Theatre Books
National Youth Theatre Monologues
75 Speeches for Auditions
An 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.
- Paperback
£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Ibsen on Theatre
Edited by Frode Helland and Julie HolledgeA unique collection of everything that Ibsen wrote about the theatre.
- Paperback
£17.99£14.39Add to basketEbook£17.99£14.39Puppetry: How to Do It
A practical, accessible and inspiring guide to using puppetry in theatre, by a leading expert in the field.
- Paperback
£16.99£13.59Add to basketEbook£16.99£13.59Brecht: A Practical Handbook
By David ZoobA 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.
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£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Voice Exercise Book: The Warm-Ups
Essential warm-up exercises for anyone who wants to use their voice more effectively.
- Audio disk
£10.99£8.80
Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries
By Antony SherAntony Sher's account of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare's greatest roles, Lear, in the 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company production. Winner of the 2019 Theatre Book Prize.
- Hardback
£16.99£13.59There is limited availability of this title. Please enquire before placing your order.Ebook£16.99£13.59The 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.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Telling the Truth
How to Make Verbatim Theatre
A practical guide to creating and producing verbatim theatre, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.
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£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Going to the Theatre (But Were Too Sloshed to Ask, Dear)
West End Producer, the masked man of theatreland and author of the definitive guide to acting, returns with the ultimate guide to the theatregoing experience – for anyone who's ever been to the theatre, or who thinks they might like to try it one day.
- Paperback
£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39The Kilroys List: Volume One
97 Monologues and Scenes by Female and Trans Playwrights
By The KilroysA collection of monologues and scenes from The Kilroys List, a vetted collection of plays written by female and trans writers, nominated by hundreds of professional artistic directors, literary managers, professors, producers, directors, and dramaturgs.
- Paperback£21.99
Playing the Mask
Acting Without Bullshit
By John WrightA wonderfully accessible introduction to a fresh and innovative acting technique, from the co-founder of Trestle and Told by an Idiot.
- Paperback
£12.99£10.39Add to basketEbook£12.99£10.39Tip of the Tongue
Reflections on Language and Meaning
By Peter BrookA wise, playful and deeply personal book by master theatre-maker Peter Brook.
- Paperback
£10.99£8.79Add to basketEbook£10.99£8.79Twelfth Night: A User's Guide
An intensely practical account of the way Twelfth Night actually works on stage, by an acclaimed actor and director.
- Ebook
£9.99£7.99
Diaries 1969-1977
The revealing - and frequently hilarious - diaries of playwright Peter Nichols, covering the period of his life between his first real hit, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, to the stirrings of his masterpiece, Passion Play.
- Ebook
£9.99£7.99
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.
- Paperback
£9.99£7.99Add to basketEbook£9.99£7.99Creating Worlds
How to Make Immersive Theatre
By Jason WarrenA practical guide to creating successful immersive theatre productions, by an experienced theatre-maker and practitioner.
- Paperback
£14.99£11.99Add to basketEbook£14.99£11.99Roger Allam on Falstaff
Performing Shakespeare
By Roger Allam and Julian CurryRoger Allam discusses playing Falstaff, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.
- Ebook
£3.99£3.19
Eileen Atkins on Viola
Performing Shakespeare
By Eileen Atkins and Julian CurryEileen Atkins discusses playing Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.
- Ebook
£3.99£3.19
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