September 2006

How to order

All books are paperback unless stated otherwise.

ARTISTES AND AGENTS 2005 Incorporating the Corporate Event Organiser. The Unique A-Z of Entertainment. ISBN 1 870323 35 1

ARTS ADMINISTRATION. Second Edition. John Pick and Malcolm Anderton
This book provides a broad introduction to the role of arts administrator, highlighting many pitfalls which can occur, such as conflicting philosophies, financial and legal restraints, and defines the skills which may be employed to overcome them. The authors also discuss the principles as well as the practice of art administration. ISBN 0 419 18970 X

ARTS MARKETING HANDBOOK. Keith Diggle. HB.
This book will help you find and keep audiences. It will help you meet your financial objectives without having to change your artistic philosophy.

THE BACKSTAGE GUIDE TO STAGE MANAGEMENT — Successful Strategies for Running a Show From First Rehearsal to Last Performance. Thomas A. Kelly
The next best thing to a seat beside a Broadway stage manager, this guide to stage management covers the complete theatrical process, from preparation planning and first rehearsals to opening night and final strike.

THE BACKSTAGE HANDBOOK — An Illustrated Almanac of Technical Information. Paul Carter
This book is divided into seven chapters: tools; hardware; materials; shop math; electrics and architecture; and also includes handy conversion tables.

A BETTER DIRECTION. K. Rea
Provides a unique insight into the way directors entered their profession and how they cope with the rigorous demands of a job most of them were not trained for.

BETWEEN DIRECTOR AND ACTOR — Strategies for Effective Performance. Mandy Rees and John Staniunas.
The authors offer a set of strategies to help directors and actors work together more effectively, from starting the first rehearsals to maintaining a long-running show. ISBN 0 325 00432 3

BOOKING AND TOUR MANAGEMENT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. Rene Shagan
The most comprehensive handbook ever assembled about booking performances and organizing and managing tours. Special chapters by experts give inside information about touring abroad as well as what presenters want from artists.

BRITISH PERFORMING ARTS YEARBOOK 2005/2005
The complete guide to venues, performers, festivals, arts courses, support organizations and services for the arts professional. ISBN 1 904226 60 4

BRITISH THEATRE DIRECTORY (THE ORIGINAL) 2005. Edited by Spencer Block. HB.
Includes: Venue Finder Index, Venues, Local Authorities, Production, Agents, Media and Public Relations, Publishing, Training and Education, Organizations and Suppliers.

BUILDING THE SUCCESSFUL THEATRE COMPANY. Lisa Mulcahy
What makes a theatre company successful? Lisa Mulcahy poses the questions to leaders from fourteen of the country’s most diverse and vital theatre companies, and offers answers in Building the Successful Theatre Company. Producers, stage-mangers, directors — anyone dreaming of running a theatre troupe — will benefit from the practical guidance, amusing anecdotes, and sincere advice in this peek behind the curtains of the often difficult, always seductive, profession of theatre. ISBN 1 58115 237 X

CHANGING DIRECTION. A Practical Approach to Directing Actors in Film and Theatre. Lenore Dekoven. Foreword by Ang Lee, Director (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Changing Direction is a guide to directing actors based on the author’s years of experience in the classroom and on set, as well as her highly sought out workshops in New York and Los Angeles. Dekoven covers everything from script to character development, rehearsals, casting and working with the camera. Changing Direction combines underlying theory together with the actors’ language and practical exercises for use in a workshop or class. ISBN 0 240 80664 6

CHANGING THE PERFORMANCE. A Companion Guide to Arts Business and Civic Engagement. Julia Rowntree.
Changing the Performance: A Companion Guide to Arts, Business and Civic Engagement is a manual for arts practitioners concerned with the arts and wider society, and particularly those engaged in fundraising. ISBN 0 415 37934 2

CLOSE PROTECTION: The Softer Skills Geoffrey Padgham. Entertainment Technology Press. Security Series.
Geoffrey Padgham’s vast CP experience combined with training design and delivery in both the police and private sector, placed him in a unique position to write this educational book. This title is very different from most "bodyguard" publications. It highlights the key interpersonal skills needed for operational close protection and subtly separates fact from fiction. ISBN 1 904031 39 0

