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100 Great Plays for Women

100 Great Plays for Women

By Lucy Kerbel Foreword by Kate Mosse

An inspiring guide to a hundred plays that put female performers centre stage, dispelling the myth that 'There just aren't any good plays for women'. With a foreword by Kate Mosse.

The Acting Book

The Acting Book

By John Abbott

A ‘fast-forward’ acting course covering all the essential techniques an actor needs to know and use – with a suite of exercises to put each technique into practice.

Actioning - and How to Do It

Actioning - and How to Do It

By Nick Moseley

A step-by-step guide to 'actioning', one of the most widely used rehearsal techniques for actors. An indispensable companion to a vital component in every actor's toolkit.

The Active Text

The Active Text

Unlocking Plays Through Physical Theatre

By Dymphna Callery

Dymphna Callery, author of Through the Body: A practical guide to physical theatre, shows how exercises and rehearsal techniques associated with physical and devised theatre can be applied to scripted plays.

The Actor and the Space

The Actor and the Space

By Declan Donnellan

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.

The Actor and the Target

The Actor and the Target

By Declan Donnellan

A revised and updated edition of Declan Donnellan's bestselling book, a fresh and radical approach to acting by a world-famous director.

The Actor and the Target & The Actor and the Space - BUNDLE DEAL

The Actor and the Target & The Actor and the Space - BUNDLE DEAL

Limited-time offer: both books for just £25!

By Declan Donnellan

A special bundle deal: Declan Donnellan's bestselling theatre book The Actor and the Target and its follow-up, The Actor and the Space, at a special discounted price

Becoming an Actor

Becoming an Actor

By Thomasina Unsworth

A practical guide to training as an actor, helping you get the most out of drama school - and survive in the world beyond.

Brecht: A Practical Handbook

Brecht: A Practical Handbook

By David Zoob

A bold and exciting new approach to Bertolt Brecht, making his theories and ideas about theatre accessible to a new generation of actors, directors, students and theatre-makers, and showing how they can be put into practice.

The Complete Brecht Toolkit

The Complete Brecht Toolkit

By Stephen Unwin

A practical, hands-on guide - for actors, directors, teachers and students - to Brecht's theory and practice of theatre, with a full set of exercises to help put theory into practice.

Conversations with Anne

Conversations with Anne

Twenty-four Interviews

By Anne Bogart

In this volume of interviews, director and teacher Anne Bogart dissects the driving forces behind some of the world's foremost theatre practitioners. 

Creating Worlds

Creating Worlds

How to Make Immersive Theatre

By Jason Warren

A practical guide to creating successful immersive theatre productions, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.

Curtain Up!

Curtain Up!

How to Stage Great Youth Productions

Edited by Charon Williams-Ros

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

Different Every Night

Different Every Night

Freeing the Actor

By Mike Alfreds

A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors.

Directing Adaptations

Directing Adaptations

Nikolai Foster on Great Expectations

By Russ Hope

Follow acclaimed theatre director Nikolai Foster throughout preparation and rehearsals for his production of Great Expectations for English Touring Theatre.

Directing Greek Tragedy

Directing Greek Tragedy

Carrie Cracknell on Electra

By Russ Hope

Follow acclaimed theatre director Carrie Cracknell throughout preparation and rehearsals for her production of Sophocles' Electra at the Gate Theatre, London.

Directing Pantomime

Directing Pantomime

Steve Marmion on Dick Whittington and his Cat

By Russ Hope

Follow acclaimed theatre director Steve Marmion throughout preparation and rehearsals for the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith's pantomime, Dick Whittington and his Cat. 

Directing Shakespeare

Directing Shakespeare

Matthew Dunster on Troilus and Cressida; Natalie Abrahami on A Midsummer Night's Dream

By Russ Hope

Follow acclaimed theatre directors Matthew Dunster and Natalie Abrahami throughout preparation and rehearsals for their respective Shakespeare productions of Troilus and Cressida at Shakespeare's Globe, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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