Alexander Technique for Actors
The Alexander Technique has revolutionised the physicality, presence, stature and professional lives of generations of actors. By first asking you to identify your own acquired habits, the technique enables you to find new and beneficial ways of moving, thinking, breathing and performing, freely and without unnecessary tension. Written by an experienced teacher of the Alexander Technique, this book takes you step by step through a series of eleven guided lessons, and dozens of exercises and assignments. Each explores different elements and principles of the technique, including: Training your mind to stay present, and mindful of your environment Thinking (but not overthinking!) in new ways Observing and developing your natural poise Sitting, standing and walking easily and effortlessly Breathing and speaking with release and relaxation Applying all of your work to characterisation and performance
Cultural Diversity in Motion
What does migration-generated diversity mean for cultural policy and the performing arts scene in Germany and how is it promoted? Through bridging theory and practice, ?zlem Cany羹rek introduces the concept of >thinking and acting interculturally
Art Cinema and Neoliberalism
Art Cinema and Neoliberalism surveys cinematic responses to neoliberalism across four continents. One of the first in-depth studies of its kind, this book provides an imaginative reassessment of art cinema in the new millennium by showing how the exigencies of contemporary capitalism are exerting pressure on art cinema conventions. Through a careful examination of neoliberal thought and practice, the book explores the wide-ranging effects of neoliberalism on various sectors of society and on the evolution of film language. Alex Lykidis evaluates the relevance of art cinema style to explanations of the neoliberal order and uses a case study approach to analyze the films of acclaimed directors such as Asghar Farhadi, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Lucrecia Martel in relation to the social, political, and cultural characteristics of neoliberalism. By connecting the aesthetics of art cinema to current social antagonisms, Lykidis positions class as a central concern in our understanding of the polarized dynamics of late capitalism and the escalating provocations of today's film auteurs.
The Green Mister Rogers
Fred Rogers was an international celebrity. He was a pioneer in children's television, an advocate for families, and a multimedia artist and performer. He wrote the television scripts and music, performed puppetry, sang, hosted, and directed Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for more than thirty years. In his almost nine hundred episodes, Rogers pursued dramatic topics: divorce, death, war, sibling rivalry, disabilities, racism. Rogers' direct, slow, gentle, and empathic approach is supported by his superior emotional strength, his intellectual and creative courage, and his joyful spiritual confidence. The Green Mister Rogers: Environmentalism in "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" centers on the show's environmentalism, primarily expressed through his themed week "Caring for the Environment," produced in 1990 in coordination with the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day. Unfolding against a trash catastrophe in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Rogers advances an environmentalism for children that secures children in their family homes while extending their perspective to faraway places, from the local recycling center to Florida's coral reef. Rogers depicts animal wisdom and uses puppets to voice anxiety and hope and shows an interconnected world where each part of creation is valued, and love is circulated in networks of care. Ultimately, Rogers cultivates a practical wisdom that provides a way for children to confront the environmental crisis through action and hope and, in doing so, develop into adults who possess greater care for the environment and a capacious imagination for solving the ecological problems we face.
The Green Mister Rogers
Fred Rogers was an international celebrity. He was a pioneer in children's television, an advocate for families, and a multimedia artist and performer. He wrote the television scripts and music, performed puppetry, sang, hosted, and directed Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for more than thirty years. In his almost nine hundred episodes, Rogers pursued dramatic topics: divorce, death, war, sibling rivalry, disabilities, racism. Rogers' direct, slow, gentle, and empathic approach is supported by his superior emotional strength, his intellectual and creative courage, and his joyful spiritual confidence. The Green Mister Rogers: Environmentalism in "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" centers on the show's environmentalism, primarily expressed through his themed week "Caring for the Environment," produced in 1990 in coordination with the twentieth anniversary of Earth Day. Unfolding against a trash catastrophe in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Rogers advances an environmentalism for children that secures children in their family homes while extending their perspective to faraway places, from the local recycling center to Florida's coral reef. Rogers depicts animal wisdom and uses puppets to voice anxiety and hope and shows an interconnected world where each part of creation is valued, and love is circulated in networks of care. Ultimately, Rogers cultivates a practical wisdom that provides a way for children to confront the environmental crisis through action and hope and, in doing so, develop into adults who possess greater care for the environment and a capacious imagination for solving the ecological problems we face.