THE COMMUNITY ARTS DIRECTORY 2005 — second edition. ISBN 0 951 4991 81

THE COMMUNITY THEATRE HANDBOOK — A Complete Guide to Organizing and Running a Community Theatre. Gary P. Cohen
Plays-in-the-Park producing director Gary P.Cohen has worked in almost every type of community theatre venue and he has stored up enough knowledge, anecdotes, tips, and mishaps to merit a book. In The Community Theatre Handbook, the author offers a truly comprehensive guide to the many details involved in setting up and maintaining a successful community theatre, regardless of size. ISBN 0 325 00441 2

THE COMPLETE FUNDRAISING HANDBOOK. Sam Clarke and Michael Norton (3rd Edition)
This top-selling guide has been substantially revised, expanded and updated. Packed with case studies and advice on how to plan and organise your fundraising, it will help all fundraisers make the most of the wide-ranging fundraising opportunities currently available.

THE COMPLETE STAGE PLANNING KIT — Gill Davies.
This book may become an integral part of every amateur production from now on.
Tear-out pages of charts and checklists
Pre-punched forms, ready for your files
Everything you need to plan a production
Complete with a Free CD of ready-to-use forms and charts
ISBN 0 7136 6585 8

CONTACTS 2005 — Stage, Television, Film and Radio. Published by Spotlight.

CREATE YOUR OWN STAGE PRODUCTIONS. Gill Davies
To make a theatre company work well is partly know-how, partly enthusiasm, partly good organization — and a good deal of hard work. Whether the group is a new one trying to put on its first production, or an existing society that seeks better administration, this book is a must! Every aspect of organization is explained, together with lots of charts, lists and forms. These can all be used as part of your own company’s planning and structure. ISBN 0 7136 5499 6.

DELICIOUS DISSEMBLING — A Complete Guide to Performing Restoration Comedy. Suzanne M. Ramczyk
Restoration comedies of manners are at once bitingly true-to-life and deceptively artificial. Their style, elegance, grace, and wit provide the kind of challenge actors continue to love. Now Suzanne Ramczyk offers both directors and actors the tools they need to perform these popular plays. ISBN 0 325 00375 0

DEVISED AND COLLABORATIVE THEATRE — A Practical Guide. Edited by Tina Bicat and Chris Baldwin. Foreword by Professor Clive Barker
This book offers detailed advice on every aspect of the devising process and valuable insights into the process of making theatre collectively. It is written for all companies, student and professional, who are interested in non-text-based theatre and shines a practical light on the passionate business of the devising process. Based on the rich experience of its authors, it is designed to solve technical problems that occur when starting work without a clear idea of the finished product. ISBN 1 86126 524 7

DICTIONARY OF THEATRE AND DRAMA TERMS — J.P Mobley

DIRECTING AMATEUR THEATRE — A Professional Approach to Staging Plays and Musicals. Geoff Morris Michell
This practical handbook sets out the qualities, skills, and knowledge necessary for those who aspire to stage productions, ranging from youth drama groups to musical societies’ full scale musicals. Step-by-step principles are illustrated throughout.

DIRECTING AMATEUR THEATRE — Helen E. Sharman
This book is a comprehensive guide to successfully directing and managing an amateur show. The author leads the reader through every stage of the director’s role from choosing the right play, running auditions, managing the back stage crew and the rehearsal process, to the week of the show. ISBN 0 7136 6807 5

DIRECTING A PLAY. Michael McCaffery
Comprehensively illustrated with specially commissioned photographs and diagrams, this practical guide shows you how to use available time efficiently, achieve the best results on a budget, stage a performance in conventional or unconventional settings and approach music theatre with confidence.

DIRECTING DRAMA. John Miles-Brown
A comprehensive handbook on the direction of stage plays. Written specifically for drama students, teachers and amateur theatre groups, it will also be valuable for professional directors. The text is complemented by illustrations covering theatre layouts, seating plans and lighting, as well as by excerpts from plays and a revealing series of interviews with successful contemporary directors.

