Performing Arts

"McDowall masterfully plants ideas that grow until they explode into extraordinary shapes. Filthy humour breaks down into a cracked algorithm of letters and loss ... a play that will gnaw away at you. It's sci-fi - and theatre - at its best." The StageBillions...

In a scuffed-up studio, a veteran dancer transmits the magic of an eighty-year-old ballet to a performer barely past drinking age. In a converted barn, an indomitable teacher creates ballerinas as she has for more than half a century. In a monastic mirrored room,...

Award-winning author Cat Patrick returns with a charming tale full of first crushes and new friendships, as one girl learns a little more about who she is and who she wants to be all while on the road trip of lifetime. It's the summer...

★Victorian Circus Grayscale Coloring Book Vol. 2★The second book of the outstanding grayscale coloring book for Victorian era loversThe coloring book includes A4 54 pages blank backsides - no pushing through matte Softcover victorian circus ladies on swings and trapez victorian dresses and circus...

The Routledge Anthology of Women's Theatre Theory and Dramatic Criticism is the first wide-ranging anthology of theatre theory and dramatic criticism by women writers, reproducing key primary documents contextualized by short essays, reframing the field's male-defined and male-dominated traditions.Author: Catherine BurroughsPublisher: RoutledgePublished: 09/29/2023Pages: 652Binding...

The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre, an authoritative and lavishly illustrated new history, celebrates the stage's greatest achievements over 4,500 years, from festival performances in ancient Egypt to international, multicultural drama in the late twentieth century, and from Sophocles and Aristophanes to George Gershwin...

This hilarious mystery was written serially by the minds behind RiffTrax, with each writer picking up where the last left off. There's trouble in Hollywood.Big surprise, Sheepdip, there's always trouble in Hollywood. But for Yours Truly, Nick Nolte, private dick, actor, entrepreneur, collector of...

Have you ever loved something, but since you don't think you are good enough at it, you stop doing it?That is how Mrs. Beverly, music teacher at Rockhouse Elementary School, feels!Join her as she discovers that when it comes to doing things that you...

The Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes, it features a range of games, interviews, descriptions and exercises that illuminate and...

Lindsay Eagar's dazzling YA debut welcomes us backstage at the Family Fortuna circus, where wonders lie in wait to steal your breath away. You won't believe your eyes! Beaked. Feathered. Monstrous. Avita was born to be a star. Her tent sells out nightly, and...

Murray Pomerance is an independent scholar living in Toronto and Adjunct Professor in the School of Media and Communication at the RMIT University, Melbourne. He is the author of many books, including, most recently, A Silence from Hitchcock (also published by SUNY Press) and...

Called the most important British filmmaker of his generation, Terence Davies made his reputation with modern classics like Distant Voices, Still Lives and The Long Day Closes, personal works exploring his fractured childhood in Liverpool. His idiosyncratic and unorthodox narrative films defy easy categorization,...

In Sonic Strategies, author Christina Baker highlights the tactics employed by contemporary performance artists in Mexico in response to the violence surrounding the nation's War on Drugs. The introduction opens with a description of the 2007 reenactment of the Grito, or "cry," of independence,...

Starring Elmo, one of Sesame Street's most beloved monsters, this 16-month calendar celebrates Elmo's kindness and humor alongside his friends. Known for his red fur and infectious giggle, Elmo offers a three-and-a-half-year old's simple, candid look at the world. From his straightforward, funny comments...

Rihanna is an award-wining, worldwide music superstar. But her success extends beyond music. She is also a successful actress, businesswoman, and fashion designer. Discover more about Rihanna from her personal life to her next big projects. Author: Heather E. SchwartzPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 01/01/2024Pages:...

Korean cinema, though currently established as one of the most successful international film industries, has never been a fair ground for women filmmakers. Amidst the heavily male dominated Korean cinema and the film industry, Yim has consistently produced critically and commercially influential films and...

Some might concede that the seminal legal drama 12 Angry Men might have something to teach us about conflict resolution. Might the same be said, though, of Danny DeVito's 1989 black comedy, The War of the Roses? What could Clint Eastwood's 2008 drama, Gran...

A new analysis of the connection between the horror genre and the queer community. Queer for Fear is the groundbreaking empirical study of the LGBTQ+ community that not only documents the opinions, habits, and tastes of the horror-loving queer spectator but also evidences how...

"I never understood how much drama is used and how valuable it can be. The experience opened my eyes. Enormous wealth of knowledge--you have shared so much with us and we are forever grateful."--Courtney McBride, teacher, Washington, DCAuthor: Nick Newlin, William ShakespearePublisher: Nicolo Whimsey...

Author: Gerald PearyPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 01/23/2024Pages: 204Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsISBN: 9780813197944