Theatre

The history of stagecraft, safety precautions, lighting, costumes, scenery, career planning tips, and more.

Helps actors, directors, stage managers, producers, and event planners understand every aspect of technical theater--from scenery, lighting, and sound to props, costumes, and stage management.

Information you need to make greener decisions with practical, workable solutions. Learn how to assess and improve every production area from costuming and painting, lighting and technical direction, to administrative offices and the rehearsal process.
(Also in print: PN2053 .J66 2014)

The book outlines the duties of the stage manager and assistant stage manager throughout a production, discussing not only what to do but why. The book identifies communication objectives for each phase of production, paperwork to be created, and the necessary questions to be answered in order to ensure success.

Demonstrates how to work with molds, castings, and vacuum forming equipment, stresses safety precautions, and discusses materials from paper-mache to breakaway glass.

This book explains the complex mixture of craft, collaboration and creativity behind successful lighting design, from first concept to development of design ideas, planning to realisation and, finally, public performance.

More than 1500 detailed entries covering such topics as equipment, methods, concepts, design process, electricity, characteristics of light, and lightboard operations.

Abeginner's guide for creating custom textile patterns for performing arts production, with an emphasis on storytelling through design using hand and digital design techniques.

Covers the design, operation, and maintenance of stage-rigging equipment.

This classroom resource shows how light and colour can be used to create different moods on stage and how spot lights create shadows. It then shows different examples of lighting and asks the pupils How do you think these lighting effects were created?