Nick Hern Books

Theatre Books

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So You Want To Be An Actor?

So You Want To Be An Actor?

By Timothy West and Prunella Scales

A handbook for aspiring actors by two of the best-known names in British theatre and television.

So You Want To Be In Musicals?

So You Want To Be In Musicals?

By Ruthie Henshall With Daniel Bowling

An insider's guide to achieving that dream career – by one of the brightest stars in musical theatre.

So You Want To Do A Solo Show?

So You Want To Do A Solo Show?

By Gareth Armstrong

A unique guide to every aspect of putting on your own solo show: choosing the subject, raising the finance, booking the venue - and performing it!

So You Want To Go To Drama School?

So You Want To Go To Drama School?

By Helen Freeman

The essential guide to getting into drama school.

So You Want To Work In Theatre?

So You Want To Work In Theatre?

By Susan Elkin

An essential guide for young people who want to work in the theatre - but aren't sure exactly what they want to do, or how to get to do it. By the Education and Training Editor of The Stage.

So You Want To Write Radio Drama?

So You Want To Write Radio Drama?

By Claire Grove and Stephen Wyatt

A 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.

The Space to Move

The Space to Move

Essentials of Movement Training

By Christian Darley

The vital building blocks of movement training – a key sourcebook for actors, directors, students and teachers.

Speaking the Speech

Speaking the Speech

An Actor's Guide to Shakespeare

By Giles Block Foreword by Mark Rylance

An invaluable book for actors and directors who want to improve their understanding of Shakespeare’s language in order to speak it better.

Spider Speculations

Spider Speculations

A Physics and Biophysics of Storytelling

By Jo Carson

An investigation into how stories work in our bodies and our lives, from the author of Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet.

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Stage Combat: Unarmed (with Online Video Content)

Stage Combat: Unarmed (with Online Video Content)

By Roger Bartlett

Everything you need to know in order to create and perform unarmed stage fights that are compelling, realistic and, above all, safe.

Stage Director's Handbook

Stage Director's Handbook

Opportunities for Directors and Choreographers

Edited by David Diamond and Terry Berliner

An essential handbook for student and professional directors, covering training and courses, grants and fellowships, companies and organisations, agents and managers, and much more.

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Stage Lighting Design

Stage Lighting Design

The Art, The Craft, The Life

By Richard Pilbrow

The definitive text for today's and tomorrow's lighting designers, covering the complete history, theory and practice of lighting design.

Stage Management

Stage Management

The Essential Handbook

By Gail Pallin

The highly successful "Bible for any stage manager", now in a revised and updated edition.

Staging Story: Five Fundamentals for the Beginning Stage Director

Staging Story: Five Fundamentals for the Beginning Stage Director

By Robert Moss and Wendy Dann

Essential advice for theatre directors, focusing on five fundamentals for staging a play - Story, Intention, Character, Space and Theme.

Strasberg at the Actors Studio

Strasberg at the Actors Studio

By Lee Strasberg Edited by Robert H. Hethmon

Transcriptions of actual tuition sessions by the originator of Method Acting - the next best thing to being taught by Strasberg himself.

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Building arts audiences through dynamic subscription promotion

By Danny Newman

Examples from theatres all over America demonstrating how to build audiences through subscription schemes. Could be applied profitably to other countries.

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Surviving Actors Manual

Surviving Actors Manual

By Felicity Jackson and Lianne Robertson

The essential, one-stop handbook for actors, with everything you need to survive and thrive, from the team behind the internationally successful Surviving Actors conventions.

Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare

Sweet William: A User's Guide to Shakespeare

By Michael Pennington

An exploration of Shakespeare's life and work by a leading actor who has spent twenty thousand hours working on the plays.

Swimming to Cambodia

Swimming to Cambodia

By Spalding Gray

Spalding Gray's extraordinary memoir/monologue, based on his experiences as an actor in the film The Killing Fields.

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Tackling Text [and subtext]

Tackling Text [and subtext]

A Step-by-Step Guide for Actors

By Barbara Houseman

An intensely practical handbook for actors on how to cope with text, subtext, character and situation.

Taking Stock: The Theatre of Max Stafford-Clark

Taking Stock: The Theatre of Max Stafford-Clark

By Max Stafford-Clark and Philip Roberts

Inside accounts of the making of some of the most influential theatre productions of the last four decades.

Talking Theatre

Talking Theatre

Interviews with Theatre People

By Richard Eyre

A superlative account of how theatre is made, in the words of the very people who make it.

Teaching Voice: Workshops for Young Performers

Teaching Voice: Workshops for Young Performers

By Max Hafler

An inspiring, practical guide to working with young people on their voices, by a highly experienced teacher, actor and director.

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Telling the Truth

Telling the Truth

How to Make Verbatim Theatre

By Robin Belfield

A practical guide to creating and producing verbatim theatre, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.