Maximise your chances at auditions with Andy Johnson, author of The Excellent Audition Guide. As part of the Drama UK series, learn more about auditioning for Drama School and discover top tips on how to be the best you can be.

For more information on this workshop, and to book tickets, click here.

The anonymous theatre impresario and Twitter sensation is ready to share all he's learnt about how to get ahead in showbusiness. There will be essential advice on everything you need to know in order to survive as an actor, including tips on wooing casting directors, infallible methods for learning your lines and the correct way to bow at the curtain call. There will be lashings of theatre gossip and a certain amount of naughtiness. Do come along – it’ll be a scream, dear.

The event will be followed by a book signing of West End Producer's book Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Acting (But Were Afraid To Ask, Dear). Copies will be available at a special discount.

The renowned voice, text and acting coach shows you techniques for developing a strong, flexible and expressive voice, including how to create a short warm-up and work-out to make the most of your voice. 

Barbara Houseman has worked at the RSC, Old Vic, Donmar Warehouse, Young Vic and Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, as well as one-to-one with many well-known actors. She is the author of Finding Your Voice and Tackling Text [and subtext], published by Nick Hern Books.

The event will be followed by a book signing of Barbara Houseman's two books, which will be available at a special discount.

Director and writer Lucy Kerbel discusses her new book, which sets out to dispel the myth that there aren't any good plays for women.

100 Great Plays for Women is an inspiring guide to plays that put female performers squarely centre stage. Women buy the majority of theatre tickets, make up half the acting profession and are often the largest cohort of any youth theatre or drama club. And yet they have traditionally been underrepresented on stage. Lucy's book seeks to address this gap.

Part of Bristol Old Vic's Ferment Fortnight 2014. Tickets are £5 - to book click here.

Join director Max Stafford-Clark, the founder and director of Out of Joint and former Artistic Director of the Royal Court, in discussion with the Royal Court’s Literary Manager, Christopher Campbell.

Max’s new book, Journal of the Plague Year, looks at the year that followed the major round of Arts Council funding cuts from the perspective of one of the UK’s most influential and independent-minded theatre directors. It also offers an insight into how theatre is programmed, planned and made; and includes fascinating personal anecdotes and elements of autobiography.

This is a free but ticketed event, followed by a book signing. To book tickets, visit the Royal Court's website here or call the Box Office on 020 7565 5000.

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Director and writer Lucy Kerbel discusses her new book, which sets out to dispel the myth that there aren’t any good plays for women. Chaired by Kate Mosse.

For more information, and to book tickets, visit the National Theatre's website.

What new trends and themes have emerged in the last 25 years of playwriting? What changes have occurred in the way plays reach the stage?

A panel event and Q&A with playwrights Alecky Blythe, Lucy Kirkwood, Conor McPherson and Nicholas Wright, chaired by Michael Attenborough.

On the panel are:

• Alecky Blythe, whose work includes the recent National Theatre hit, London Road
• Lucy Kirkwood, whose latest play Chimerica premieres at the Almeida Theatre, 17 May-29 June
• Conor McPherson, whose highly acclaimed play The Weir has just been revived at the Donmar Warehouse, prior to his new play The Night Alive premiering at the same venue from 13 June
• Nicholas Wright, is the author of many original plays as well as adaptations, and co-author with Richard Eyre of Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the 20th Century

All four playwrights are published by Nick Hern Books. The panel is chaired by Michael Attenborough, former Artistic Director of the Almeida Theatre.

Tickets are free but must be booked in advance at www.almeida.co.uk or from the Almeida Theatre box office, tel. 020 7359 4404.

Conor McPherson on 'Having a play'...

'Recently Sebastian Barry told me that Brian Friel told him that for a playwright to 'have a play' is everything. What 'having a play' means is that you have an idea you are thinking about, wondering about. You have a world whose chaos you can comprehend and even seek to control - a prism whereby the lunacy and violence of life is transformed into a beautiful poetic painting, full of motion and feeling...'

From My First Play: An Anthology of Theatrical Beginnings, published by NHB to celebrate 25 years of theatre publishing.

Peter Brook talks to Mark Lawson about his new book, The Quality of Mercy, a collection of essays reflecting his lifelong interest in interpreting Shakespeare’s works for contemporary audiences.

This Platform is followed by a booksigning.

Tickets £4 (£3 concessions)

Andy Nyman learnt the golden rules of acting the hard way, through twenty-five years of working in theatre, film and television. On stage, Andy co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the West End hit Ghost Stories, and he won an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for co-writing and directing Something Wicked This Way Comes with his regular collaborator, magician Derren Brown. His many film appearances include cult favourite Severance and Frank Oz’s Death at a Funeral.

Andy's book The Golden Rules of Acting has become a word-of-mouth success in the business. In this 45-minute seminar Andy will tell you everything you need to know to stay sane and succeed in the acting profession.

Come and see actor, magician and author Andy Nyman discuss his new book, The Golden Rules of Acting.

'Christians have the Bible, now actors have this book. At last, everyone is happy.' (Simon Pegg)

The actor, director and writer reads from and talks about his first play, I Am Shakespeare. Followed by a booksigning.

Ruthie Henshall plays Birmingham Symphony Hall on 4th November.

Show stopping songs from some of the best loved musicals of all time as Ruthie is joined by leading West End artists and a full orchestra for an afternoon packed with all the glamour and excitement of musical theatre.

Songs from My Fair Lady, Oliver!, West Side Story, Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables.

Ruthie will be joined by Graham Bickley, Tim Howar, Deborah Myers and the London Concert Orchestra.

A unique opportunity to spend an intimate evening with one of the world’s best loved and most captivating performers. Ruthie Henshall and her band will take you on a musical journey through her extraordinary career, from working with Lionel Bart to playing Chicago on Broadway and from starring in Les Misérables to receiving an Olivier award. This is your chance to hear Ruthie’s story in her own words as well as the defining songs of her life, onstage and off, in this brand-new and personal show.

This eclectic and engaging evening will feature some of the songs Ruthie is best known for, whilst touching upon other genres and contemporary tunes which have influenced her personally and professionally.

Ruthie Henshall plays the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, on 21st October.

Show stopping songs from some of the best loved musicals of all time as Ruthie is joined by leading West End artists and a full orchestra for an afternoon packed with all the glamour and excitement of musical theatre.

Songs from My Fair Lady, Oliver!, West Side Story, Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables.

Ruthie will be joined by Graham Bickley, Tim Howar, Lisa Hull and the Manchester Concert Orchestra.

Three leading lights of West End musical theatre discuss all aspects of writing, producing and performing in musicals: with Tom Chambers, star of Top Hat; Ruthie Henshall, Broadway and West End star and the author of So You Want to Be in Musicals? and Julian Woolford, director, librettist and the author of How Musicals Work.

Time: 12noon (1 hour)

Tickets: £8

The award-winning playwright, author of the stunning Parlour Song and the West End and Broadway hit Jerusalem starring Mark Rylance, joins us in conversation. He reflects on the writing process, and being back home at the Royal Court Theatre with his bewitching new play The River.