In September 1666, a fire sparked in a bakery in Pudding Lane grew until it had destroyed four-fifths of central London.......more
In September 1666, a fire sparked in a bakery in Pudding Lane grew until it had destroyed four-fifths of central London.......more
An authoritative guide to modelmaking for theater This third edition of noted scenographer Darwin Reid Payne’s landmark ......more
Uncovers scenographer Adolphe Appia’s forgotten architectural influence. Adolphe Appia (1862-1928) is a prominent figure......more
Below the Waist: Pads, Hoops, Crinolines and Bustles provides a wide range of historical patterns and instructions to co......more
Below the Waist: Pads, Hoops, Crinolines and Bustles provides a wide range of historical patterns and instructions to co......more
The Morse Code: Decoding the Career of Iconic Lighting Designer Peter Morse explores key developments and evolving techn......more
The Morse Code: Decoding the Career of Iconic Lighting Designer Peter Morse explores key developments and evolving techn......more
Projection Design: The Basics explores the concepts of visual elements in live entertainment. It provides a conversation......more
Projection Design: The Basics explores the concepts of visual elements in live entertainment. It provides a conversation......more
How are plays constructed? Taking this essential question and looking at a broad range of Western plays, from Greek trag......more
Lighting Design Beyond Theatre provides a step-by-step design process for live event lighting outside of traditional the......more
Lighting Design Beyond Theatre provides a step-by-step design process for live event lighting outside of traditional the......more
This book is among the first to consider the subject of mad auralities in theatre and performance, asking: what does it ......more
A guide to working backstage and in the technical areas of theatre from the Director of Technical Training and Head of L......more
Now in its eighth edition, Designing with Light introduces readers to the art, craft, and technology of stage lighting t......more
Now in its eighth edition, Designing with Light introduces readers to the art, craft, and technology of stage lighting t......more
Digital Media, Projection Design, and Technology for Theatre, Second Edition comprehensively details the integration of ......more
Digital Media, Projection Design, and Technology for Theatre, Second Edition comprehensively details the integration of ......more
This study positions four musicals and their associated artists as mobilizers of defiant joy in relation to trauma and h......more
This book explores stage conjuring during its "golden age," from about 1860 to 1910. This study provides close readings ......more
This collection comprises a comprehensive overview of key themes, arguments, and practices central to the study and unde......more
This book explores historical and modern uses of makeup for self-expression, with a focus on gender. The book begins by ......more
This book explores historical and modern uses of makeup for self-expression, with a focus on gender. The book begins by ......more
The Wardrobe Supervisor’s Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Wardrobe is a complete resource for organizing and streamlin......more
The Wardrobe Supervisor’s Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Wardrobe is a complete resource for organizing and streamlin......more
Foundations of Stage Makeup, Second Edition is a comprehensive exploration into the creative world of stage makeup. Step......more
Foundations of Stage Makeup, Second Edition is a comprehensive exploration into the creative world of stage makeup. Step......more
Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935-2020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellini’s operas on ......more
1000 Ways to Ask Why, is a practical how to guide and introduction to dramaturgy and dramaturgical thinking for dramatur......more
1000 Ways to Ask Why, is a practical how to guide and introduction to dramaturgy and dramaturgical thinking for dramatur......more
The Stage Manager’s Toolkit, Fourth Edition, provides a comprehensive account of the role of the stage manager for live ......more
The Stage Manager’s Toolkit, Fourth Edition, provides a comprehensive account of the role of the stage manager for live ......more
A one-of-a-kind guide about style and genre for theatre artisans. Theatrical Genre & Style will appeal to all theatre ma......more
"Musical Theatre Acting is a practical and handy resource to supplement classes and to peruse on one’s own, even in the ......more
Originally published in 1973, this book investigates the power and the pressures behind English theatre in the late 20th......more
How can performance create and transform places of urban renewal and regeneration? What does performance contribute to t......more
This edition of Theory/Theatre is a highly engaging introduction to cultural theory as it relates to theatre and perform......more
This edition of Theory/Theatre is a highly engaging introduction to cultural theory as it relates to theatre and perform......more
A Beginner’s Guide to Special Makeup Effects, Volume 2 builds on the foundations covered in A Beginner’s Guide to Specia......more
A Beginner’s Guide to Special Makeup Effects, Volume 2 builds on the foundations covered in A Beginner’s Guide to Specia......more
Dialogue that spits and crackles like a raging fire so that its rounded characters leap off the page. Encouraged by this......more
The Human Touch is a book focused on the creative processes at work in British contemporary improvisational theatre and ......more
This comprehensive, hands-on guide to making theatre - perfect for any school, college, youth group or amateur-theatre c......more
Essential Vectorworks Skills for Scenic and Production Designers is an accessible textbook that covers the digital skill......more
Essential Vectorworks Skills for Scenic and Production Designers is an accessible textbook that covers the digital skill......more
Ready to scare up some fun this Halloween? Whether you’re a face painting newbie or just looking to up your game, this g......more
For many, costumes represent only one day a year-Halloween. But not for anyone born into the Malabar family! Being a Mal......more
In his beloved classic, Acting: The First Six Lessons, master acting teacher Richard Boleslavsky presents his acting the......more
