Other performing arts

Following the first collection of story drama structures, Into the Story 2: More Stories!

This book offers a series of compelling responses to the Jasmin Vardimon Company's production of Justitia, a multilayered, multimedia dance theatre piece.

This anthology negotiates the influential, yet silent educational presence of spiritualities within the field of somatic movement dance education internationally.

This anthology negotiates the influential, yet silent educational presence of spiritualities within the field of somatic movement dance education internationally.

JARMAN (all this maddening beauty) and Other Plays is a collection of three radically poetic works for live performance by OBIE award-winning playwright Caridad Svich.

JARMAN (all this maddening beauty) and Other Plays is a collection of three radically poetic works for live performance by OBIE award-winning playwright Caridad Svich.

This volume of Who's Who in Research series offers a useful guide for current researchers in Intellect's subject area of Visual Arts.

A comedian and writer, Wix has for the past few years been writing audition speeches for students at drama schools including RADA, LAMDA, Drama Centre and The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

A critically acclaimed, smart and fast-paced comedy about faked identities and explosive office politics, adapted from Lars von Trier s cult classic film.

Part clown manual, part storytelling and part rant The Clown Manifesto covers the experiences, philosophies and methods of the clown performer/director/teacher Nalleslavski.

The recession is biting hard and so Emily and Oliver have decided to downsize and shift their middle-class London lifestyle to a small town in the north of England.

What would you do if everyone in the world hated you?

A smart, witty and accessible guide to the rewarding and joyful practice of improvisation.

"e;I hope I shan't meet you one day in Piccadilly with a painted face, just because you must have linen sheets"e;A beautiful young man is forced to choose between the love of his fianc e and the lifestyle of his male mentor.

a one-off from the word go, and no history of English humour could overlook him.

NEW IN PAPERBACKFirst performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, directed by Konstantin Stanislavski, The Cherry Orchard remains a classic of the theatre.

What happens to the knowledge of the performance theoretician when physically engaging with the circus arts?

Get Your Act Together is a book for anyone who wants to be serious about becoming a stand-up comic and wants to do it well.

If youre interested in magic because on your 9th birthday your Mummy and Daddy booked the ruddy-faced Uncle Fiddlesticks who pulled a bunny out of a hat and made sweets appear from his pockets which he forced you to verify empty and you want to know how it was done, this isnt the book for you.

Environmentalism and ecology are areas of rapid growth in academia and society at large.

The mysterious art of magic has been a source of wonderment since before the time of Christ.

Welcome on board - holidays the Grumpy way!

This book, first of its kind in the Indian context, brings together both a theoretical understanding of various aspects of the humour, aesthetics and politics of stand-up comedy, and case studies of various forms of stand-up comedy in India.

Whip-smart and fabulously funny, the women of vaudeville entertained Australia and challenged ideas of how women should behave.

Delve into the rich and mysterious history of geishas with our latest book: "e;The History of Geishas in Japan - A Excursion through Japan's Cultural History"e;.

An accessible, entertaining guide that brings the infamous cryptid to life with legends, culture, and history from across the globe.

New York Times-Bestselling Author: Prepare a feast fit for a warchief with this official cookbook inspired by Blizzard Entertainment's hit online game.

Reagan's War Stories examines the relationship between Ronald Reagan, the public and popular culture.

There are individuals that believe they are called upon to a special calling.

The story is about a young Black college student, C'Ette, who haphazardly meets the Queen, befriends her and creates a unique and lasting bond.

'The Black Bird Oracle gives us everything we've come to expect and love from Deborah Harkness's All Souls series.

What is not written--and shared--may never exist after we are gone.

A sharp and entertaining essay collection about the importance of multiple forms of love and friendship in a world designed for couples, from a laser-precise new voice.

A unique and fresh perspective on how to achieve business success based on the careers of modern history's greatest pop figures.

A nameless narrator and his friend Alberto move through a constantly morphing continuum of dream-like situations while discussing philosophy, literature, and war.

It is often suggested that there are 'secrets' to comedy or that it is 'lightning in a bottle', but the craft of comedy writing can be taught.

It is often suggested that there are 'secrets' to comedy or that it is 'lightning in a bottle', but the craft of comedy writing can be taught.

Ever since he was a kid, Larry Noto dreamt of being a comic.

"e;Together, [these pictures and stories] do the work of great literature-gathering a force so true they ultimately tell a story that includes us all.

The unlikely history of early cross-cultural encounters between the West and Japan, featuring acrobats, jugglers, and a colorful American impresario.

';Few poets of the last thirty years have approached his diversity of formal innovations; few have communicated so intensively via performances and recordings, as often as not with integral musical settings; and few have proved so effective politically a living modern classic for real.

Stephen Rosenfield, founder and director of the American Comedy Institute, the premier comedy school in the United States, has taught literally dozens of major standup comics in North America, and has also pioneered comedy as an academic discipline in many universities, a trend that is rapidly spreading.

This entertaining and sharply written guide-for both beginners breaking into comedy and professionals seeking to improve their sets and advance their careers-examines the work of great comedians such as Louis C.

The unlikely history of early cross-cultural encounters between the West and Japan, featuring acrobats, jugglers, and a colorful American impresario.

Departing from a refreshing look at the ideas of Antonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy.

John McDonald has been making people laugh for decades with his humorous yarns poking fun at people from away, people from Maine, and life in general.

In the Hugo-award winning, epic New York Times Bestseller and basis for the BBC miniseries, two men change England's history when they bring magic back into the world.

With contributions by leading scholars, writers and comedians in the USA, the UK and Canada, The Laughing Stalk: Live Comedy and Its Audiences focuses on the dynamics of audience behavior.