Show Business
Want to star in a Blockbuster? Be seen on TV? Commercials? Film? Or on stage in the Theatre? If you've got the acting bug - and there's no cure - it's time to master the show and the business.Meet Scott & Diane Strand. He's the show and she's the business. Together they make Show Business, a powerful team teaching Actors just like you, the in's and out's of the Industry they've been part of for decades.If you've ever dreamed of on-stage stardom, this easy-to-navigate, must-have guidebook to all things show business will have you prepared, professional and ready to get paid to Act.
The Webs of War
A troubled drifter faces deadly tarantulas on the warpath in 1973 Michigan. This chilling story examines the essence of terror, the sting of bereavement, the quest for redemption, the power of love, and the extraordinary limits of courage and sacrifice. At the heart of this horror screenplay, it's the inner struggles we face as human beings, and the bloody battles waging within the world. This is...The Webs of War.
Angels in America at the British National Theatre
Angels in America was one of the most significant pieces of American theatre in the 20th Century. Much has been written on Tony Kushner's epic drama. However, the National Theatre of Great Britain's productions of the show are relatively under-discussed. Not only was the National Theatre responsible for helping to originate the play in the early 1990s, but it helped revitalize interest in 2018 with Marianne Elliott's reimagined version starring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane. This book considers the role of the National in the play's history, and how Elliott's production reframed the play 25 years after the original; it chronicles the tumultuous first production and the play's successes in London and New York. The book also looks at the key features of the play: its representation of AIDS, its status as an iconic gay play and its searing political commentary. Concluding with an in-depth analysis of Marianne Elliott's reimagining of the play, this book is an up-to-date history of Angels in America and a reflection on its continued importance.
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the interviews and concert reviews published at Music Street Journal in the year 2005. It includes these artists and more: Interviews: Anthrax Asia Fish Flower Kings Steve Hackett Happy The Man Judas Priest King's X Klaatu Yngwie Malmsteen Frank Marino Molly Hatchet Neal Morse Overkill Pendragon Porcupine Tree Queensryche Tim Russ Alex Skolnick Throwdown UFO Rick Wakeman Concert Reviews: Anthrax Asia Collective Soul Robert Cray Deep Purple Dream Theater FireHouse Robert Fripp Iron Maiden Jethro Tull Judas Priest King Diamond Marillion Frank Marino Mountain Queensrÿche Shadows Fall UFO Whitesnake Gary Hill compiled the book and wrote many of the articles, but Steve Alspach, Arnold Hablewitz, Mike Korn, Marc Leider, Greg Olma, Lisa Palmeno and Josh Turner all contributed. The book includes concert photos by Joel Craig, Mike Heitzman, Gary Hill, Mike Korn, Eric Meli, Greg Olma and Lisa Palmeno.
Music Street Journal
This book compiles all the progressive rock CD (and one video) reviews published by artists with names starting with A-L at Music Street Journal between the first issue in February 1998 and December 2000. Although Gary Hill compiled this and did the bulk of the reviews, the book includes reviews from Steve Alspach, Sean Faust and Vivian Lee.
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the heavy metal and non-prog CD and video reviews done at Music Street Journal in the year 2004. The artists included are: Heavy Metal: Aina Atreyu Black Label Society Darkest Hour Dismember Every Time I Die Ewigkeit Exodus Force of Evil The Hidden Hand Judas Priest Lacuna Coil Lamb of God Lunaris Opeth Otep Queensrÿche Saxon Slayer Superjoint Ritual Unearth Various Artists Non Prog: Antigone Rising The Bloody Lovelies Alice Cooper Deep Purple The Doors Heart Little Feat Magna-Fi Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush O. A. R. (Of A Revolution) Prince Joe Satriani Cat Stevens The Tea Party Tower of Power Triumph Vanessa Williams While Gary Hill compiled the book and did a lot of the articles, other contributors are Bob Cooper, Arnold Hablewitz, Mike Korn, Bruce Stringer and Josh Turner.
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the progressive rock book, CD and video reviews published at Music Street Journal in the year 2003. Artists covered include these and more: Roye Albrighton Peter Banks Blackmore's Night Tomas Bodin Terry Bozzio & Billy Sheehan Caravan Phil Collins Alan Davey Djam Karet Dream Theater Emerson, Lake and Palmer Enchant The Flower Kings Peter Gabriel Genesis Gentle Giant Steve Hackett Hawkwind Steve Howe Kansas Karnataka King Crimson Lana Lane Magellan Neal Morse Steve Morse Niacin Mike Oldfield Willie Oteri Pallas Pentwater Anthony Phillips Pink Floyd Porcupine Tree Proto-Kaw Queen Rama RPWL Jordan Rudess Rush Saga Spock's Beard The Tangent Transatlantic Van der Graaf Generator Vanilla Fudge Rick Wakeman World Trade Yes Gary Hill compiled the book and wrote many of the articles, but Steve Alspach, Mike Korn, Bruce Stringer and Josh Turner all contributed articles.
