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Make Your Show a Success: Teach Yourself: (Teach Yourself - General)

Make Your Show a Success: Teach Yourself: (Teach Yourself - General)


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Is this the right book for me? Wherever your theatre interests lies, this is an essential book for you. It covers a wide range of key issues, from tips on coping with first night nerves, to a full section on health and safety, to funding and taxation. Illustrated with handy guides to lighting and staging and containing essential resources, this book will enable you to have a successful show. Make Your Show a Success includes: Part one: Community theatre: getting involved Chapter 1: Community theatre Chapter 2: The actors Chapter 3: The director Chapter 4: The stage manager Chapter 5: The lighting designer/technician Chapter 6: The sound designer/technician Chapter 7: The set designer Chapter 8: Wardrobe Chapter 9: The props team Chapter 10: Musical societies Chapter 11: Festivals Part two: Community theatre: from registration to rehearsal Chapter 12: Setting up a new community theatre group Chapter 13: Budgeting and fundraising Chapter 14: Getting the boll rolling Chapter 15: Making the play happen Part three: Other societies and legal requirements Chapter 16: Community theatre production companies Chapter 17: Safety and other legal requirements Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design and added features: Not got much time? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. Author insights Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. Test yourself Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress. Extend your knowledge Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of amateur theatre. Five things to remember Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. Try this Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

Table of Contents:
1.: Introduction – providing a background to the subject and outlining the purpose of the guide and who it is aimed at. 2.: Community theatre – providing definitions and statistics. This will provide an examination of what constitutes community theatre: amateur groups; amateur-run theatre buildings; the national and international festivals scene (full-length and one-act) 3.: Joining a drama group – how to audition; the rehearsal process; performances; who to turn to if you have a problem; how to cope with first night nerves etc. (including personal case studies). 4.: Joining a musical theatre group – an explanation of how this makes different demands: auditions; rehearsals; performances etc. (including personal case studies). 5.: 5. The Production Team  – who does what; Health & Safety (for the group and the audience); how to do a risk assessment; the production process (scenery, costume, props, make-up, lighting, sound); front of house. 6.: Setting up a new group – how to go about it and the legal obligations: the committee structure; constitution; getting charitable status; incorporation; personal liability; insurance; contracts; copyright; taxation and VAT; child protection; equal op 7.: Engaging professional personnel – eg. directors, musical directors, orchestras: contracts; fees, tax implications. 8.: Scripts – publishers and rightsholders; copyright. 9.: Marketing – how to promote a show to the media; print and publicity, including tips on good presentation. 10.: Fundraising – sources of funds (lottery, local authorities); fundraising toolkit (sponsorship, donations, money-raising ideas). 11.: Jargon-busting – a glossary of commonly used terms, to demystify theatre jargon. 12.: Useful contacts – representative bodies; funding agencies; regional, national and international organizations. 13.: Index

About the Author :
Nick Gibbs is a writer and journalist who has produced and directed a number of successful plays and productions for stage and radio.

Review :
If you're looking for a book that reveals the rudiments of everything behind the scenes, Make Your Show a Success in the Teach Yourself series is a good start. - whatsonstage.com


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781444107258
  • Publisher: John Murray Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Teach Yourself
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Teach Yourself - General
  • Weight: 280 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1444107259
  • Publisher Date: 26 Nov 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Width: 132 mm


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