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Theatre of the Oppressed in Actions

2013-05-16T14:26:44Q

An Audio-Visual Introduction to Boal’s Forum Theatre
Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal’s ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ movement went global many years ago – it is now practiced all over the world by a wide range of different groups from political activists and practitioners of political (or ‘applied’) theatre to students at all levels. This major new DVD contains carefully curated footage from his many documented workshops, masterclasses and lectures.
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Learning Through Theatre, 3rd Edition

2013-05-16T14:18:17Q

In the two decades since the publication of the second edition of Learning Through Theatre, it has further established itself as an indispensable resource for scholars, practitioners and educators interested in the complex interrelations between teaching and learning, the performing arts, and society at large. Theatre in Education (TIE) has consistently been at the cutting edge of the ever-growing field of Applied Theatre; this comprehensively revised new edition makes an international case for why, and how, it will continue to define how the participatory arts contribute to the learning of young people (and increasingly, adults) in the 21st century.

New Research Titles from Routledge

2013-05-14T14:42:55Q

We have four new theatre and performance research titles to recommend this month. If you are interested in translation, live art, dance or adaptation studies read on to find out more...

Recently Reissued: The Pleasures of the Imagination

2013-04-18T18:58:53Q

Widely praised on first release, John Brewer's The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century has recently been reissued by Routledge. From the garrets of Grub Street to the stages of Covent Garden, the book charts the growth of a literary and artistic world fostered by publishers, theatrical and musical impresarios, picture dealers and auctioneers, and presented to the public in coffee-houses, concert halls, libraries, theatres and pleasure gardens.

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Celebrate Stanislavski’s 150th Anniversary with Routledge

2013-04-18T10:06:03Q

Konstantin Stavislavski's impact on the world of acting and beyond can still be powerfully felt today, as is evident by the range of work still published on his 'system' of acting. Here we pay tribute to a great innovator by honouring the 150th Anniversary of his birth. Below you will find a range of titles that feature his life's work and provide inspiration for future generations of actors, students, academics and all those with a passion for theatre.

We are offering a 20% discount on Stanislavski titles from Routledge. Just add the discount STA13 to your basket. End date 31/5/2013

Drama Now Conference

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11-12 April 2013, London

London Drama's non-residential two day Workshop-Conference: Drama Now! ~ and the Way Ahead 2013 takes place at Goldsmiths College, New Cross in partnership with Goldsmiths Centre for Arts and Learning (CAL).

Critical Live Art

2013-04-10T07:57:13Q

Live Art is a contested category, not least because of the historical, disciplinary and institutional ambiguities that the term often tends to conceal. Live Art can be usefully defined as a peculiarly British variation on particular legacies of cultural experimentation – a historically and culturally contingent translation of categories including body art, performance art, time-based art, and endurance art. The recent social and cultural history of the UK has involved specific factors that have crucially influenced the development of Live Art since the late 1970s. These have included issues in national cultural politics relating to sexuality, gender, disability, technology, and cultural policy.

The Contemporary Ensemble

2013-04-10T07:17:41Q

‘Dr. Radosavljevic has an excellent and extensive grasp of her subject, and deep understanding of not only the history of these groups, but how they function, and how each contributes to the field of ensemble theatre.’ – David Crespy, University of Missouri, USA

Questions of ensemble – what it is, how it works – are both inherent to a variety of Western theatre traditions, and re-emerging and evolving in striking new ways in the twenty-first century. The Contemporary Ensemble draws together an unprecedented range of original interviews with world-renowned theatre-makers in order to directly address both the former and latter concerns.

Stanislavski Centre/Routledge Annual Lecture 2013

2013-04-09T10:17:57Q

Monday 8th April, 2pm

As part of Rose Bruford College’s Symposium 2013 'Asking the Question, Questioning the Answer', The Stanislavski Centre presents The Stanislavski Centre/Routledge Annual lecture with Professor Phillip Zarrilli: The actor’s work on attention, awareness, imagination and ‘self’: toward a phenomenological account of acting process.

Enter The Prop Building Guidebook Contest

2013-03-22T10:40:27Q

Theatre and film frequently require replicas of three-dimensional objects built for actors to use.

We are hosting a contest to celebrate the skill of prop builders everywhere and the release of Eric Hart's new book, The Prop Building Guidebook: For Theatre, Film, and TV!

Enter the contest to win a prize worth $500!

Preserving Dance Across Time and Space - Now Available

2013-02-28T15:33:20Q

Dance is the art least susceptible to preservation since its embodied, kinaesthetic nature has proven difficult to capture in notation and even in still or moving images. However, frameworks have been established and guidance made available for keeping dances, performances, and choreographers’ legacies alive so that the dancers of today and tomorrow can experience and learn from the dances and dancers of the past.

Theatre Translation in Performance - Now Available

2013-02-28T15:20:47Q

The current debate has shown a growing tendency to downplay and challenge the notion of translational accuracy in favor of a recreational and post-dramatic attitude, underlying the role of the director and playwright instead. This book discusses the delicate balance between translating and directing from an intercultural, semiotic, aesthetic, and interlingual perspective, taking a critical stance on approaches that belittle translation for the theatre or equate it to an editorial practice focused on literality.

Programming Theater History - Now Available

2013-02-28T14:17:46Q

Herbert Blau founded, with Jules Irving, the legendary Actor's Workshop of San Francisco, in 1952, starting with ten people in a loft above a judo academy. Over the course of the next 13 years and its hundred or so productions, it introduced American audiences to plays by Brecht, Beckett, Pinter, Genet, Arden, Fornes, and various unknown others.

‘One of the great stories of the American theater…, the Workshop not only built an international reputation with its daring choice of plays and nontraditional productions, it also helped launch a movement of regional, or resident, companies that would change forever how Americans thought about and consumed theater.’ – Elin Diamond, from the Introduction

Acting Power: The 21st Century Edition

2013-02-28T14:03:00Q

‘Robert Cohen’s book, Acting Power, follows the tradition of his other book, Acting One, and has been the veritable bible for acting teachers for the last quarter century.’
– David Krasner, Emerson College

The first edition of Acting Power was a groundbreaking work of acting theory which applied sociological and psychological principles to actor training. The book went on to influence a generation of theatre and performance studies students and academics, and was translated into five languages.

The Casting Handbook

2013-02-13T15:25:24Q

Casting is a crucial creative element of any production - and yet the craft and skills needed to put together a successful and exciting cast are often overlooked. The Casting Handbook explains the casting process from beginning to end and covers everything producers and directors needs to know – as well as proving a fascinating and illuminating read for actors.