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The current coronavirus outbreak means that we're all going to be spending more time at home for a while. And if you're looking to flex your creative muscles at some point – whether that's starting on a long-intended project, learning or developing a skill, or trying something completely new – then we've got something to help you in your endeavours.We've gone through our range of creative books and put together a selection of inspiring and supportive resources for you to use at home. The titles we've chosen cover a wide range of subjects – including writing, voice, music, Shakespeare, screen acting, improv, singing and more – and all feature advice and exercises for you to try solo.
And to help further, you can save 30% on all of the ebook titles below by entering code CREATING30 at checkout.
These are unprecedented times, and there's no right or wrong way to approach them. But if you do want to get stuck into something creative while you're at home, we hope these books give you some inspiration and support for whatever you choose to do.
This is just part of a range of plans we're working on to keep our readers, writers and partners feeling engaged and supported during this period – including free creative resources, fun activities, and opportunities to make and enjoy brilliant new writing. Follow along with all of this activity here.
Acting Through Song
Techniques and Exercises for Musical-Theatre Actors
An impassioned and invaluable guide for actors and students of musical theatre.
All Change Please
A Practical Guide to Achieving Gender Equality in Theatre
By Lucy Kerbel Foreword by Rufus NorrisA book about the need for change in theatre, to reflect the gender balance of the world it seeks to represent, and how, with everyone's help, we can achieve it.
Being a Playwright
A Career Guide for Writers
By Chris Foxon and George TurveyThe essential guide to a career in playwriting, from the team behind the multi-award-winning Papatango, one of the UK's leading new-writing companies.
Drama Games for Actors
Exploring Self, Character and Text
From the bestselling Drama Games series, this dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book offers dozens of games to serve as a rich source of ideas and inspiration for all actors – and those teaching or directing them.
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.
Finding Your Voice
A step-by-step guide for actors
A simple, step-by-step manual, written by an RSC voice coach, which offers everything that an actor needs to work on their voice.
How Musicals Work
And How to Write Your Own
Why do some musicals work, while others just don't? And what should you do if you're thinking of writing your own? Julian Woolford, a successful writer and director of musicals and lecturer in writing musicals at the University of London, explores the musical-theatre canon to answer these and many other questions.
The Improviser's Way
A Longform Workbook
By Katy SchutteAn inspiring and interactive workbook to help you develop skills for longform improvisation, by one of the UK's top improv performers and teachers.
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.
A Screen Acting Workshop
By Mel ChurcherA comprehensive training course in screen acting by an internationally renowned teacher and acting coach.
The Secret Life of Plays
By Steve WatersA guide to the hidden workings of plays and the trade secrets that govern their writing - by the acclaimed playwright Steve Waters.
So You Want To Act On Screen?
By Michael BrayAn accessible and authoritative guide to developing a successful career as a screen actor.
So You Want To Be A Playwright?
By Tim FountainHow to write a play and get it produced - a manual for playwrights.
Speaking the Speech
An Actor's Guide to Shakespeare
By Giles Block Foreword by Mark RylanceAn invaluable book for actors and directors who want to improve their understanding of Shakespeare’s language in order to speak it better.
Telling the Truth
How to Make Verbatim Theatre
A practical guide to creating and producing verbatim theatre, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.
The Voice Exercise Book
A Guide to Healthy and Effective Voice Use
The National Theatre's Head of Voice shares the voice exercises she uses with many of Britain's leading actors to help to keep their voices in shape.
Writing Music for the Stage
A Practical Guide for Theatremakers
By Michael Bruce Foreword by Josie RourkeThe definitive guide to writing music for the stage, by the Composer-in-Residence at the Donmar Warehouse.