DIRECTING FOR THE STAGE — Polly Irvin
In their own words twelve world-class stage directors share their thoughts, experiences, approaches and insights into one of the world’s complex and intriguing professions. The text is accompanied by photographs from some of their more memorable productions.
Contributors: Eugenio Barba, Anne Bogart, Declan Donellan, William Kentridge, Robert Lepage, Simon McBurney, Yukio Ninagawa, Trevor Nunn, Peter Stein, Habib Tanvir, Julie Taymor, Robert Wilson. ISBN 2 88046 661 X HB

DIRECTING FOR THE STAGE — A Workshop Guide of 42 Creative Training Exercises and Projects. Terry John Converse
A comprehensive guide for instructors and students. Designed for both beginning and advanced courses in Directing for Theatre. Basic concepts of directing are learned progressively. The only directing text that combines theory with "hands-on" participation units.

DIRECTING PLAYS. Don Taylor
The author is concerned to consider the artistic choices which face each director and inform every production. He explores both theory and practice, and gives full voice to current theatre ideologies, including that of concept direction.

DIRECTING POSTMODERN THEATRE. Jon Whitmore
The first book to bridge the gap between theoretical discussions of semiotics and the actual practice of producing theatre. It brings together critical theory and contemporary theatre practice to provide valuable tools for directing in today’s expansive performance world.

THE DIRECTOR AND THE STAGE. G. Braun

A DIRECTOR PREPARES. Seven Essays on Art and Theatre. Anne Bogart
This book is a fascinating and thought-provoking examination of the challenges of making theatre. In it, Anne Bogart speaks candidly and with immense wisdom of the courage required to create "art with great presence". Each chapter tackles one of the seven major areas Bogart has identified as both potential partner and potential obstacle to art-making: Violence, Memory, Terror, Eroticism, Stereotype, Embarrassment and Resistance. ISBN 0 415 23832 3

DIRECTORS IN PERSPECTIVE SERIES.
Each volume focuses on the theory of drama and the contribution made to it by a particular director, as well as considering the practical aspects of that director’s work on the stage, the organization of his acting company, and his relationship to the theatrical and political establishment. Titles available include:
Peter Brook. Albert Hunt and Geoffrey Reeves.
Vsevolod Meyerhold. Robert Leach

THE DIRECTOR’S VISION — Play Directing from Analysis to Production. Louis E. Catron. HB
A dynamic, practical text that focuses easily on the art of interpretation and problem-solving. Catron helps students develop an organized, step-by-step methodology from play analysis through to performance.

THE DIRECTOR’S VOICE — Twenty-one Interviews. Arthur Barlow
Twenty-one leading artists discuss their methods of collaborating with actors, designers, musicians and playwrights, and reveal how their training, early influences, imagination and command of craft influence their production of classic and contemporary plays. These directors represent the extraordinary range of work currently taking place on the American stage.

DON’T JUST APPLAUD — SEND MONEY! Alvin H. Reiss
This book is organised for easy browsing into such subjects as: fundraising events and concepts, niche marketing, selling tickets, outrageous promotions, advertising your work, business support and the tourist trade.

DRAMATIC EVENTS — How to Run a Successful Workshop — Richard Hahlo and Peter Reynolds
Through a series of exercises and examples, this book shows you how to stimulate participants to release their energy, to free their bodies and their voices, to listen, to think, to be creative, to engage in focused exchanges with other people, to take risks and to watch others and learn. Whether you are an experienced or novice workshop leader, working in theatre, teaching or training, in education or business, you will find this book an invaluable source book to read and to use.

ENCORE — Strategies for Theatre Renewal. Judith Strong
During the middle years of this century, Victorian, Edwardian, and Art Deco theatres were seen as relics of the past age. It was only when the majority had been lost that people began to realize just how good these theatres had been. Since then, many have been successfully restored, modernized and brought back into use. This book tells some of their stories. Its purpose is to celebrate what has been achieved and demonstrates how it was done.

ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BUSINESS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. Freakly and Sutton
Addresses the vital business skills that all performing arts students will need. Areas covered include marketing and publicity, producing and presenting the arts, working in theatres and art centres, budgeting and public funding.

ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO STAGE MANAGEMENT, LIGHTING AND SOUND. Scott Palmer
This guide is an indispensable introduction to the professional theatre production process. Each area is explained in terms of essential technical and equipment knowledge, as well as roles and responsibilities within the theatre team.

