£10.86In The Viewpoints Book, first published in the United States, acclaimed theatre directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau introduce the history, terminology and philosophy of Viewpoints, and offer a step-by-step recipe for using it as both a training tool... -
Nikolai Demidov: Becoming an Actor-Creator by Nikolai Demidov 9780367737009
RRP: £42.99£37.59At the time of his death, Stanislavsky considered Nikolai Demidov to be 'his only student, who understands the System'. Demidov's incredibly forward-thinking processes not only continued his teacher's pioneering work, but also solved the problems of an... -
Acting For Film by Mel Churcher
RRP: £19.99£14.85The author uses her wide experience as an acting and voice coach an major movies to offer insights into the film acting process. She provides tasks, techniques and tips that are designed specifically for film: there's advice to make the first-time film... -
300 Thoughts for Theatremakers by Russell Lucas 9781848429970
RRP: £14.99£10.86'The future of theatre will belong to the maverick minds who possess the skills to mix things up and who have enough tools in their box to trick the game.' This is a practical, grassroots, self-empowerment book for theatremakers. It's for anybody who... -
The Invisible Actor by Yoshi Oida 9781350148260
RRP: £17.99£15.94The Invisible Actor presents the captivating and unique methods of the distinguished Japanese actor and director, Yoshi Oida. While a member of Peter Brook's theatre company in Paris, Yoshi Oida developed a masterful approach to acting that combined the... -
Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee by Stella Adler 9780679746997
RRP: £16.99£11.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679746997Author Stella AdlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Drama Games for Those Who Like to Say No by Chris Johnston
RRP: £10.99£7.71A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book in the Nick Hern Books Drama Games series, this title is for teachers and workshop leaders working with difficult or reluctant students, youth groups, young offenders, and all those who seem intent on... -
So Me by Graham Norton
RRP: £10.99£7.40Graham Norton, whose impish charm and quick wit has earned him a place in our hearts, looks back at his life so far. In his own words, SO ME is 'a real romp through a journey from living in a cockroach-infested council flat in Hackney to buying Claudia... -
Drama Games for Devising by Jessica Swale
RRP: £10.99£7.71As part of the ever-growing, increasingly popular Drama Games series, Jessica Swale returns with another dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, packed with dozens of drama games that can be used in the process of devising theatre. The games... -
Year of the King by Anthony Sher
RRP: £14.99£10.86Other early 'stand-out' roles came in the premieres of Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine (1979) and Mike Leigh's Goose Pimples (1981). He was Malcolm Bradbury's History Man on TV (1981) before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982, where he has played... -
Monologues for Kids and Tweens: 100 Original Comedy and Drama Monologues for Young Actors by Mike Kimmel 9780998151328
RRP: £11.99£9.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998151328Author Mike KimmelFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Ben Rose Creative ArtsPublisher Ben Rose Creative ArtsWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm)... -
Walking With Ghosts: A Memoir by Gabriel Byrne
RRP: £16.99£12.28Walking with Ghosts is the stunningly evocative memoir by Irish actor and Hollywood star, Gabriel Byrne.'Dreamy, lyrical and utterly unvarnished' - Colm ToibinAs a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne sought refuge in a world of... -
Acting Through Song: Techniques and Exercises for Musical-Theatre Actors by Paul Harvard
RRP: £15.99£11.52An impassioned and invaluable guide for actors and students of musical theatre. In Acting Through Song, Paul Harvard takes the techniques of modern actor training - including the theories of Stanislavsky, Brecht, Meisner and Laban, amongst others -... -
The End of the World by Rupert Everett
RRP: £20.00£6.92A Times, Telegraph and Guardian Book of the Year 2020 'Quivers with honesty, A-list gossip and sardonic prose' The Times'Everett is a deliciously gifted writer. Nothing and no one escapes his attention' ObserverIn his highly anticipated third memoir,... -
Honey, Baby, Mine: A mother and daughter talk life, death, love (and banana pudding) by Laura Dern
RRP: £22.00£12.70THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'wonderful... raw, gossipy, funny, delicate, endlessly compassionate, at moments devastating, at others spectacularly wise' THE TIMES'This is the best, truest, most shocking Hollywood memoir I've ever read. It is also one... -
Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters by Nicole Kidman 9780615904900
RRP: £19.99£17.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615904900Author Nicole KidmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Webster/StonePublisher Webster/StoneWeight(grams) 422g -
How to Fake it in Hollywood: A sensational fake-dating romance by Ava Wilder 9781472294968
RRP: £9.99£7.16'Besides the deliciously well executed fake-dating, How to Fake it in Hollywood delivers a raw, character-driven and heart-touching read. I absolutely loved it' ELENA ARMASA talented Hollywood starlet and a reclusive A-lister enter into a fake...