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
Stage management tech
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
About the Author
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.
More Details
- Contributor: Gail Pallin
- Imprint: Nick Hern Books
- ISBN13: 9781848420144
- Number of Pages: 176
- Packaged Dimensions: 173x252x12mm
- Packaged Weight: 301
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Release Date: 2010-02-25
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: 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.
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