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Improv Beyond Rules
A Practical Guide to Narrative Improvisation
An inspiring, hands-on guide to narrative improvisation, by the co-creator and director of the Olivier Award-winning improv show Showstopper! The Improvised Musical.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99The Reluctant Escapologist: Adventures in Alternative Theatre
An unrivalled unofficial history of the rise – and partial fall – of fringe theatre, Mike Bradwell's deadpan account of his adventures is one of the funniest and angriest books to come out of theatre today.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Profiles
By Kenneth Tynan Edited by Kathleen TynanThe only collection of Tynan's star-studded profiles, his incisive pen-portraits of many of the most significant performers and writers of his day.
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£14.99£11.99There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£14.99£11.99Alexander Technique for Actors: A Practical Course
An authoritative, step-by-step guide to the Alexander Technique, to help actors find new and beneficial ways of moving, thinking, breathing and performing. Written by an experienced teacher of the technique.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99What Country, Friends, Is This?: Directing Shakespeare with Young Performers
By Max HaflerA highly practical, comprehensive guide to exploring Shakespeare with young people – ideal for directors, youth theatre leaders, workshop facilitators and teachers.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99How 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.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99100 Plays to Save the World
By Elizabeth Freestone and Jeanie O'HareA guide to one hundred brilliant plays addressing the most urgent and important issue of our time: the climate emergency.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99So You Want To Write Radio Drama?
By Claire Grove and Stephen WyattA practical guide to writing radio drama and getting it produced, by a leading radio dramatist and a hugely experienced radio drama producer who have both created award-winning dramas for the BBC.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99The Contingency Plan (2022 edition)
Two plays
By Steve WatersA double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change – an epic portrait of Britain in the grip of unprecedented and catastrophic floods.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99300 Thoughts for Theatremakers
A Manifesto for the Twenty-First-Century Theatremaker
A practical, grassroots, self-empowerment book for theatremakers. An inspiring and unconventional collection of ideas and provocations designed to help anybody who wants to make live theatre.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99The 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.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Keeping 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.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99
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