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A biting comedy set in the hidden world of the voice-over artist. Digby is agonising over his Desert Island Discs selection, while Greg can't take the pressure of being down to the last two for a new regular on EastEnders. Mel is refusing to speak to her ex, while Paddy is pretending to be a banker. They have shared their Soho pad through the highs and lows of their acting careers, but when Digby introduces a charismatic young actor into the group, things start to change. With their livelihoods about to be stolen by computers and a strike on the cards, there's suddenly plenty to shout about. Jonathan Lewis and Miranda Foster's play All Mouth was first staged at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London, in 2007.
“One of the most joyous and clear-eyed approaches to playing a character that I have ever read...I was already in awe of his performance; now I’m in awe of his humanity and attention to detail, and willingness to share the hard work and magic that goes into it.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda, from his Foreword Hamilton and Me is a unique, behind-the-scenes account of preparing for, rehearsing and performing in one of the most important cultural phenomena of our time. When Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking musical Hamilton opened in London’s West End in December 2017, it was as huge a hit as it had been in its original production off and on Broadway. Lauded by critics and audiences alike,...
My First Play is a unique collection of pieces by playwrights, actors and theatre directors - all of them regular Nick Hern Books authors - in response to the simplest of briefs: write about your first play. Candid, hilarious, and often sharply revealing, the resulting pieces - many of them written in the hurly-burly of work on a new production - combine to prove the power of theatre to entrance us, and hold us captive in its spell.
A study of a mother-daughter relationship inspired by the real life of psychoanalyst Melanie Klein. 'Mrs Klein' was a breakthrough success for Nicholas Wright and the first of his plays to premiere at the National Theatre in London, who would go on to produce several of his plays.
Sir Peter Hall is one of the best-known names in British theatre. This book provides a controversial distillation of Hall's current thinking about the theatre in which he has lived his whole life.
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Young soldier Grace, following a medical discharge from the army, faces a daunting return to the UK. She struggles to find her place, her people. Patriotism, nativism and modern Britain collide in Nessah Muthy's devastating exploration of the UK today.
Intended for producers at student or amateur level. The first how-to book of its kind on the subject of producing.
Improvisation is recognized as a key ingredient in drama teaching.
A guide that is the result of thirty years of study and experience of the Method.