Stage Management
The Essential Handbook
Published on 11. October 2017
176 pages
978-1-78001-066-3 (ISBN)
Description
The highly successful 'Bible for any stage manager', now in a revised and updated edition.
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
- New technology
- Sustainability
- Production templates
- Management techniques and interpersonal skills
As well as updated information and resources throughout, this new edition includes two brand new chapters: case studies of professional stage managers and producers working in the field, and an essay on creativity in stage management.
'A comprehensive guide for the aspiring stage manager' Alan Ayckbourn
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
11,15 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78001-066-3 (9781780010663)
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02/2010
2nd Edition
Nick Hern Books
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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.
Content
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Sir Alan Ayckbourn
- Introduction by Kevin Eld
- 1 Team Dynamics and Roles
- 2 The Preparation Period
- 3 The Rehearsal Period
- 4 Props Management
- 5 Pre-Production Week
- 6 Production Week
- 7 The Run
- 8 Management Techniques
- 9 Health and Safety
- 10 Theatre Unions
- 11 The Job Market
- 12 Case Studies
- 13 Creativity in Stage Management
- 14 Information and Communication Technology in Stage Management
- 15 Further Reading
- 16 Templates
- 17 Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Copyright Information