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the interviews and concert reviews that were published at Music Street Journal in the year 2004. Artists include: Interviews: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Dimmu Borgir Dismember Echolyn Entombed Ewigkeit Ghoul Hammers of Misfortune The Heavils Hidden Hand Steve Howe Kittie Lamb of God Lana Lane Marillion Erik Norlander OnOffOn Otep Jordan Rudess Superjoint Ritual Glenn Tipton Unearth Concert Reviews: Atreyu Black Label Society Black Sabbath Alice Cooper Darkest Hour Dimmu Borgir Every Time I Die Judas Priest Lacuna Coil Lamb of God Magna-Fi Marillion Otep Slayer Superjoint Ritual Unearth Yes Although the book was compiled by Gary Hill (who also contributed many of the articles), Steve Alspach, Bob Cooper, Arnold Hablewitz, Mike Heitzman, Mike Korn and Josh Turner contributed articles. Concert photography was provided by Steve Alspach, Arnold Hablewitz and Gary Hill.
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the progressive rock book, CD and video reviews for artists whose names start with the letters A-L that were published at Music Street Journal in the year 2005. The artist list includes the following and more: Ajalon Ian Anderson Asia Adrian Belew Blackfield Tomas Bodin Terry Bozzio Kate Bush California Guitar Trio Joe Deninzon Djam Karet Troy Donockley and Dave Bainbridge Dream Theater Echolyn Mattias IA Eklundh Emerald Keith Emerson and the Nice Epica Famlende Fors0k Far Corner Pamela Fleming The Flower Kings Jack Foster III Frame Shift Robert Fripp The Gak Omek Gentle Giant Glass Hammer Steve Hackett Happy The Man Hawkwind Steve Howe IQ Izz Jadis Jethro Tull Kaipa Mike Keneally King Crimson Kino Klaatu K2 James LaBrie Lana Lane The book was compiled by Gary Hill who also wrote many of the reviews, but Steve Alspach, Lisa Palmeno and Josh Turner all contributed.
Music Street Journal
This book compiles all the heavy metal and non-prog CD and video reviews published at Music Street Journal during the year 2003. Includes these artists and more: Heavy Metal Akercocke The Berzerker Black Sabbath Bloodbath Celtic Frost Cradle of Filth Dog Fashion Disco Ghoul Grave The Heavils Holy Mother Incantation Iron Maiden Judas Priest Kataklysm Korn Manowar Metal Militia Morbid Angel Overkill Pharaoh Probot Queensrÿche Shadow Gallery Shadows Fall Six Feet Under Tool Voi Vod Non-Prog Celldweller Concrete Blonde Frou Frou Grand Funk Railroad Guns N' Roses Heart KMFDM Liz Larin Led Zeppelin The Lizards Off Broadway Linnea Quigley and the Bi-Polar Bears Santana The Skirts Will Smith Stank Willie T. M. Stevens Sunn 0))) Pete Teo Triumph Suzanne Vega While Gary Hill compiled this and provided many of the reviews, other contributors include Steve Alspach, Bob Cooper, Mike Korn and Bruce Stringer.
Music Street Journal
This book compiles all the progressive rock CD and DVD reviews published at Music Street Journal during the year 2001. The bulk of the reviews are by Gary Hill, but Steve Alspach and Vivian Lee also contributed. Artists include: Lorenza Ponce Jean-Luc Ponty Porcupine Tree Renaissance Jordan Rudess Jason Schmidt Shadow Gallery Jeremy Shaw Billy Sheehan Derek Sherinian Sonic Debris Starcastle Tangerine Dream Tempest Under The Sun Wishbone Ash and Yes
Music Street Journal
This book is a compilation of all the progressive rock CD (and one video) reviews published at Music Street Journal in 2002. The artists included are: Acumen Agora Ray Bennett Robert Berry California Guitar Trio Caravan Nick D' Virgilio Joe Deninzon DFA Dreadnaught Echolyn Explorer's Club Fish Fluid Time Galahad Galahad Acoustic Quintet Steve Hackett Henry Cow Steve Howe Ice Age Jeremy Karnataka Lana Lane Tony Levin Miriodor Neal Morse Steve Morse Scott Mosher Mostly Autumn Mullmuzzler Nektar Niacin Planet X Romislokus Rush Spaced Out Spock's Beard Transatlantic Triumvirat Vanilla Fudge Vapourspace Various Artists Yes The bulk of the reviews are written by Gary Hill, but Steve Alspach contributed quite a few, too.