ESSENTIALS OF STAGE MANAGEMENT. Peter Maccoy
In this essential guide, Peter Maccoy examines the qualities and skills necessary for effective management, stressing the importance of understanding both the creative and the technical processes involved in theatre. From negotiating contracts through to rehearsals, performance and post-production, Essentials of Stage Management is packed with invaluable advice on every aspect of the job and every type of theatre. ISBN 0 7136 6528 9

AN EVENT IN SPACE — JO ANNE AKALAITIS IN REHEARSAL. Deborah Saivetz
This book invites us to observe Akalaitis, her actors, and her design team during rehearsal and performance. We gain insight into the director’s unique vision of theatre and the specific exercises and techniques by which the vision is realized. Focusing on the interaction between acting and design, An Event in Space explores Akalaitis’s work as a founding member of Mabou Mines, as Artistic Director of the New York Shakespeare Festival, and as a director in regional theatre. ISBN 1 57525 239 2

FIGHT DIRECTION FOR STAGE AND SCREEN. William Hobbs
William Hobbs has now revised his classic Techniques of the Stage Fight to incorporate his extensive experience and increased expertise in this field. He offers guidelines for the preparation of fight scenes in all forms of media, with special focus given to the stage and with screen combat discussed separately.

FROM OPTION TO OPENING. A Guide to Producing Plays Off – Broadway. Donald C Farber
This book is for anyone who wants or needs to understand the process of producing Off-Broadway plays from start to finish. The reader will find detailed information on how to negotiate, raise money, option a property, obtain a theatre, hire actors and other personnel,
form partnerships and co-production agreements, decide when to run the show, and much more. Especially useful are the updated and expanded appendixes, including budgets and examples of today’s commonly used legal forms and contracts. ISBN 0-87910-318-3

FROM PAGE TO STAGE -— How Theatre Designers Make Connections Between Scripts and Images. Rosemary Ingham
The author offers practical advice for reading and understanding playscripts, and a clear, detailed method for identifying, collecting, and organizing script facts. Highly illustrated.

GREAT DIRECTORS AT WORK. Jones

THE GUERILLA GUIDE TO PERFORMANCE ART — How To Make A Living as an Artist. Leslie Hill & Helen Paris
This unparalleled collection of professional and artistic experience provides the definitive guide to making a living as an artist. It includes tips and tactics; getting funding; production issues; business and legal issues; publicity and documentation. ISBN 0 8264 7398 9

HEALTH AND SAFETY ASPECTS IN THE LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY — Chris Kemp and Iain Hill. Entertainment Technology Press
Taking advantage of the latest printing technology, Entertainment Technology Press is in the process of establishing a wide range of highly specific technical and reference books for the industry that will be kept up-to-date by virtue of a continuing collaboration between author and publisher. ISBN 1 904031 22 6

HOW THEATRE MANAGERS MANAGE — Tess Collins
This how-to guide covers a wide variety of topics, including budgeting theatre costs, gross potentials and ticket prices, show contracts, settlements and emergency and security procedures. Interviews with theatre managers reveal how to devise creative solutions when resources are inadequate or nonexistent! ISBN 0 8108 4683 7

HOW TO RUN A THEATER — A Witty, Practical and Fun Guide to Arts Management. Jim Volz.
This is a unique, dynamic, and savvy guide to building an arts institution that works. It’s the first arts administration/ theatre management book written by someone who has a major American theatre, consulted with theatres, museums, dance companies and arts centres, and headed both BFA and MFA theatre programs at major universities. ISBN 0 8230 8313 6

HOW TO STAGE A PLAY, MAKE A FORTUNE, WIN A TONY, AND BECOME A THEATRICAL ICON. Charles Marovitz.
Based on the author’s personal experiences, this concise handbook follows a director’s journey from the casting process to opening night, revealing the hidden or unspoken aspects of play and stage production that are rarely if ever, described in theatre manuals and text books. Veteran director Charles Marowitz discusses topics such as rehearsals, characterisation, tempo-rhythm, dramaturgy and actor-audience psychology, demystifying an art form that is often only dealt with only in terms of concepts and ideology rather than the mundane, nitty-gritty nuts-and-bolts requirements of just "getting the show on the road." ISBN 0 87910 322 1

THE IMPRESARIOS. James Inverne
In this unique collection of interviews, author and critic James Inverne explores the perilous working lives of some of today’s key producers of theatre, opera and dance — dictators, eccentrics and visionaries who literally get the show on the road. Illustrated. ISBN 1 84002 135 7

IN CONTACT WITH THE GODS? — Delgado and Heritage

LETTERS TO GEORGE — The Account of a Rehearsal. Max Stafford-Clark
Each night after rehearsal for George Farquhar’s Restoration comedy, The Recruiting Officer Stafford-Clark would return home and write to Farquhar reporting on the days work. In these Letters to George, the man from 1988 instructs the man from 1706 on the changes in taste, theatrical fashion and social behaviour which have overtaken the play.

