Directing Young People in Theatre: A Guide to Staging Plays with Young Casts

ISBN-13: 9781137340481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 164 str.

Samantha Lane

Opis

This book guides readers in taking a play from page to stage with young people. Advice from professional theatre directors, including Richard Eyre and Indu Rubasingham is combined with practical games and exercises to help both experienced and first-time directors create a play with young actors.

Spis treści

Foreword by Michael Attenborough CBE  Introduction  Choosing a play  Before Rehearsals Begin  Stage 1: Create the World of the Play  Stage 2: Get to Know the Text  Stage 3: Getting the Play on its Feet  Stage 4: Edit, Bring it Together and Polish  Stage 5: Run it, Tech it, Dress it  Devising Theatre  What Now?  Glossary of Terms  Further Reading.

O autorze

Samantha Lane is Artistic Director / Producer at Little Angel Theatre, UK. She is also an Education Associate for the Michael Grandage Company, UK. Samantha worked as Director of Projects at the Almeida Theatre, UK, for 8 years, where she was Course Director for the Almeida's Facilitation pathway of the PG Certificate in Applied Theatre with Young People at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK. Samantha is a director and drama practitioner with a particular interest in work for, with and by young people.