Music Street Journal
This book contains all the interviews and concert reviews published at Music Street Journal in the year 2001. The artists included are: Interviews: Jon Anderson of Yes December People's Robert Berry DC Cooper Eve To Adam's Taki Sassaris Tom Englund of Evergrey Tommy Jordan of Geggy Tah Mille Petrozza of Kreator Lost Horizon Jean-Luc Ponty Geoff Tate of Queensryche Jordan Rudess Gary Wehrkamp of Shadow Gallery Tom Angelripper of Sodom Tempest Blackie Lawless of WASP Sharlee D'Angelo of Witchery Troy Tipton of Zero Hour Concert Reviews: Black Sabbath California Guitar Trio Alice Cooper Cracker Jethro Tull Marilyn Manson Nazareth Jean-Luc Ponty Queensrÿche Tempest Yes While the bulk of the articles are by Gary Hill, Steve Alspach contributed both photos and articles and Arnold Hablewitz and Mike Korn both contributed articles.
Music Street Journal
This book is a compilation of all the heavy metal and non-prog CD (and one video) reviews and all the book reviews published at Music Street Journal in 2002. Heavy Metal Reviews: Angra Arch Enemy Blackshine Cradle of Filth Electric Wizard Engorged Five Pointe 0 Grave Digger Halford High on Fire The Hope Conspiracy Immortal Impaled Kittie Manilla Road Mot繹rhead Nile Ozzy Osbourne Savatage Seven Witches Silent Force Slayer Symphony X The Non-Prog Reviews: Tori Amos India Arie The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets Grand Funk Railroad Gravity Kills Vince Guaraldi Gary Hoey Mick Jagger Elton John Lenny Kravitz No Doubt The Quill The Step Kings Geoff Tate Various Artists Veal The Book Reviews: Free Elton John Marillion Rush Various Artists Yes In addition to reviews by Gary Hill (who compiled the book) there are reviews by Steve Alspach, Arnold Hablewitz, Mike Korn, Vivian Lee, Latasha Moree and Bruce Stringer
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the interviews and concert reviews published at Music Street Journal in 2002. It includes these artists and more: Interviews Ray Bennett Black 47 Echolyn Grand Funk Railroad Steve Hackett Steve Howe Impaled Kittie Huw Lloyd Langton Tony Levin Frank Marino Steve Morse Mot繹rhead Concert Reviews Black 47 Blind Guardian Blue ?yster Cult California Guitar Trio Caravan Echolyn Enchant The Flower Kings Grand Funk Railroad Steve Hackett Hawkwind High on Fire Judas Priest Tony Levin Morbid Angel Mot繹rhead Symphony X Yes Compiled by Gary Hill, it includes articles by Hill along with: Steve Alspach, Bob Cooper, Stephen Ellis, Arnold Hablewitz, Mike Korn, Roger Rossen and Bruce Stringer. There are concert photos by: Adam Bielawski, Stephen Ellis, Gary Hill, Eric Meli and Dan Robinson.
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the progressive rock book, CD and video reviews for artists whose names start with the letters M-Z that were published at Music Street Journal in the year 2005. The following artists and more are included: Magellan The Meads of Asphodel Neal Morse Steve Morse Mostly Autumn Niacin Nox Arcana Oz Noy Pain of Salvation Alan Parsons Pendragon John Petrucci Planet P Project Porcupine Tree Mike Portnoy Presto Ballet Proto-Kaw Renaissance RPWL Rush Michael Sadler Salem Hill Don Schiff Billy Sheehan Simon Apple Alex Skolnick Trio Spiraling Spock's Beard Stream of Passion The Syn The Tangent Taylor's Universe Tempest Tin Scribble Univers Zero Urban Spacemen Steve Vai Van der Graaf Generator Vanilla Fudge Steve Walsh Jeff Wayne Wolverine Yes Frank Zappa The book was compiled by Gary Hill who also wrote many of the reviews, but Steve Alspach, Mike Korn, Greg Olma and Josh Turner all contributed articles.
Music Street Journal
This book features all the heavy metal CD (and one video) reviews done at Music Street Journal in the year 2001. The artists featured include: Alchemist Annihilator Converge Cradle of Filth Diecast Dimmu Borgir Dio Electric Wizard Entombed Evergrey FireHouse Halford Iced Earth Iron Savior Judas Priest King Diamond Kreator Lost Horizon Morbid Angel Nonpoint Opeth Primal Fear Queensrÿche Savatage Saxon Shadow Keep Sixty Watt Shaman Sodom Jack Starr - Jack Starr's Guardians of the Flame Static-X Various Artists Witchery Zero Hour The book is compiled by Gary Hill who also contributed some reviews. Mike Korn contributed many reviews. Arnold Hablewitz also contributed.
