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Use code BACKTOSCHOOL until 1 October

 

The new academic year is here – and thanks to our Back to School Sale, you can get all the books you need to learn new skills, or brush up on existing ones, at great discounted prices.

Boost your resources with books about voice, improv, Shakespeare, puppetry, drama games, writing, Brecht, actioning, movement, Stanislavsky and more, plus great plays for young people to study and perform.

For the rest of this month only, you can save 30% on dozens of our top titles when you enter voucher code BACKTOSCHOOL at checkout, valid on both paperback and ebook formats (where available). Plus, get free UK postage and packaging on all orders over £40. 

To take advantage of this great offer, just browse the selection below, make your picks and enter discount code BACKTOSCHOOL at checkout. This offer ends Tuesday 1 October 2024.

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Shout

A funny, moving drama about anxiety, celebrating difference, and finding your voice as a teenager. Part of the 2024 National Theatre Connections Festival.

The Secret Garden (Open Air Theatre version)

A thrillingly adventurous adaptation of the beloved and radical story about the magic of nature and the nature of magic, premiered at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in 2024.

Cassie and the Lights

A tender and playful drama that examines what makes a family and what holds it together.

Red Pitch

A fast-paced and sharp-edged play telling a coming-of-age story about three young footballers, exploring the impact of gentrification and regeneration on London's communities. Winner of the 2022 George Devine Award.

The Actor and the Space

An inspirational book on acting, tackling the fundamental questions that face any actor. By a world-leading theatre director, the founder of Cheek by Jowl.

Leave Taking: The GCSE Study Guide

An essential resource for anyone studying Leave Taking for GCSE English Literature – featuring a complete guide to the text, plus sample questions and answers to help you prepare for assessment.

Princess & The Hustler: The GCSE Study Guide

An essential resource for anyone studying Princess & The Hustler for GCSE English Literature – featuring a complete guide to the text, plus sample questions and answers to help you prepare for assessment.

A Song for Ella Grey (stage version)

A magical retelling of the Orpheus myth, full of music, sound and storytelling, adapted from the novel by David Almond. Premiered by Pilot Theatre on UK tour in 2024.

Curtain Up!

How to Stage Great Youth Productions

A comprehensive, hands-on guide to making theatre – perfect for any school, college, youth group or amateur-theatre company.

Peter Pan (stage version)

An enchanting adaptation of J.M. Barrie's children's classic, with songs by Vikki Stone. Premiered at Rose Theatre, Kingston.

The Drama Workshop Leader

A Practical Guide to Delivering Great Sessions

A comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to planning and delivering effective drama sessions, getting the best out of your participants, and developing an empowering leadership style that works for you.

The Invincibles

A play about the Dagenham Invincibles, aka Sterling Ladies, the greatest women's football team in Britain during World War One, and their legacy in the present day.

Is My Microphone On?

An urgent and lyrical play from a leading Canadian playwright, about young people questioning the choices that have been made, and the ones that they will yet be forced to make.

Drama Menu: Second Helpings

Another 160 Tasty Theatre Games

160 all-new games and exercises from the author of Drama Menu, the bestselling companion for drama teachers and workshop leaders.

The Secret Garden (stage version)

A delightful stage adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's enduring tale of transformation and healing through nature.

When This Is Over

A Blueprint for Creating Your Own Production, and the Original Playscript

A theatrical celebration of hope, possibility and imagination, designed to be created and performed by teenage casts, drawing directly on their own life experiences and the stories they want to tell. Winner, Outstanding Drama Initiative at the Music and Drama Education Awards.

Drama Games for Exploring Shakespeare

Dozens of games to help bring Shakespeare’s plays to life in the classroom or rehearsal room – making them fun and accessible to actors, students, directors and teachers.

Run, Rebel (stage version)

A fast-paced, mesmerising stage version of the prize-winning YA verse novel about a young woman beginning to take control of her life. Edition includes a range of teaching materials and resources.

Too Much World at Once

An urgent coming-of-age story for our times, a lyrical, theatrical journey that spans continents and lives.

Breaking Down Your Script: The Compact Guide

A Step-by-Step Guide for the Actor

A clear, concise and practical guide for any actor who wants a structured and effective method for breaking down and understanding a performance script.

Getting into Drama School: The Compact Guide (Revised and Updated Edition)

An encouraging, no-nonsense guide to the whole process of applying for drama school. Perfect for any aspiring actor, as well as anyone advising or coaching them. Revised and updated edition.

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (West End edition)

A new, revised edition of Sam Steiner's startling play about what we say, how we say it, and what happens when we can't say anything any more. Published alongside the West End production starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner.

Keeping It Active: A Practical Guide to Rhetoric in Performance

A clear and concise guide to how rhetoric works in plays, and how actors can use it to bring their performances to life on stage.

Orlando (stage version)

A sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy, premiered in the West End with Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin leading an ensemble company.

An Actor's Alphabet

An A to Z of Some Stuff I've Learnt and Some Stuff I'm Still Learning

A candid and empowering A–Z of being an actor which lifts the lid on the realities of life in today’s industry, and shows you how to navigate it.

Jekyll and Hyde (stage version)

An inventive, brilliantly theatrical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's darkly fascinating tale of male violence, guilt and privilege.

Blues for an Alabama Sky

A remarkable dramatic portrait of life in New York City in 1930, as the Harlem Renaissance starts to feel the bite of the Great Depression.

Othello (Frantic Assembly version)

Frantic Assembly's electrifying take on Shakespeare's tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder, firmly rooted in a volatile twenty-first century.

Happy Meal

A joyful trans rom-com for the stage, following two initial strangers on their journeys from teen to adult; from MySpace to TikTok; from cis to trans...

The Trials

A searing play set in a near-future world, where those responsible for the climate emergency are being judged by a younger generation.