
Stage Management
The Essential Handbook
Gail Pallin(Author)
Nick Hern Books (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 25. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-84842-014-4 (ISBN)
Description
The highly successful 'Bible for any stage manager', now in a revised edition updated in 2024.
The stage manager is at the core of every successful theatre production: organising, managing and running rehearsals and performances; researching and procuring the props and furniture; and providing a creative information flow between the production and design departments.
This handbook is for students, graduates and all those who aspire to stage management, whether amateur or professional, on a large or small scale. Complete with charts and helpful checklists, it takes the reader through a typical production, week by week.
Other useful topics covered are:
Team dynamics and job roles
Theatre unions
Health and Safety legislation
The job market
Production templates
Management techniques and interpersonal skills
Creativity in stage management
As well as updated information and resources throughout, this new edition includes two brand new sections: New Technology in Stage Management, and Sustainability in the Production Process. There are also case studies of professional stage managers and producers working in the field.
'A comprehensive guide for the aspiring stage manager' Alan Ayckbourn
The stage manager is at the core of every successful theatre production: organising, managing and running rehearsals and performances; researching and procuring the props and furniture; and providing a creative information flow between the production and design departments.
This handbook is for students, graduates and all those who aspire to stage management, whether amateur or professional, on a large or small scale. Complete with charts and helpful checklists, it takes the reader through a typical production, week by week.
Other useful topics covered are:
Team dynamics and job roles
Theatre unions
Health and Safety legislation
The job market
Production templates
Management techniques and interpersonal skills
Creativity in stage management
As well as updated information and resources throughout, this new edition includes two brand new sections: New Technology in Stage Management, and Sustainability in the Production Process. There are also case studies of professional stage managers and producers working in the field.
'A comprehensive guide for the aspiring stage manager' Alan Ayckbourn
Reviews / Votes
'A very useful, practical how-to book aimed at students and practitioners, both professional and amateur' * Teaching Drama Magazine * 'Classic... one of the easiest to read text books on stage management - and well worth getting at any stage of your career' * The Stage * 'Highly recommended for the newcomer, the aspiring stage manager, the student, and for those of us who'd just like to confirm that what we've been doing for years is actually what we're supposed to be doing' * Sightline, Journal of Theatre Technology and Design *More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
293 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-014-4 (9781848420144)
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Additional editions

E-Book
10/2017
Nick Hern Books
€23.99
Available for download
Previous edition

Book
04/2003
2nd Edition
Nick Hern Books
€38.56
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Person
Gail Pallin began her career at The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, and has worked and toured as a Stage Manager with many of the major companies throughout Britain, including The Royal Court, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, and the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester. She has also directed various productions with youth and community groups in Scotland. She lectured at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, and then Fife College for 25 years and was on the board of the Stage Management Association. She now runs a business CallQ, which provides show caller training software to drama schools, universities and the profession across twelve countries. She is a trustee at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.