MANAGEMENT AND THE ARTS. Second Edition. William J. Byrnes.
This provides the prospective arts manager with theory and practical applications from all management perspectives: planning, marketing, finance, economics, organizational design, staffing, and group dynamics — as they apply to an arts organization, regardless of whether it is a theatre, museum, or dance or opera company. ISBN 0 240 80537 2

MEDIA LAW FOR PRODUCERS — Philip H. Miller
Media Law for Producers is a comprehensive handbook that explains, in lay terms, the myriad of legal issues that producers face on a regular basis: production contracts, permits, permissions and clearances, releases, insurance, libel and privacy concerns, working with guilds, royalties and residuals, as well as protecting the finished production through copyright and trademark registration. ISBN 0 240 80478 3

THE METHUEN AMATEUR THEATRE HANDBOOK — The Essential Handbook for Anyone involved in amateur dramatics. Keith Arrowsmith.
The author leads the reader through the potential pitfalls of putting on a performance, from choosing a show, through auditioning, rehearsing and all aspects of stage-management, to first night. There are sections on budgeting, fund-raising, group organisation and management, legal rights and obligations, health and safety, copyright law, venues and front-of-house, plus a comprehensive reference section. ISBN 0 413 75570 3

MIS-DIRECTING THE PLAY. Terry McCabe.
An accomplished stage director and teacher of theatre arts, McCabe attacks what he calls the growing decadence that plagues contemporary stage directing. He argues for a radical reorganization of the director’s view of his role. It has become an article of faith in the theatre, Mr McCabe observes, that a play is about what the director chooses to have it be about. But what right does a director have to treat a play as a found object, to be reshaped to express the director’s concerns? None whatsoever, McCabe replies. He examines work by different directors by way of offering a substantial critique of today’s leading theory of stage directing, and he suggests an alternative approach. ISBN 1 56663 353 2

NOTES ON DIRECTING — Frank Hauser and Russell Reich
In 1987, British Director Frank Hauser quietly handed twelve pages of type-written notes to his apprentice, American Russell Reich. The notes — gathered over a long career and polished to sharp edge — documented the teachings and directions that Hauser shared privately with a host of theatrical and cinematic figures, including Sir Alec Guinness, Richard Burton and Dame Judi Dench, and many more who called Hauser their director, mentor, teacher, or boss. Now, the former student has expanded and enhanced his mentor’s notes into a book-length format suitable for anyone searching for the timeless gems of the director’s craft. ISBN 0 9724255 0 HB

THE OBERON GLOSSARY OF THEATRICAL TERMS — Theatre Jargon Explained. Colin Winslow
Theatre has its jargon like any other profession. Here it is all explained to the uninitiated.

ON DIRECTING. Harold Clurman
We are taken logically from the choice of play, right through every aspect of its production to performances and beyond. Harold Clurman describes the pleasure and perils of working with such celebrated playwrights and actors as Arthur Miller, Lillian Hellman, Marlon Brando, and Julie Harris, and presents his own directing notes for ten of his best-known productions.

PANTOMIME — A Practical Guide — Tina Bicat with Ruth Staines and Colin Winslow. Foreword by Graeme Garden
This book is for the hundreds of people who find themselves involved in putting a pantomime on stage, and most particularly for those working on limited budgets in smaller venues.
Solve the particular problems of directing and choreographing pantomime.
Understand the tricks of set and costume and transformations.
Control the chaos backstage.
Solve the dilemmas of pantomime props.
Learn the secrets of pantomime magic.
Create a spectacular effect with unspectacular resources.
ISBN 1 86126 692 8

PLAY DIRECTING — Analysis, Communication, and Style. Francis Hodge and Michael McLain
Play Directing, Sixth Edition describes the various roles a director plays, from selection and analysis of the play to working with actors and designers to bring it to life. The authors emphasize that the role of the director is not as a dictator, but as a leader of artists working in collaboration who looks to the director for ideas that will give the impetus to their fullest most creative expressions. ISBN 0 205 41923 2

PLAYING DIRECTOR — A Handbook for Beginners. Rick DesRochers
In this book, veteran American director Rick DesRochers offers calm, useful advice on: selecting the appropriate play, analysing a script for dramatic development, breaking down a script for rehearsal and scheduling rehearsals.

