A guide to effective stage lighting techniques Learn More

Written by a team of distinguished authors and illustrated throughout, this is an essential source of reference for students, teachers, theatre professionals, and the theatre-goer alike. Learn More

In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays were performed. Learn More

A uniquely valuable introduction to the life, principles, and practices of fourteen of the most important figures in twentieth century actor training. Learn More

This book is the first in a projected series offering a wealth of drama games for people of all ages and abilities. Their aim is to ensure that the drama leader never runs out of fresh ideas. A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, packed with 101 lively drama games for use in any classroom or workshop setting. Learn More

The basics of pantomime, improvisation, voice control, monologues and dialogues presented in game formats with exercises and work sheets. Learn More

Taking the teacher step-by-step, session-by-session through a series of greade improvisation excercises, this book also contains a unique set of 96 Improvisation Cards. Drawn at random, the Cards determine Character (Bossy Person, Compulsive Liar, Hypochondriac etc) and Scenario (Job Interview, Blind Date etc). The endless combinations ensure that the teacher need never run dry!

John Abbott was an actor before turning to teaching. He is Head of Academic Studies at the ArtsEducational School of Acting in west London. Learn More

In his most famous book, An Actor Prepares, Stanislavski dealt with the imaginative processes. In the second book, Building a Character, he deals with the physical realisation of character on the stage, expressions, movement and speech etc. Learn More

"Speaking is part of a whole: an expression of inner life." Cicely Berry has based her work on the conviction that while all is present in nature our natural instincts have been crippled from birth by many processes––by the conditioning, in fact, of a warped society. Learn More