Getting Directions: A Fly-on-the-Wall Guide for Emerging Theatre Directors

by Russ Hope

Overview

Eight of the United Kindom's best young directors provide unique insight into the creative process, from first rehearsal to opening. Getting Directions will equip emerging directors with a practical handbook: a masterclass from a generation of theatre practitioners, and essential reading for anyone who wants to follow in their footsteps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848421820
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	02/26/2013
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Russ Hope was born in London in 1983. His work as a theatre director includes Brooklyn (Cock Tavern Theatre), The Last Five Years (Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue), Wired and Finishing the Hat (King's Head Theatre), Knickerbocker Glories (Union Theatre, Southwark), Lucky Nurse and other short musical plays and The Fix (Edinburgh Festival), and Square-Eyed (Etcetera Theatre Club).

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xi

Introduction: On a Lighting Gantry 1

1 Matthew Dunster: Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare 7

2 Steve Marmion: Dick Whittington and his Cat Joel Horwood Morgan Lloyd Malcolm Steve Marmion 49

3 Natalie Abrahami: A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare 89

4 Nikolai Foster: Great Expectations Tanika Gupta Charles Dickens 125

5 Carrie Cracknell: Electra Nick Payne Sophocles 157

6 Joe Hill-Gibbins: The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams 195

7 OperaUpClose: Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lorenzo Da Ponte 231

8 Action Hero: Frontman Gemma Paintin James Stenhouse 251

Epilogue: Asking Better Questions 269