THE PERFECT STAGE CREW — The Complete Technical Guide for High school, College, and Community Theatre. John Kaluta
A must-have book for anyone producing a stage show without a Broadway-sized budget. It shows you how you can pull off a stunning production in less than forty days — even if you are lacking resources. It provides solutions to the most common and complex stage and crew problems. ISBN 158115 315 5

THE PERFORMER’S GUIDE TO THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
Sheila Kerrigan
This is for anyone who wants to work with a group and invent a performance: dance, drama and mime students and teachers; amateur and professional performers, directors, choreographers and playwrights. Creating a work of performance and managing the group that creates it: these are the principle themes of this timely work.
ISBN 0 325 00311

THE POWER OF ONE — The Solo Play for Playwrights, Actors, and Directors. Louise E. Catron
In this book the author demonstrates techniques of writing, acting, and directing that encourage the reader to create a personal theatrical experience. Among the special qualities in this book are: discussions and illustrations of the actor/playwright conundrum; tips for solo play actors, directors, and playwrights, numerous examples of solo play scripts. ISBN 0 325 00153 7

THE PR BIBLE FOR COMMUNITY THEATRES. Chris Mackowski
This offers a nuts-and-bolts approach to public relations and marketing with a focus on the unique challenge faced by community theatres or any community-based arts group. A highly effective and entertaining guide written by a man with a wealth of experience in the field. ISBN 0 325 00440 4

PRODUCING MUSICALS — A Practical Guide. John Gardyne
Producing Musicals is a step-by-step guide through the entire process of producing a show for the stage, from the earliest planning to the last performance. The principles and procedures described can be applied to shows of any size and complexity, professional or amateur, from one-off cabaret entertainments to large-scale multi-media extravaganzas. It is an invaluable and entertaining companion for first-time and experienced producers, directors and designers. ISBN 1 86126 627 8

PRODUCING YOUR OWN SHOWCASE. Paul Harris
This is the ultimate empowerment tool for actors, directors, and playwrights who want to take the initiative, control their own destinies, and create their own work. Here is the comprehensive handbook for new, or nearly new, producers, revealing how to envisage, plan organize, and mount a theatrical run. With advice from seasoned veterans from all areas of the profession and extensive resource sections, this unique guide will help self-producers. ISBN 1 58115 088 1

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. Entertainment Technology Press. Joe Aveline. ISBN 1 904031 10 2

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT — Making Shows Happen. — A Practical Guide. Peter Dean
Production Management takes you through the process of making shows happen from the point of view of production manager — the person responsible for everything on stage that is not an actor. Invaluable reading for everyone involved in theatre.
ISBN 1 86126 451 8

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RE:DIRECTION — A Theoretical and Practical Guide. Ed. by Rebecca Schneider and Grabrielle Cody.
This is an extraordinary resource for practitioners and students of directing. It provides a collection of ground-breaking interviews, primary sources and essays on twentieth-century directing theories and practices around the world. ISBN 0 415 21391 6

THE REHEARSAL HANDBOOK FOR ACTORS AND DIRECTORS — A Practical Guide. John Perry
This is for all actors, directors and theatre makers who want to make the most of their rehearsal time. By their very nature, rehearsals take place in private, which means that the most effective and innovative ideas are often not shared. This book brings the best practice into the open by exploring the art of rehearsal, suggesting new approaches and explaining how actors and directors can work together and separately to achieve the best results. ISBN 1 86126 443 7

RUNNING THEATRES — Best Practices for Leaders and Mangers. Duncan M. Webb
This book distills the wisdom and expertise of more than fifty theatre managers, staff, and volunteer leaders into crucial insights and strategies on all aspects of running a regional, historic, campus, or community-based performing arts centre. ISBN 1 58115 393 7

SEASONED THEATRE — A Guide to Creating and Maintaining a Senior Adult Theatre. Martha Haarbauer
A practical guide to all aspects of establishing and maintaining a theatre for senior citizens. Organization; recruiting; choosing appropriate material; technical and funding considerations — all these matters, and more, are covered by this extensive work. ISBN 0 325 00178 2

A SENSE OF DIRECTION — Some Observations on the Art of Directing. William Ball
Theatregoers will find this an informative, insightful, and often astonishingly clear look at the people and process behind the wonderful and magical phenomenon we call theatre.

