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Nick Moseley
As Head of Acting at a major drama school, Nick Moseley has developed a system that is based on the individual's need to find truth in everything they do, to be 'in the moment' and to react instinctively to the other people on stage. In this book, he takes the best of Stanislavski, David Mamet and Sanford Meisner to fuel his own intensely practical approach.
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-803-5 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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$27.23 ex GST
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Caldarone & Lloyd Williams
A vital companion for actors in rehearsal – a thesaurus of action-words to revitalise performance. It is a thesaurus of active verbs, with which the actor can refine the action-word until s/he hits exactly the right one to help make the action come alive.
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-674-1 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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Declan Donnellan
A revised and updated edition of Declan Donnellan's bestselling book, a fresh and radical approach to acting.
The Actor and the Target takes a scalpel to the heart of persistent fears from '
I don't know what I'm doing!' through '
I don't know who I am!' to '
I don't know what I'm playing!'
'Practically and modestly written, Declan Donnellan's book helps actors to release their talent and to be free on stage. However, Donnellan's path leads to wider perspectives; his book is rooted in modern theatre, modern psychology and, above all, modern reality. Written with wit and elegance, The Actor and the Target will be thoroughly enjoyed not only by the actors of a new millennium, but also by those of us who see the stage from the dark auditorium' Izvestia
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-838-7 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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Dean Carey
The first edition of
The Actor’s Audition Manual quickly became known as the ‘red audition bible’, making it the essential guide. Now revised, it brings together a wealth of practical advice and a fresh range of speeches from Australian plays that will help make any audition powerful and effective.
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-516-2 | PB
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The Physical Training of the Actor
Anne Dennis
This inspirational and instructive book shows how actors can use their body to be as expressive and 'articulate' as they are with their voices. It attempts to rethink and analyse the actor's physical needs, offering a graded series of exercises aimed at realising those needs and making the body fully articulate as a medium of expression.
The book is useful not just for actors, but also for teachers, directors, movement directors and choreographers.
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-683-3 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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Bella Merlin
A guide to Psycho-Physical Acting, complete with games and exercises.
When Stanislavsky died, he was working on a new system, Psycho-Physical Acting. Previously he had taught that truthful performance can only spring from the actor's imagination (the Method). Late in life, Stanislavsky realised that physical actions can induce emotions just as much as the other way round.
Though well-known - and much taught - in Russia, Psycho-Physical Acting is in its infancy in the West. Bella Merlin has studied under three of the best teachers in Russia; this book is the fruit of her time there.
'This is a book which is vital both to practitioners and to all serious students of the theatre'
Max Stafford-Clark
'A seminal book for today... an outstandingly lucid account... essential reading'
Simon Callow
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-613-0 | AUSTRALIA/NZ | PB
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Catherine Weate
Drawing on Catherine Weate's extensive experience as a voice coach,
Classic Voice provides a comprehensive preparation for the vocal demands within classical texts. It includes warm-up ideas, exercises to experiment with sound, word and rhythm and detailed workshop plans using specially selected extracts from classic plays.
Greek Tragedy, Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama and Restoration Comedy,
three theatrical styles in western theatre history which challenge
actors vocally, are given a particular focus.
Always practical, this book will supply directors, lecturers, teachers, trainers and coaches with the tools they need to easily integrate vocal work into their rehearsals, classes or seminars.
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-827-0 | Australia/NZ | PB
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Playing Commedia in Contemporary Australia
Steven Gration and Nicky Peelgrane
Commedia Oz is designed to assist the interpretation and playing of Commedia in an Australian context and is a training manual for teachers, students, actors and directors.
Chapters cover the history and influence of Commedia; suggestions for modern interpretations; activities and exercises; the role of the director and the actor’s journal; training actors; an interview with Jacques Lecoq (the French Commedia actor/trainer); a professional script; and ideas for units of work and assessment. There is also a glossary and a reference section for further reading.
The authors became collaborators after Nicky was cast in Steven’s play,
Stardust (the script of which is published in the book) which toured schools in Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.
Read an extract of
Commedia Oz (pdf)
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Currency Press | 978-0-86819-820-0 | PB
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Bella Merlin
A practical, hands-on guide to Stanislavsky’s famous system and to his later rehearsal processes – for actors, directors, teachers and students.
The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit collects together for the first time the terms and ideas developed by Stanislavsky throughout his career. It is organised into three sections: Actor-Training, Rehearsal Processes and Performance Practices. Key terms are explained and defined as they naturally occur in this process. They are illustrated with examples from both his own work and that of sequences of practical exercises designed to help today’s actors and students become thoroughly familiar with the tools in Stanislavsky’s toolkit.
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-793-9 | PB
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Rehearsal and Performance Techniques for Actors and Directors
Mike Alfreds
A top-ranking director sets out his rehearsal techniques in this invaluable handbook for actors and directors
Mike Alfreds has been directing plays for 35 years. He founded Shared Experience—still going very strong—in the 1970s and ran the Cambridge Theatre Company in the 1990s, also working extensively at the National Theatre and abroad. He is hugely respected within the profession.
Now he has done what no other director has dared to do since Stanislavsky—he has committed his methodology to print.
So, in
Different Every Night, we are taken into the rehearsal room to work principally on Chekhov. He shows how to break down the text into units and individual beats—and offers techniques for the actor to bring the text to life. And to keep it alive through many repetitions not only in rehearsal but also in performance. In doing so he offers a vital masterclass for actors and directors.
Different Every Night is the culmination of a lifetime working in the theatre. It is intensely hands-on and full of practical advice for both directors and actors. No director should ever again not know how to conduct rehearsals and bring them to successful fruition!
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Nick Hern Books | 978-1-85459-967-4 | Australia/NZ | PB
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