Acting Techniques

Stardom Happens is a guide for parents and their children to navigating the intricacies of the entertainment business. It helps parents get their c...

Somewhere in America an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough they'll claw t...

A lapsed academic haunted by her past, and by an ambiguous angel, in the backwoods of the American South; a Midwestern widower dreams of returning ...

A comprehensive training course in screen acting by an internationally renowned teacher and acting coach who has worked with actors of all backgrou...

A dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book in the Nick Hern Books Drama Games series, this title is for teachers and workshop leaders workin...

Packed with insights from a lifetime of directing theatre, Words into Action is a fascinating read and a vital masterclass for actors and directors...

The essential guide to getting into drama school. Packed with sound advice and essential information for young people who want to train as actors ...

The Student Actor Prepares is a practical, interactive approach to a student actors journey. Each chapter includes acting principles, their importa...

'This book gives some of the very best of Shakespeares twenty-first-century colleagues an opportunity to share insights that can only come from pla...

Michael Pennington examines the choices available to directors and performers and the impact of those choices on the overall interpretation of the ...

As part of the ever-growing, increasingly popular Drama Games series, Jessica Swale returns with another dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource...

A practical approach to breaking through the barriers of restraint and incomprehension when faced with Shakespeare. Taking many of the techniques ...

Drawing on his lifetime career in front of the camera (and sometimes behind it), Denis Lawson offers a wonderfully accessible introduction to actin...

This accessible, systematic guide will teach you how to memorise your lines quickly and effectively, and let go of the fear of forgetting them hel...

Theatrical Improvisation provides an in-depth analysis of short form, long form, and sketch-based improv - tracing the development of each form a...

What should an actor be thinking onstage? This overlooked, important question is the crux of this new book that combines psychological theory, nume...

What should an actor be thinking onstage? This overlooked, important question is the crux of this new book that combines psychological theory, nume...

This book approaches film and television acting from an actor's perspective rather than that of an audience member, and therefore theorizes how scr...

Walker Clark did not set out to be an acting coach, life coach, business coach, or any other type of coach for that matter. He discovered what bein...

For too long the world of corporate role play has felt like a closed shop that only a few privileged actors have had access to. Now, this book prov...

From Fays methodology, I learned to use my intuition and lived experiences in myriad new ways. Winston Duke, actor, Black Panther, Avengers, Us, an...