SMALL STAGE SETS ON TOUR. James Hull Miller

SO YOU WANT TO BE A THEATRE DIRECTOR? — Stephen Unwin
Starting at the very beginning, Unwin takes us step-by-step through choosing the play, casting, design, rehearsals, including: establishing facts, improvisations, language, character, blocking and using specialists, running the play, putting it on stage and opening night. ISBN 1 85459 779 5

SPOTLIGHT PRESENTERS 2004 — ISBN 0 9539210 3 4

STAGING EVENTS — A Practical Guide. Carolyn Soutar
Whether a sales conference, a village or a school fashion show, events of all shapes and sizes must be meticulously organised to be a success. This book guides you through the process, from the beginning of pitching for a job through to learning from the debrief. Drawing on her wide experiences, the author explains the tricks and tools of staging an event to make sure that everything is ready on time and that it is both enjoyable and a financial success. ISBN 1 86126 727 4

STAGE DIRECTIONS — Edited by Stephen Peithman and Neil Offen

Guide to Directing
Every director, from the beginner to the most experienced will find this book invaluable information to make their direction more effective. Following a general overview of the director’s role, the book focuses on how the director shapes and guides a production—from preproduction meetings to curtain calls.

Guide to Getting and Keeping Your Audience
Today, theatre competes with many forms of entertainment for people's leisure time. So how does a theatre attract and maintain the audience it needs? This book has all the answers, offering advice from experts involved in community, regional, and academic theatre.

Guide to Publicity
This book has the answers to the timeless question of how to get the word out about a new show. From photo calls to new releases, from guerrilla marketing to subscriber communications, this book has advice to cover all needs.

Guide to Working Back Stage
The full realization of the work of directors, actors, and designers depends on a well-run back stage. From move-in to set-up, to running the show, to striking the set, backstage workers handle a wide range of vital tasks. With this in mind, this book shows you how to create a truly supportive and collaborative and supportive effort. ISBN 0 325 00244 4

STAGE MANAGEMENT— The Essential Handbook. Gail Pallin
The Author, lecturer in Stage Management at Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, brings both her professional theatre experience and her teaching skills to bear in this comprehensive guide to what is, in essence, a craft. Including: detailed analysis of the production process; team dynamics and staff roles in a typical producing theatre: advice on the lay-out of a prompt copy, cueing, and setting up props and furniture; introduction to management techniques and communication and interpersonal skills; health and safety, and career opportunities.

STAGE MANAGEMENT AND THEATRE ADMINISTRATION. Pauline Manear and Terry Hawkins
Comprehensively illustrated with original photographs and diagrams, this practical guide describes how to co-ordinate rehearsal and production schedules, draw up a budget and control production cost, stage a performance, market and promote a production, and work as part of a team.

STAGE MANAGEMENT AND THEATRECRAFT — A Stage Manager’s Handbook. H. Baker
This book is of great value to the professional, student and to the enthusiastic amateur. It deals comprehensively with the development of a stage production and with present day practice, marking scripts, conduct of rehearsals, stage staff, the stage itself, first nights and the running of the play.

