Theatre category: 6638 books
Radical Doubt
The Joker System, after Boal
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Radical Doubt investigates ethical play across a spectrum of performances, on and off the stage. In witty, recursive, personal, and propulsive prose, Mady Schutzman elaborates on the Joker System, conceived by Augusto Boal, best known for Theatre of the Oppressed. The Joker System is a collaborative...
Life as a Playwright
A Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
Addressing the questions central to any playwright's career and identity, Jon Klein offers you a glimpse into a career writing for the theatre. As well as an account of the day-to-day life of a writer, he also discusses what an aspiring playwright should expect as they navigate the industry and how...
by Simon Donger
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2018
Scenography is a comprehensive guide to the practical study and process of designing for performance. Rooted in theatre, scenography concerns artists who work through creative elements such as spaces, artefacts, garments, lighting and sound to mobilize new sensory experiences. As a result, scenography...
Performance and Community
Commentary and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Performance practice in community settings is an established part of the cultural landscape. However, this practice is frequently viewed as functional: an intervention that seeks to solve, educate or heal. Performance and Community presents an alternative vision, focussing, instead, on the aesthetic...
by Kevin Kautzman
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Dream of Perfect Sleep is the story of an aging couple, Mary and Gene, and their adult children – recovering-addict Robert and new-ager Melissa. Mary suffers from severe vertigo and just wants to watch her TV show. Gene’s busy organizing a very special holiday dinner, but party planning isn’t...
Slapstick and Comic Performance
Comedy and Pain
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre, television and film on both sides of the Atlantic.
by Jane Boston
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
This wide-ranging volume explores the technical and physical aspects of voice as a craft, questioning its definitions, its historical presence, training practices and its publications. Drawing on a wealth of experience, Jane Boston presents a selection of readings that demonstrate and contextualize...
Puppets and Cities
Articulating Identities in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Nations in Southeast Asia have gone through a period of rapid change within the last century as they have grappled with independence, modernization, and changing political landscapes. Governments and citizens strive to balance progress with the need to articulate identities that resonate with the...
by Valerie Barnes Lipscomb
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
This book is the first to examine age across the modern and contemporary dramatic canon, from Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams to Paula Vogel and Doug Wright. All ages across the life course are interpreted as performance and performative both on page and on stage, including professional productions...
by Thomas Eccleshare
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2018
“Maybe turn down the ‘opinionated’ dial?”
Hari and Max weren’t satisfied with their first attempt at parenthood, so they’re giving it a second go.
Only this time they’ve got a 30-day money back guarantee and an easy-to-follow construction manual.
They’re certain,...
Beyond Failure
New Essays on the Cultural History of Failure in Theatre and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
In setting foot on stage, every performer risks the possiblity of failure. Indeed, the very performance of any human action is inextricable from its potential not to succeed. This inherent potential has become a key critical trope in contemporary theatre, performance studies, and scholarship around...
Wig Making and Styling
A Complete Guide for Theatre & Film
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2018
Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre and Film, Second Edition is the one-stop shop for the knowledge and skills you need to create and style wigs. Covering the basics, from styling tools to creating beards, it ramps up to advanced techniques for making, measuring, coloring, and cutting...
Liminal Acts
A Critical Overview of Contemporary Performance and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
The term liminal refers to a marginalized space of fertile chaos and creative potential where nothing is fixed or certain.
Liminal performance is an emerging genre which has surfaced only in recent times and describes a range of interdisciplinary, highly experimental, performative works in theatre...
Physical Actor Training
What Shall I Do with the Body They Gave Me?
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
If, as an actor, your body is your 'instrument' - and the only way you can express the internal impulses of the character you’re playing - what happens when the body-mind, ‘psychophysical’ connection is lost?
Andrei Droznin, Russia's foremost teacher of physical actor training, calls...