The Essential Guide to Making Theatre

This is a source-book for all students on post-16 drama courses. With its emphasis on performance in practice, it is especially suitable for vocational performing arts courses. The text offers illustrated advice, tips and instructions on areas such as devising street theatre, designing a lighting plan, and making masks. In addition, a wide range of plays are used for text analysis and discussion, providing all the theoretical background needed. Topics covered include devising and acting techniques, history and development of the theatre, production and directing techniques and finding work in the theatre.