STAGE MANAGEMENT — A Practical Guide. Soozie Copley and Philippa Killner. Foreword by Cameron Mackintosh.
Stage Management is a practical guide to all aspects of this exciting and pivotal job in the theatre, from first receiving a copy of the script, through receiving a copy of the script, through the rehearsal process and production period to putting the show away after the final performance. Written for the amateur, student and practitioner, it gives tips and tricks learnt and used by two leading professionals. ISBN 1 86126 453 4

STAGE MANAGING AND THEATRE ETIQUETTE — A Basic Guide. Linda Apperson.
This book is a treasure trove of sound advice, it clearly and concisely leads the reader through the procedures and responsibilities of stage-management, from auditions to closing night. ISBN 1 56663 201 3

STAGE MANAGER — The Professional Experience. Larry Fazio
This book is a journey into the world of today’s professional stage manager. It takes the reader through all aspects of the craft of stage management, including the laptop computer and other advancements that have become part of the stage manager's job. This book offers extensive discussions on what makes a good stage manager, creating a resume, interviewing for the job, and getting the job (or not getting the job). Chapters are laid out to reflect the order in which stage managers experience and perform their work. Chain of command, tools and supplies, creating charts, plots, plans, and lists, the rehearsal period, creating the prompt book, calling the cues, and the run of the show are just a few of the many topics covered in this book. ISBN 0 240 8053 72

STAGE RIGGING HANDBOOK. Jay O. Glerum
Because there has been no handbook for the safe use and care of stage rigging, knowledge of the craft has been passed on by word of mouth. Some of this information has been misleading, some even false. Glerum corrects many of the misconceptions that have infiltrated the oral tradition, proving sound and safe techniques for doing stage rigging and in the process producing a scholarly work, that is also a much needed reference.

STAGES FOR TOMORROW. Francis Reid
A unique insight into some of the key developments of live performance technology this century. The book covers every aspect of staging a live performance. The technology of staging styles is covered, with ongoing engineering solutions for scenery, light and sound.

STAGING A PANTOMIME. Gill Davies
This book covers every aspect of how to create a pantomime, from choosing or writing a script, to the last performance.

THE STAGING HANDBOOK. Francis Reid. Third edition
This book will help everyone involved in preparing a performance for the theatre to understand the processes involved in integrating the actors, singers and dancers with the technical environment of the stage and so avoid many of the problems that inevitably occur. ISBN 0 7136 5829 0

STAGING YOUTH THEATRE — A Practical Guide. Rex Doyle. Foreword by Alan Rickman
This is a practical and accessible guide to starting or running a theatre for young people. Taking you from the initial idea to form a company, through the tense days of rehearsal, to the final performance of the first production, the book covers all aspects of youth theatre management, production and direction. Throughout, the importance of encouraging communication and positive exchange within the company is emphasized, and there are
suggestions for ways to stimulate the players’ imagination and to retain the interest and commitment of everyone involved. Written for all those involved in youth theatre, the book will prove to be both a useful manual and a rich source of inspiration. ISBN 1 86126 604 9

SYSTEMS OF REHEARSAL — Stanislavsky, Brecht, Grotowski and Brook. Shomit Mitter
This is the first systematic appraisal of theatre workshop techniques which successfully bridges the gap between theory and practice. A product of both academic training and practical experience, the book elucidates the three principal paradigms in which most theatre work is conducted today — those developed by Stanislavsky, Brecht and Grotowski.

THEATER FESTIVALS — Best Worldwide Venues for New Works. Lisa Mulcahy
Whether you are a playwright, director, actor, or student, this unique guide to the growing festivals scene shows you how to showcase original work all over the world. It provides comprehensive descriptions of festivals’ missions, application processes, performance venues, and technical requirements. ISBN 1 58115 402 X

THEATRE SOURCES DOT COM. A Complete Guide to Online Theatre and Dance Resources Louis E. Catron
Louis Catron has carefully combed the Web to locate the most helpful websites for theatre and dance materials, from playwriting and dramaturgy to scenery and sound.
ISBN 0 325 00382 3

THEATRICAL SPACE — a Guide for Directors and Designers. William Faricy Condee
The author teaches theatre professionals to work creatively within even the most restrictive theatrical space and transform it into an asset rather than an obstacle. Condee has interviewed hundreds of prominent American and British directors, designers, and actors, and provides photographs and ground plans of major American theatres. Each chapter tackles a different set of problems, offering thoughtful solutions to common obstacles. Theatrical Space is not only a useful textbook for students of theatre but also a valuable resource for all directors and designers, both young and experienced. ISBN 0 8108 4211 4

THINKING LIKE A DIRECTOR — A Practical Handbook. Michael Bloom
Based on twenty years of directing and teaching experience, Thinking Like a Director is a practical handbook that aims to convey the experience of directing and the theatrical mindset that successful directors possess. ISBN 0 571 21456 8

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