Acting Techniques

Russian theater director Vsevolod Meyerhold designed Biomechanics--a system of actor training--shortly after the Russian Revolution. Although no...

The door to magic is closed, but its not locked. And now Joshua Jay, one of the worlds most accomplished magicians, not only opens that door but br...

Explores the cinematic appeal and star persona of Yul Brynner Examines Brynner's star image and performance style over his whole career through ri...

Sheds new light on the notion of Italian identity as it is understood by the national cinema Combines Film Studies with the Mobilities Framework L...

Acting is widely acknowledged to be the central art of the theatre and has a long and vibrant history. With over one thousand entries, this is the ...

WHAT do actors need to learn at this precise moment?WHY do they need to learn it at this precise moment?HOW best can I provide them with the most b...

The importance of play and fun to peoples lives cannot be stressed enough in todays cultural climate of high stress, high stakes, and competition. ...

Play and Performance offers hope to those lamenting the loss of play in the twenty-first century and aims to broaden the understanding of what play...

This book provides actors, directors, teachers and students with a clear, practical guide to applying the work of influential theatre practitioner ...

This dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, part of the bestselling Drama Games series, offers 80 games and exercises to explore the fund...

'There is no acting, only reacting to the space.' In his bestselling book The Actor and the Target, Declan Donnellan laid out a fresh and radical ...

A collection of texts by Eugenio Barba reconstructing the history of his relationships with the Asian classical theatres. Interweaving stories of j...

Advanced Consciousness Training for Actors: Meditation Techniques for the Performing Artist explores theories and techniques for deepening the indi...