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 print 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 Sunday 1 October 2023.
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.
Drama Games for Young Children
From the bestselling Drama Games series, this dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book – packed with over 200 individual games – is perfect for teachers, playgroup leaders and drama facilitators who want to inspire and entertain children, aged 3 and up, with vibrant and engaging drama experiences.
Drama Menu
Theatre Games in Three Courses
Packed full of tried-and-tested theatre games, exercises and improvisation ideas, Drama Menu is a unique new resource for drama teachers and workshop leaders.
Drama Menu at a Distance
80 Socially Distanced or Online Theatre Games
Created specifically to help anyone teaching drama during the COVID-19 pandemic, this collection features 80 games and exercises, all of which are safe and secure to play in this new era of socially distanced teaching and online learning.
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 Excellent Audition Guide
By Andy JohnsonAn engaging, upbeat guide for any student thinking of applying to drama school.
The Fall
By James FritzA funny, moving and candid look at young people's relationships to older people, confronting the frightening prospect of ageing in a country undergoing crises of housing and care.
Feldenkrais for Actors
How to Do Less and Discover More
A practical guide to the Feldenkrais Method, for actors. Written by an experienced actor, theatre-maker and Feldenkrais practitioner.
Getting into Drama School: The Compact Guide (Revised and Updated Edition)
By Nick MoseleyAn 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.
Girls Like That and other plays for teenagers
By Evan PlaceyFour urgent and explosive plays by award-winning playwright Evan Placey, each tackling issues facing young people today.
Happy Meal
By Tabby LambA 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...
Heavy Weather
A powerful, timely play featuring songs, about one girl taking control of her destiny in a world teetering on the brink. Part of Platform, an initiative aimed at achieving greater gender equality in theatre.
How Plays Work
By David EdgarDistinguished playwright David Edgar examines the mechanisms and techniques which dramatists throughout the ages have employed to structure their plays and to express their meaning.
Improv Beyond Rules
A Practical Guide to Narrative Improvisation
By Adam MeggidoAn inspiring, hands-on guide to narrative improvisation, by the co-creator and director of the Olivier Award-winning improv show Showstopper! The Improvised Musical.
Jekyll and Hyde (stage version)
By Robert Louis Stevenson Adapted by Neil BartlettAn inventive, brilliantly theatrical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's darkly fascinating tale of male violence, guilt and privilege.
Jessica Swale's Blue Stockings
A guide for studying and staging the play
By Jessica Swale and Lois JearyThe indispensible guide for anyone studying, teaching or performing Jessica Swale's hit play, Blue Stockings.
The Jungle Book (stage version)
Rudyard Kipling’s beloved tale of family, belonging and identity has been reimagined in this acclaimed adaptation by Jessica Swale, with original songs by Joe Stilgoe.
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.
Learning Your Lines: The Compact Guide
By Mark ChannonAn accessible, systematic guide for actors who want to memorise their lines quickly and effectively, and let go of the fear of forgetting them – helping you build confidence and focus, and reducing anxiety and stress around auditions, rehearsal and performance.
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons (West End edition)
By Sam SteinerA 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.
Little Women (stage version)
By Louisa May Alcott Adapted by Anne-Marie CaseyA joyful and spirited adaptation of one of the best-loved novels of all time.
Making Theatre
The Frazzled Drama Teacher's Guide to Devising
An inspiring, practical handbook for anyone working with young people to make devised theatre.
The Maladies
By Carmen NasrA powerful, provocative play exploring psychogenic illness amongst groups of women throughout history, premiered by the Almeida Young Company.
Mastering an American Accent: The Compact Guide
A step-by-step guide to learning and practising an American accent, for anyone who wants to use a General American accent with confidence in auditions and performance.
Meisner in Practice
A Guide for Actors, Directors and Teachers
By Nick MoseleyA step-by-step introduction to the key features of the Meisner Technique, including a full set of practical exercises.
National Youth Theatre Monologues
75 Speeches for Auditions
Edited by Michael BryherAn exciting and invaluable collection of audition speeches, all chosen from plays produced by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, spanning more than sixty years as one of the world’s leading companies for young performers.
Orlando (stage version)
By Virginia Woolf Adapted by Neil BartlettA sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy, premiered in the West End with Golden Globe winner Emma Corrin leading an ensemble company.
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.
The Playwright's Journey
From First Spark to First Night
A clear, supportive and comprehensive guide to writing a play – based on the author's long-running playwriting masterclasses, as taught at the UK's National Theatre.
Playwriting
Structure, Character, How and What to Write
An authoritative guide to playwrighting, by a true master of the craft. Indispensable for playwrights at every level of experience.
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