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the interviews and concert reviews published at Music Street Journal in the year 2003. These are the artists included: Interviews: The Berzerker California Guitar Trio Cradle of Filth Alan Davey Frou Frou Hawkwind Incantation Jethro Tull Karnataka KMFDM Tony Levin Magellan Morbid Angel Neal Morse Nektar Overkill Pentwater Point of Ares RPWL Six Feet Under Roine Stolt Symphony X TagYerit Voi Vod Rick Wakeman Concert Reviews: Black 47 California Guitar Trio Concrete Blonde Dream Theater Halford Immortal Huw Lloyd Langton Tony Levin Primal Fear Queensrÿche Stank Willie Rick Wakeman Yes While Gary Hill compiled the book and provided quite a bit of the articles other articles were written by Steve Alspach, Bob Cooper, Arnold Hablewitz, Mike Korn, Bruce Stringer and Josh Turner. Concert photographs were done by Eric Meli and Andy Sutton.
Music Street Journal
This book archives all the progressive rock book, CD and video reviews done at Music Street Journal in 2004. The list of artists covered includes these artists and more: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe Asia Dave Bainbridge Birdsongs of the Mesozoic California Guitar Trio The Clinton Administration Djam Karet Keith Emerson Echolyn Farpoint Fish The Flower Kings Gazpacho Gryphon Hawkwind IQ Jadis Kansas Karmakanik Lana Lane Tony Levin Marillion Neal Morse Scott Mosher Mostly Autumn Nektar Erik Norlander OnOffOn Orphan Project Ozric Tentacles Pendragon John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess Jordan Rudess Todd Rundgren Salem Hill Swedish Family The Tangent Tempest Trans-Siberian Orchestra UK Van der Graaf Generator Rick Wakeman Yes Frank Zappa While Gary Hill compiled the articles and wrote many of them, Steve Alspach, Bruce Stringer and Josh Turner all contributed articles.
The Definitive Guide To Restaurant Magic
Wayne is the go-to-guy for getting a residency as a paid magician. His help and advice has earned me three long term residencies that has brought in thousands of pounds worth of income. Christian Fletcher Restaurant magic is something that is completely unique in this business. Approaching tables is completely different to any other gig, you will come across families, couples, parties, corporate parties, hen and stag parties, so your repertoire has to be varied and big. Not only do you have to get the gig in the first place, but you have to be able to keep it. One man in the UK who has tons of experience in this field, and has held residencies for years at all type of restaurants is Wayne Goodman. He has decided to share his experience in this book. If you have ever wanted to know anything about performing at Restaurants, how to get the gig, and more importantly KEEP the gig, this is the book for you!! Chris Congreave
Getting, Keeping & Working with Your Acting Agent: The Compact Guide
This empowering, informative guide explains everything actors need to know about agents - how to find one, what they do, and how to work with them effectively to help you succeed in your career. If you're currently seeking an agent, discover how to research and contact them, and what they're looking for in their clients. And if you already have one, learn how to manage and get the most out of this crucial relationship. Also included are invaluable tips on how to write a great CV; obtain attention-grabbing headshots, showreels and voicereels; prepare for and excel at auditions; embrace social media; protect your mental health; and much more. The Compact Guides are pocket-sized introductions for actors and theatremakers, each tackling a key topic in a clear and comprehensive way. Written by industry professionals with extensive hands-on experience of their subject, they provide you with maximum information in minimum time.
Freedom Project
This is a story that is true for us, you, thousands of others across the world moving across the globe and thousands of others waiting to receive them. It is a story. It's not necessarily ours. It is not necessarily yours. But it is true.Melding lived experience with creative theatre-making, refugees Mo and Hossein share stories - both personal and global - that explore the very different journeys taken by unaccompanied minors as they leave their home countries in search of sanctuary. Honest, reflective, challenging and funny, the young performers - both long-standing participants in Leeds Playhouse's Theatre of Sanctuary programme - combine moments of dream-like wonder with unflinching fact sharing, drawing the audience into a direct dialogue and asking them to consider what life is really like for children fleeing danger and seeking a new home in the UK. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Leeds Playhouse in September 2021.
