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Production Management in Live Music: Managing the Technical Side of Touring in Today's Music Industry Matt Doherty 9781032138886
RRP: €38.07Booksplease Price: €36.14Production Management in Live Music: Managing the Technical Side of Touring in Today's Music Industry is a handbook for the aspiring production manager looking to forge a career in the live music industry. This book outlines the role that a production... -
Keeping It Active: A Practical Guide to Rhetoric in Performance by Jeannette Nelson
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €13.41Every time you open your mouth on stage you are trying to persuade somebody of something. Sometimes referred to as 'the art of persuasion', rhetoric means using language to communicate your ideas and intentions to other people - and to make sure you... -
Telling the Truth: How to Make Verbatim Theatre by Robin Belfield
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.97A practical guide to creating and producing verbatim theatre, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner. Verbatim theatre is fashioned from words actually spoken by real people in real situations, and reproduced by actors in performance. An... -
A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre by Anne Bogart 9780415238328
RRP: €51.16Booksplease Price: €44.93A Director Prepares is a thought-provoking examination of the challenges of making theatre. In it, Anne Bogart speaks candidly and with wisdom of the courage required to create 'art with great presence'. Each chapter tackles one of the seven major areas... -
Road by Jim Cartwright 9781350053816
RRP: €14.27Booksplease Price: €13.76"Why's the world so tough? It's like walking through meat in high heels."A road, a wild night; a drunken guide, Scullery, conducts a tour of the derelict Lancashire road on which he lives. In this seminal play that gives expression to the road's... -
Fifty Key Theatre Directors by Shomit Mitter
RRP: €27.36Booksplease Price: €26.20Fifty Key Theatre Directors covers the work of practitioners who have shaped and pushed back the boundaries of theatre and performance. The authors provide clear and insightful overviews of the approaches and impact of fifty of the most influential... -
The Paris Manuscript: The Early Draft Rediscovered Michael Chekhov 9781350437371
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €22.12In the early 1930s, during his first years of exile and 20 years before the publication of his seminal work To the Actor, Michael Chekhov made his first incursion into the challenging task of writing about an actor's experience and his vision of the... -
Feminist Theatre - Then and Now: celebrating 50 years by Elaine Aston 9781913641382
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €15.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorElaine Aston is Professor of Theatre at Lancaster University. She has a distinguished record of publication in the field of feminism, theatre, theory and... -
Directing - a Handbook for Emerging Theatre Directors Rob Swain (Birkbeck, University of London, UK) 9781408127650
Booksplease Price: €30.92The theatre director is one of the most critical roles in a successful drama company, yet there are no formal qualifications required for entry into this profession. This practical guide for emerging theatre directors answers all the key questions from... -
Inside the Rehearsal Room: Process, Collaboration and Decision-Making Robert Marsden (Staffordshire University, UK) 9781350103665
RRP: €27.36Booksplease Price: €25.14Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023 With an exclusive focus on text-based theatre-making, Inside the Rehearsal Room is both an instructional and conceptual examination of the rehearsal process. Drawing on professional practice and... -
Orpheus and Eurydice by Edward Eaton 9781936381487
RRP: €8.57Booksplease Price: €8.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936381487Author Edward EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Dragonfly Publishing, IncorporatedPublisher Dragonfly Publishing,... -
Directing Amateur Musical Theatre: A Practical Guide for Non-Professional Theatre Dom O'Hanlon 9781350398757
RRP: €21.41Booksplease Price: €18.91How do you choose a musical to direct that suits your amateur theatre group's needs? How do you run an open and fair audition process and cast a show appropriately? How do you design a rehearsal schedule to cover a large set of amateur performers? How... -
A Sense of Direction: Some Observations on the Art of Directing by William Ball 9780896760820
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €14.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780896760820Author William BallFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Quite Specific Media GroupPublisher Quite Specific Media Group LtdWeight(grams)... -
Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog James Grissom 9781101972779
RRP: €19.03Booksplease Price: €12.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101972779Author James GrissomFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Improvisation Game: Discovering the Secrets of Spontaneous Performance by Chris Johnston
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.32A fascinating investigation into the wellsprings of improvisation in theatre, dance and music, from the author of the influential House of Games. Packed with exercises and practical techniques, The Improvisation Game explores how improvisation can be... -
Vsevolod Meyerhold Prof Jonathan Pitches (University of Leeds, UK) 9780815378334
RRP: €45.21Booksplease Price: €41.13Vsevolod Meyerhold considers the life and work of the extraordinary twentieth-century director and theatre-maker. This compact, well-illustrated volume includes: a biographical introduction to Meyerhold's life a clear explanation of his theoretical... -
The Drama Book: Lesson Plans, Activities, and Scripts for English-Language Learners by Alice Savage 9781948492324
Booksplease Price: €17.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948492324Author Alice SavageFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Alphabet PublishingPublisher Alphabet PublishingWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 254mm... -
The Reason to Sing: A Guide to Acting While Singing by Craig Carnelia
RRP: €38.07Booksplease Price: €36.14In The Reason to Sing, renowned composer-lyricist and teacher Craig Carnelia provides musical actors with a step-by-step guide to making their singing performances more truthful, vivid, and full of life.Using a technique developed over decades of... -
Movement Directors in Contemporary Theatre by Ayse Tashkiran 9781350054455
Booksplease Price: €30.76'When directors understand the value of a movement director they remove any sense of hierarchy within the room and place movement directors firmly by their side for they are and should be their co-pilot, navigating and creating the world of the play.'-... -
