{"product_id":"9781780011936","title":"Getting Directions: A Fly-on-the-Wall Guide for Emerging Theatre Directors","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe theatre rehearsal room is a sacred place. What goes on there is mysterious, alchemical and closely guarded. So how are aspiring theatre directors supposed to learn their craft?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGetting Directions\u003c\/i\u003e, Russ Hope gives us the benefit of unprecedented, fly-on-the-wall access to eight rehearsal rooms. He has shadowed some of the UK's most exciting young directors at each step of the way, on productions as diverse as Shakespeare at the Globe, Greek tragedy at the Gate, Tennessee Williams at the Young Vic, panto at the Lyric Hammersmith, and a touring Dickens dramatisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescribing each of these rehearsal periods from first concept to first night in revealing and often remarkable detail, Hope gets under the skin of the professional director, and reveals the decisions they must make on a daily basis: How best to arrive at a concept and communicate this to a design team? Which games and exercises really help to unlock the text for actors? And what should you do if everything is falling apart during the tech?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGetting Directions\u003c\/i\u003e will equip emerging directors with a practical handbook, not bogged down with theories or precepts, that lifts the lid on what it means to be a director. The result is both a portrait and a masterclass from a generation of theatre practitioners, essential reading for anyone who wants to follow in their footsteps, or to understand what directing really entails.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTERS:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eMatthew Dunster, \u003ci\u003eTroilus and Cressida\u003c\/i\u003e by William Shakespeare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSteve Marmion, \u003ci\u003eDick Whittington and his Cat\u003c\/i\u003e by Joel Horwood, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Steve Marmion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNatalie Abrahami, \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e by William Shakespeare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNikolai Foster, \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e by Tanika Gupta after Charles Dickens\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCarrie Cracknell, \u003ci\u003eElectra\u003c\/i\u003e by Nick Payne after Sophocles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJoe Hill-Gibbins, \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e by Tennessee Williams\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOperaUpClose, \u003ci\u003eDon Giovanni\u003c\/i\u003e by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAction Hero, \u003ci\u003eFrontman\u003c\/i\u003e by Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An incisive kaleidoscope of rehearsal-room practice which is a useful tool for directors to borrow from and a fascinating insight for the curious.' Dominic Cooke, from his Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A useful weapon in the armoury of any aspiring director and of great interest to anyone who would like to know more about what goes on in the rehearsal rooms in the modern theatre' \u003ci\u003eBritish Theatre Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hern, Nick Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161527206128,"sku":"9781780011936","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780011936_p0.jpg?v=1769890769","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780011936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}