Sanchita's Bollywood Song Notation
This book brings you the joy of understanding the notations of film songs which you have always desired to sing or play on your musical instrument. The raag and taal on which these golden melodies are based have also been mentioned. As you learn your favourite song, one line at a time, you will be surprised to see how well and how fast you pick up even those songs which seemed so difficult to sing/play earlier! This book is hand-written, and you will feel the special love and dedication that has gone into creating this book, just for you! You can also refer to video tutorials uploaded by the author on her YouTube Channel, Sanchita Pandey. It is time to rediscover your passion for music. Happy learning! The 35 songs covered in this book are: Mujhe Tum Se Kuch Bhi Na Chaahiye, Tum Gagan Ke Chandrama, Madhuban Mein Radhika, Aadha Hai Chandrama, Piya Baawri, Bahut Pyar Karte Hain, Ye Raatein Ye Mausam, Meri Yaad Mein Tum Na Aansu Bahaana, Main Kya Jaanu Kya Jaadu Hai, Suhaani Chaandni Raatein, Ae Dil Mujhe Bata De, Salona Sa Sajan, Tukde Hain Mere Dil Ke, Chhup Gaya Koi Re, Jaane Kahaan Gaye Wo Din, Mujhe Tum Mil Gaye Humdum, Yun Hasraton Ke Daag, Jalte Hain Jiske Liye, Dil Hai Chota Sa, Bole Re Papihara, Patta Patta Boota Boota, Kahaan Se Aaye Badra, Ye Samaa Samaa Hai Ye, Haaye Re Wo Din Kyun Naa, Man Tarpat Hari Darshan, Pankh Hotey Toh, Naam Gum Jaayega, Tum Apna Ranjogham, Nanhi Kali Sone Chali, Roz Roz Daali Daali, Unko Ye Shikaayat Hai, Kya Jaanu Sajan, Holi Aayi Re Kanhaai, Tere Jitne Bhakt, Tum Asha Vishwas Hamaare.
The Art of the Observer
The art of the observer is a personal guide to documentary filmmaking, based on the author's years of pioneering work in the fields of ethnographic and documentary cinema. It stands in sharp contrast to books of academic film criticism and handbooks on visual research methods, being based extensively on concrete examples from the author's own filmmaking experience. The book places particular emphasis on observational filmmaking and the ways in which this approach is distinct from other forms of documentary. It offers both practical insights and reflections on what it means, in both emotional and intellectual terms, to attempt to represent the lives of others. The book makes clear that documentary cinema is not simply a matter of recording reality, but of artfully organising the filmmaker's observations in ways that reveal the complex patterns of social life.
Esfir Shub
Esfir Shub was the only prominent female director of nonfiction film present at the dawning of the Soviet film industry. She was, in fact, the first woman both to write critical texts on cinema and then practically apply these theorisations in her own films. As such, her syncretism of cinema theory and praxis inspired her to ask questions regarding both the nature of nonfiction film, such as the problem of authenticity and reality, and the function of the artist in society; issues which are still relevant in contemporary discussions about the documentary. Accordingly, this book demonstrates Shub's position not only as a significant filmmaker and recognised member of the early Soviet avant-garde but also as a key figure in global cinema history. Shub deserves recognition both as the founder and ardent promoter of the compilation film genre and as a pioneer of the theory and practice of documentary filmmaking.
When the Long Trick's Over
I'm doing this for her because this was my sister's dream. This isn't my natural habitat. I wouldn't normally choose this. But she would have. Two sisters. One dream. The hardest open-water swim in the world. This triumphant play from Olivier Award-winning writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm moves forwards and backwards in time across the 21 miles between Dover and Calais as a young swimmer harnesses her mind and body to make the crossing. Tackling what it means to grieve, both physically and mentally, When The Long Trick's Over encapsulates the fact that love persists whatever the distance and however perilous the journey is to the other side. And that, sometimes, it means swimming against the tide and against the things that hold you back: the old memories and oil tankers, jellyfish and Jelly Babies. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere production by HighTide and the New Wolsey Theatre, February 2022.
I Ain't Dumb
A tough inner-city school, proud of its inclusivity, suddenly explodes in a rapidly escalating culture war.Sex secrets, hip-hop and hope fight for centre stage in a vibrant, loud and proud, real talk rollercoaster.Tom Wright's hard-hitting new play tackles contemporary issues in a school setting, published to coincide with Coventry's year as City of Culture.