Strasberg at the Actors Studio: Tape-Recorded Sessions by Robert Hethmon
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €17.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559360227Author Lee StrasbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S... -
Dramaturgy: The Basics by Anne M. Hamilton
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €19.03Dramaturgy: The Basics introduces the art of dramaturgy, explaining how dramaturgy works, what a dramaturg is, and how to appreciate their unique contribution to theatre-making. A wide-ranging account of the role of this vital element of theatre helps... -
Directors on Directing: A Source Book of the Modern Theatre by Toby Cole 9781626549609
Booksplease Price: €24.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626549609Author Toby ColeFormat PaperbackImprint Allegro EditionsPublisher Allegro EditionsWeight(grams) 640g -
Commedia Dell'Arte: A Handbook for Troupes Oliver Crick 9780415204095
RRP: €42.83Booksplease Price: €39.13A companion to John Rudlin's best-selling Commedia dell'Arte: A Handbook for Actors, this book covers both the history and professional practice of commedia dell'arte companies from 1568 to the present day. Indispensable for both the beginner and the... -
A World Elsewhere by Steven Berkoff
RRP: €26.17Booksplease Price: €25.19A World Elsewhere is Steven Berkoff's bold attempt to describe his multifarious theatrical works.Berkoff outlines the methods that he uses, first of all as an actor, secondly as a playwright and thirdly as theatre director, as well as those subtle... -
So You Want To Do A Solo Show by Gareth Armstrong
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.32A unique guide to every aspect of putting on your own solo show: choosing the subject, raising the finance, booking the venue - and performing it! More and more actors - faced with ever longer periods of unemployment - are turning to the solo show as... -
Theatre of the Unimpressed: In Search of Vital Drama by Jordan Tannahill 9781552453131
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €11.61Had I become disenchanted with the form I had once fallen so madly in love with as a pubescent, pimple-faced suburban homo with braces? Maybe theatre was like an all-consuming high school infatuation that now, ten years later, I saw as the closeted... -
Orson Welles, Volume 3: One-Man Band by Simon Callow
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €15.49In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the triumphs and... -
Producing Theatre: A Comprehensive and Legal Business Guide by Donald C. Farber 9780879103170
RRP: €29.75Booksplease Price: €27.54Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
From the Score to the Stage: An Illustrated History of Continental Opera Production and Staging Evan Baker 9780226035086
Booksplease Price: €77.54Without scenery, costumes, and stage action, an opera would be little more than a concert. But in the audience, we know little (and think less) about the enormous efforts of those involved in bringing an opera to life - by the stagehands who shift... -
The Accidental Producer: How Anyone Can Get Their Show on Stage Tim Johanson 9781350338326
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €22.12Found yourself organising a show that you didn't mean to? Or frustrated that no one else is producing your show and just want to do it yourself? You're not alone. The Accidental Producer is the first-timer's guide to getting a play, musical or anything... -
See Me: Prison Theater Workshops and Love Jan Cohen-Cruz 9781613322475
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €20.81Encounters, transformations, and reflections from in-prison and post-release theater workshops See Me is a collection of intimate dialogues about collective experiences in the context of prison theater workshops. Each essay is a collaboration between... -
wonder.land by Moira Buffini
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.01Aly is struggling with all the pressures of being a teenager: family, school, friends and her own insecurities. Then she discovers wonder.land - a mysterious online world where, perhaps, she can create a whole new life. The web becomes her looking-glass... -
The Production Manager's Toolkit: Successful Production Management in Theatre and Performing Arts by Cary Gillett 9780367406363
RRP: €41.64Booksplease Price: €38.14The Production Manager's Toolkit Second Edition offers an up-to-date, comprehensive introduction to a theatrical and special event production career for new and aspiring professionals, given by expert voices in the field.The book discusses management... -
Quiz by James Graham
Booksplease Price: €14.60I have to believe in the institutions we trust to be fair, and functional. Whether that be the judiciary, the police, the media ... That they should all be able to resist the temptations of a more entertaining lie, over a less extraordinary truth. ... -
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda 9781455539741
RRP: €59.50Booksplease Price: €38.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of George Washington Book Prize (Special Achievement) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9781455539741Author Lin-Manuel MirandaFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Grand... -
Dramaturgy and Performance by Cathy Turner 9781137561831
Booksplease Price: €31.12Outlining different perspectives, this classic and field-defining text introduces 'dramaturgy' as a critical concept and a practical process in an accessible and engaging style. The revised edition includes a new introduction and afterword which provides... -
The Acting Book John Abbott 9781848421448
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €13.41A 'fast-forward' acting course covering all the essential techniques an actor needs to know and use - with a suite of exercises to put each technique into practice. John Abbott's The Acting Book offers various ways to analyse a text and to create... -
Simon Stephens: A Working Diary by Simon Stephens
Booksplease Price: €30.632014 was a spectacular year for playwright Simon Stephens, who has been described by the Independent as 'a brilliant writer of immense imagination' and by the Financial Times as having 'emerged in this millennium as an outstanding playwright'. 2014... -
The Theatre and its Double by Mark Taylor-Batty 9781350288713
Booksplease Price: €20.99In The Theatre and Its Double, first published in 1938, Antonin Artaud puts forward his radical theories on drama and theatre, which he saw as being stifled by conservatism and a lack of experimentation. Containing the famous manifestos of the... -
Replay by Nicola Wren
RRP: €14.27Booksplease Price: €12.28An intimate, moving and ultimately uplifting new monologue play. Replay is the story of a woman revisiting her childhood, coming to terms with the significant pain of her past and finally realising that she needs to embrace the memory of her brother in...