This book is a groundbreaking exploration of black masculinity and sexual passing in American contemporary dance....more
For many, costumes represent only one day a year-Halloween. But not for anyone born into the Malabar family! Being a Mal......more
This study explores the formation, establishment, expansion, and disintegration of stage design as a modern profession a......more
What properties of light can be manipulated for aesthetic effect? What role does the perception of the audience play in ......more
What properties of light can be manipulated for aesthetic effect? What role does the perception of the audience play in ......more
How do theatre makers in Britain produce immersive, participatory experiences for audiences? How are productions designe......more
This book offers a bridge between the basic skills of being a lighting designer to the early steps as a professional lig......more
This book provides an insight into the life of a professional lighting designer, through interviews with lighting design......more
Recreating Historic Dress: Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns compiles patterns a......more
Recreating Historic Dress: Clothing Gems from the Hereford Museum Clothing Collection, with Patterns compiles patterns a......more
In 101+ Tips and Tricks Every Prop Maker Should Know, Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Properties Director Ben Hohman explain......more
In 101+ Tips and Tricks Every Prop Maker Should Know, Utah Shakespeare Festival’s Properties Director Ben Hohman explain......more
This enlightening study explores the set design drawings for theatre and live performance, highlighting their unique qua......more
Since the 1880s, electrical energies started circulating in European theaters, generated from fossil fuels in urban powe......more
The Art of Stagecraft: Reflections on Design and Creation in Theatre is a thoughtful examination of the intersection of ......more
The Art of Stagecraft: Reflections on Design and Creation in Theatre is a thoughtful examination of the intersection of ......more
Intersecting art, science and the scenographic mise-en-scène, this book provides a new approach to anatomical drawing, v......more
Revolutionary Stagecraft draws on a rich corpus of literary, historical, and technical materials to reveal a deep entang......more
Revolutionary Stagecraft draws on a rich corpus of literary, historical, and technical materials to reveal a deep entang......more
This Companion interrogates the relationship between theatre and youth from a global perspective, taking in performances......more
Teaching Practical Theatrical 3D Printing: Creating Props for Production is a cohesive and practical guide for instructo......more
Teaching Practical Theatrical 3D Printing: Creating Props for Production is a cohesive and practical guide for instructo......more
Use This Complete Guide as Your Resource for Costuming Jean Hunnisett’s three-volume Period Costumes for the Stage & Scr......more
"Officially sanctioned by the American Theatre Wing, The Tony Awards: A Celebration of Excellence in Theatre will commem......more
Learn About the Magic of Light from a Master Step into the captivating world of Jean Rosenthal, a trailblazing figure in......more
Learn About the Magic of Light from a Master Step into the captivating world of Jean Rosenthal, a trailblazing figure in......more
Filled with essential advice and highlighting pitfalls to avoid, Acting Professionally gives a clear understanding of ho......more
Filled with essential advice and highlighting pitfalls to avoid, Acting Professionally gives a clear understanding of ho......more
This book is a critical frame for a body of devised work that toured extensively nationally and internationally, The Rav......more
Updating the industry standard stage rigging text for a new generation First published in 1987 and revised in 1997 and 2......more
Digital Painting and Rendering for Theatrical Design explores the tools and techniques for creating dazzling, atmospheri......more
Digital Painting and Rendering for Theatrical Design explores the tools and techniques for creating dazzling, atmospheri......more
What Is Lighting Design?: A Genealogy of People and Ideas explains what lighting design is by looking at the history of ......more
What Is Lighting Design?: A Genealogy of People and Ideas explains what lighting design is by looking at the history of ......more
Fitting and Pattern Alteration: A Multi-Method Approach to the Art of Style Selection, Fitting, and Alteration, Fourth E......more
This book explores how teachings and ideas of specific historical mystical thinkers might influence all aspects of conte......more
Theatre and the Virtual lays out a set of conceptual instruments for the articulation and engendering of the forces of t......more
This book reconsiders the evidence for what we know (or think we know) about early modern performance condition.This exp......more
Drawing on interview material from more than 20 leading stage managers from the UK, USA and Australia, this book situate......more
At once strange and familiar, bearer of a narrative and initiator of a relationship, the theatrical object has a status ......more
This book explores the dramaturgy of sex in contemporary works for the stage in the social, cultural and historical cont......more
Stitching La Mode: Patterns and Dressmaking from Fashion Plates of 1785-1795 brings to life women’s unique and extravaga......more
Now in its third edition, The Prop Building Guidebook: For Theatre, Film, and TV walks readers through techniques used i......more
Now in its third edition, The Prop Building Guidebook: For Theatre, Film, and TV walks readers through techniques used i......more
With this new edition of Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen, author Todd Debreceni presents the latest techniqu......more
With this new edition of Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen, author Todd Debreceni presents the latest techniqu......more
Witch Fulfillment: Adaptation Dramaturgy & Casting the Witch for Stage & Screen addresses the Witch as a theatrical type......more
Dyeing for Entertainment encompasses a wide range of methods of theatrical painting and dyeing to create beautiful artis......more
Dyeing for Entertainment encompasses a wide range of methods of theatrical painting and dyeing to create beautiful artis......more
Witch Fulfillment: Adaptation Dramaturgy & Casting the Witch for Stage & Screen addresses the Witch as a theatrical type......more