Harry Potter: Feasts & Festivities
Plan the perfect Harry Potter-themed party with this official entertaining guide, featuring a treasury of crafts, projects, party foods, and activities to help you throw enchanting celebrations inspired by the films. Every event is magical when it's inspired by the imaginative Wizarding World of the Harry Potter films! Bursting with gorgeous photography and sprinkled with fascinating behind-the-scenes film facts, Harry Potter: Feasts & Festivities offers step-by-step instructions on how to create, craft, and cater five unique Harry Potter-themed events. Packed with fun and unique crafts, recipes, and activities, this book includes complete blueprints for a colorful house-themed birthday party, mysterious magical creatures-themed Halloween party, glittering Yule Ball-inspired soiree, cozy movie marathon, and charming Harry Potter-inspired wedding reception. Each party includes a complete planning strategy, plus ideas, photos, and instructions for decorating your space, catering your buffet table, sending out invitations, creating favors, planning activities, and more. Crafts and menu are chosen to match the occasion, and include projects like our DIY Sorting Hat, decorations like the Deathly Hallows Wreath, party foods like our color-coded Hogwarts House Pizzas, and games like Quidditch Bean Bag Toss. Each project or recipe is easy to make using common household items and ingredients, and many include free downloadable templates based on the original graphic art from the films. With ideas ranging from simple plans for beginner hosts to more elaborate arrangements for experienced party-planners, you can re-create each party in full or mix and match elements to create your own unique celebration. Whether you're planning a casual small gathering or a large-scale formal event, this book includes everything you need to make your next party an event family and friends will not want to miss. INCLUDES 5 COMPLETE PARTIES: Full instructions for invitations, decor, activities, party food, and more to create magical parties and events! EXCLUSIVE PATTERNS AND PROJECTS: Downloadable templates for official designs based on the original graphics from the films, including a Hogwarts Letter Invitation and Daily Prophet-Wrapped DIY Wizarding Crackers. FESTIVE FOOD: Recipes for buffet offerings from appetizers to main dishes to drinks and desserts, including Hogwarts House Pizzas, Triwizard Cakes, Defeating the Basilisk Sausage Roll, and a gorgeous Patronus Charm Pull Cake--perfect for weddings! INSPIRING IMAGES: Gorgeous full-color photography of food, projects, and tablescapes help ensure success! OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER BOOK: An official Harry Potter entertaining guide.
Harold Pinter
This important book offers a thematic collection of critical essays, ideal for undergraduate courses on modern British theatre, on Harold Pinter's theatrical works, alongside new interviews with contemporary theatre practitioners. The life and works of Harold Pinter (1930-2008), a pivotal figure in twentieth- and twenty-first century British theatre, have been widely discussed, debated and celebrated internationally. For over five decades, Pinter's work traversed and redefined various forms and genres, constantly in dialogue with, and often impacting the work of, other writers, artists and activists. He is today considered one of the most important British playwrights ever to have lived. Through combining a reconsideration of key Pinter scholarship with new contexts, voices and theoretical approaches, it opens up fresh insights into the author's work, politics, collaborations and his enduring status as one of the world's foremost twentieth-century dramatists. Divided into three parts, the book is compiled of a collection of chapters that re-contextualize Pinter as a cultural figure; explore and interrogate his influence on contemporary British playwriting; and offer a series of original interviews with theatre-makers engaging in the staging of Pinter's work today. Reconsiderations of Pinter's relationship to literary and theatrical movements such as Modernism and the Theatre of the Absurd; interrogations of the role of class, elitism and religious and cultural identity sit alongside chapters on Pinter's personal politics, specifically in relation to the Middle East.
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
The 7th annual edition. Details of all the Contests from 1956 to 2014, the performers, composers & writers. Full details of the national qualifying competitions, voting histories for each country, analysis of best and worst countries, who favours who and who doesn't, the best position in the running order to perform and lots more. The expanded Guide this year includes even more pages of facts, statistics and records, including a detailed round-by-round analysis of the votes to show how each country moved up and down the scoreboard during the voting. Also included are: Average age and gender of previous winners back to 1956, Seven year history of the language each country has performed their songs in, Analysis of the type of entry from each country this year, Worst semi-final runs since last qualifying for the Final, Analysis of the best and worst semi-finals to compete in, national spokespersons & order of announcing the votes. Every fact and statistic for devoted fans of Eurovision!
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
M疇ns Zelmerl繹w won a thrilling 2015 Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden. "Heroes" gained 14 12 points in the semi-final. Runners-up Russia were the first to score over 300 points and not win. Without the juries though, Italy would have won the Contest, Sweden would have finished 3rd. Hosts Austria suffered the dreaded "nul points" but Germany also scored 0 & thanks to the tie-breaker rules, Austria avoided last place. Cyprus startled everyone by not giving Greece 12 points. The 2015 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 8th edition of the book & as usual it's packed with details of every Contest since 1956. We've expanded the Guide again this year to include extra facts, statistics & records, including the full jury & public vote split rankings for the Final, analysis of how countries have voted for the eventual winners, how debutant countries have fared following Australia's success & how the final table would look if it was based on average points received. 286 pp of analysis!
