Contains information on computer aided drafting and visualization programs, moving luminaires, digital luminaires and media servers, LED luminaires, Protocol devices and more.

A step-by-step guide to directing for the stage. It provides assistance with various aspects of the varied challenges facing all theatre directors. It addresses topics such as: the ideas that underpin a play's text; preparing improvisations; twelve Golden Rules for working with actors; and, analysing your work after a run has ended.

The Wing has produced the Working in the Theatre seminars, a series that features the greatest names in theatre. Spanning the range of these seminars, this title provides the information, anecdotes, heartaches, and triumphs. It enables the reader to learn what a career in the theatre is really about, from inspiration to a Tony or Pulitzer Prize.

This is the classic and best selling book by the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, Augusto Boal, including new discussions, a new introduction and a collection of images.

A guide to stage lighting. It features the step-by-step technical tools for getting the job done along with real-life examples of projects from start to finish. It covers deduction of the research, production meetings, and personal choices that result in evolution of the core lighting design documents. It includes over 60 topics and forums.

This is a guide for anyone faced with the opportunity to design costumes for stage. It explains the role of the costume designer from understanding the script to realizing ideas on paper and in fabric.

UK Design for Performance 2003-2007.

This text provides step-by-step guidelines for achieving a wide variety of grotesque and outlandish effects, including bullet holes, body fluids and burns. In addition, there is a chapter on specialised character make-up, ranging from Dracula to the Terminator.

This title takes you through the process of making shows happen from the viewpoint of the production manager, the person responsible for everything on stage that is not an actor. It describes different types of productions, the role, the working life of backstage teams and theatre administration.

Assuming no previous knowledge, the author guides the reader through the various aspects involved. The text is accompanied by practical exercises to encourage exploring and trying out the concepts discussed. The emphasis is on the practical, and each exercise is followed by an analysis of expected results, lessons learnt and conclusions drawn.

Making Stage Props is a title for anyone involved in prop-making who wishes to explore the wealth of materials and techniques open to them.

An introduction to the professional theatre production process, concentrating on lighting and sound and stage management. The book explains each area in terms of roles and responsibilities within the team, essential technical and equipment knowledge, and the contribution to production and design.

Helps us learn: What a career in the theatre is really about, from inspiration to a Tony or Pulitzer Prize; How actors prepare? What actors have found to be the best techniques? How writers get their work staged? How playwrights and cast interact with the director?

Model Making for the Stage explains the practical techniques that will promote accurate scale model making for the theatre.

One garment can take on many totally different looks depending on how you accessorise it. This illustrated book explains the costuming process that the author has learned, about how anyone can turn leftover clothing into fabulous costumes at a minimum expense.

This title offers a practical guide to all aspects of this exciting and pivotal job in the theatre, from first receiving the script, through the rehearsal process and production period to putting the show away after the final performance.