Direction & Production

An international arts organisation and network engaging with music, dance, theatre and visual art, Phakama creates adventurous, site-responsive performances with large groups of people from diverse backgrounds. With contributions from participants,...

Much of the theatre we make starts with a script and a story given to us by someone else. But what happens when we're required to start from scratch? How do we begin to make theatre using our own ideas, our own perspective, our own stories? A Beginner's...

You may be a student, or just starting out in the theatre profession, or an actor contemplating a switch to directing, or anyone dreaming of a life in the theatre. Know this: by developing and sharpening your skills on a Shakespeare text, you will be...

Since it was founded in 1991, British theatre company Stan's Cafe has garnered an international reputation for artistic innovation, and prolific, eclectic performance projects. Their work has toured nationally and internationally, with 2003's Of All The...

How do you develop the craft and skills of stage management for today's theatre industry? And how can these same skills be applied in a variety of entertainment settings to help you develop a rewarding and successful career? Drawing on his diverse...

Dramatism and Musical Theater: Experiments in Rhetorical Performance is an innovative workbook for both students and teachers in advanced communication performance. Meeting at the nexus of English composition, advanced rhetoric, theater, music, and...

Talking Shakespeare is a collection of essays on Shakespeare's plays and politics and their impact in the world today. Originally given as provocative talks on Shakespeare at some of the most prestigious universities, conferences, and theatres around the...

How do you develop both the craft of directing as well as a professional career in freelance directing in today's theatre industry? Drawing on his own extensive experience and that of other theatre professionals from the US and UK, Kent Thompson...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788749749Author Fiona BrennanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Peter Lang International Academic PublishersPublisher Peter Lang International...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996758338Author Bob MayFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Skye Bridge PublishingPublisher Skye Bridge PublishingWeight(grams) 150g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648369806Author MR Richard BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Academy of Improvisation PressPublisher Academy of Improvisation...

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Because of our film-oriented culture, the study of cinema's potential influence on the theater has become particularly relevant. When applied to the stage and space of theater, film theory and aesthetics open new possibilities, heightening the theater's...

This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking approach to performing Shakespeare has made her company among the most vibrant and enduring Shakespeare theatres in America. Tina...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736395738Author Richard GarteeFormat HardbackPage Count 458Imprint Lake and Emerald Publications, LLCPublisher Lake and Emerald Publications,...

This book explores the development of Robert Lepage’s distinctive approach to stage direction in the early (1984-1994) and middle (1995-2008) stages of his career, arguing that globalisation had a defining effect on shaping his aesthetic and his...

The first edition of Directing in the Theatre represented a pioneering effort in its field. Now, the revised edition offers an expanded array of materials for use in the study of directing. There are new cases about censorship, non-traditional casting,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781559363525Author Jason LoewithFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S...

Towards Embodied Performance invites directors and other generative performance makers to experiment with making their own original, visually stunning, sonically immersive, and physically rigorous embodied performance.Through historical context, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566082334Author David GroteFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Meriwether PublishingPublisher Meriwether PublishingWeight(grams) 522g

Though stage directing has traditionally been a male-dominated profession, the number of women directors in the United States has grown significantly in recent years. In this work, 35 contemporary women stage directors, with regional, national and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566082204Author John AhartFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint Meriwether PublishingPublisher Meriwether PublishingWeight(grams) 558g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566082198Author Terry John ConverseFormat HardbackPage Count 326Imprint Pioneer Drama ServicePublisher Pioneer Drama ServiceWeight(grams) 603g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647194987Author Bo MetzlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Booklocker.comPublisher Booklocker.comWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636701851Author Todd LondonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.

What is artistic resonance and how can it be linked to one's life and one's art? This latest book of essays from legendary theatre director Anne Bogart, considers the creation of resonance in the artistic endeavour, with a focus on the performing...

Career Paths of African American Directors is a collection of in-depth conversations with African American directors.These conversations provide an insightful overview of the interviewees’ work and artistic vision and explore their personal influences,...

World theatre has exhibited a bewildering array of form, style, tone and subject in the late 20th- and the early 21st centuries, and this range of work has been determined largely by its directors. This book documents this procession of theatre in...

Contemporary Women Stage Directors opens the door into the minds of 27 prolific female theatre directors, allowing you to explore their experience, wisdom and knowledge. Directors give insight into their diverse approaches to the key challenges of...

In 1983, the authors provided, ""in spunky detail"" (Booklist/RBB), a step-by-step guide to producing musicals with middle school students that was ""infused with common sense and high energy"" (VOYA). Now they bring their increased experience and...

Brazil has one of the most vibrant theater cultures in the world, home to a wide variety of theatrical expression. This collection of 15 interviews includes some of the country's most prolific creative minds--Ze Celso (Teatro Oficina), Antunes Filho,...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955563164Author Allan WarrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Bunnywar BooksPublisher Bunnywar BooksWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780945732082Author James C. CarverFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint James CarverPublisher James Carver

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988956834Author Marc HoneaFormat PaperbackPage Count 282Imprint Boll Weevil PressPublisher Boll Weevil PressWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

This volume assesses the contributions of André Antoine, Konstantin Stanislavski and Michel Saint-Denis, whose work has influenced theatre and training for over a century. These directors pioneered Naturalism and refined Realism as they experimented with...

This volume examines the work of directors Jacques Copeau, Theodore Komisarjevsky and Tyrone Guthrie. It explores in detail many of the directors’ key productions, including Copeau’s staging of Molière’s The Tricks of Scapin, Komisarjevsky’s signature...