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Jamala won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine with her emotional performance of "1944", in a thrilling final in Stockholm. Australia were runners-up in only their second Contest and would have won if the traditional points system had still been used. The 2016 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 9th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 313 pages, 30 more than last year. The new points system was a big change this year and its effects are covered in detail in the book, with plenty of analysis of how the statistics under the new system compare to the previous one. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2016 and also has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with new sections on geographical voting and how to predict winners.
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Salvador Sobral won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev for Portugal, his country's first win after 53 years of trying and in doing so smashed all the points records. The 2017 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 10th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 326 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2017 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with new sections for this year, including which semi-final is the kiss of death for certain countries, the biggest disagreements between juries and the their public, how some countries receive overwhelmingly more points from juries than the public & vice versa.
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
The 2018 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is the 11th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 337 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2018 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with dozens of facts and statistics on this year's Contest and historical trends, including jury/public differences, bloc voting and analysis of where best to perform in the running order.
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
M疇ns Zelmerl繹w won a thrilling 2015 Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden. "Heroes" gained 14 12 points in the semi-final. Runners-up Russia were the first to score over 300 points and not win. Without the juries though, Italy would have won the Contest, Sweden would have finished 3rd. Hosts Austria suffered the dreaded "nul points" but Germany also scored 0 & thanks to the tie-breaker rules, Austria avoided last place. Cyprus startled everyone by not giving Greece 12 points. The 2015 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 8th edition of the book & as usual it's packed with details of every Contest since 1956. We've expanded the Guide again this year to include extra facts, statistics & records, including the full jury & public vote split rankings for the Final, analysis of how countries have voted for the eventual winners, how debutant countries have fared following Australia's success & how the final table would look if it was based on average points received & lots more!
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest
The 2018 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest is the 11th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 337 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2018 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with dozens of facts and statistics on this year's Contest and historical trends, including jury/public differences, bloc voting and analysis of where best to perform in the running order.
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest
Salvador Sobral won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev for Portugal, his country's first win after 53 years of trying and in doing so smashed all the points records. The 2017 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 10th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with statistical details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 326 pages, our biggest edition ever. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2017 and has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with new sections for this year, including which semi-final is the kiss of death for certain countries, the biggest disagreements between juries and the their public, how some countries receive overwhelmingly more points from juries than the public & vice versa.
The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Jamala won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine with her emotional performance of "1944", in a thrilling final in Stockholm. Australia were runners-up in only their second Contest and would have won if the traditional points system had still been used. The 2016 Edition of the Complete & Independent Guide is the 9th edition of this book and as usual it's packed with details of every Contest since 1956 along with plenty of new analysis, over 313 pages, 30 more than last year. The new points system was a big change this year and its effects are covered in detail in the book, with plenty of analysis of how the statistics under the new system compare to the previous one. The book looks at the national qualification competitions for 2016 and also has an in-depth section on the entire voting history of each country, along with new sections on geographical voting and how to predict winners.
Possible Worlds in Video Games
In current digital games, classic fictional worlds are transformed into ludofictional worlds, spaces rich in characters and emotions that are especially affected by the intervention of a player. In this book, we propose a model, inspired by the Semantics of Fiction and Possible Worlds, which is oriented to the analysis of video games as integrated systems.
Thought-Provoking Play
This book considers videogames as spaces of political philosophy. Emerging from a negotiation between designers, player and computer, they prompt us to rethink life in common and imagine alternatives to the status quo. Several case studies on science fictional videogames from Japan serve to demonstrate this potential for thought-provoking play.
Breaking Into Song
Breaking Into Song is a collection of articles, essays and interviews by Mel Atkey, the author of A MILLION MILES FROM BROADWAY -- MUSICAL THEATRE BEYOND NEW YORK AND LONDON and BROADWAY NORTH: THE DREAM OF A CANADIAN MUSICAL THEATRE.
The Augmented Museum
Augmented reality (AR) can be an artistic choice or an experience augmentation for museum patrons. The Knight Foundation analyzed how museums are adapting to digital demands noting it is "vast" and "complicated." The following collection from contributors to the Arts Management and Technology Laboratory offers perspectives on how museums are adapting to AR and similar digital disruptions.
