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Stagecraft

Stagecraft English | 13 x 25 minutes

Producer: Spellcaster Productions.
Availability: Worldwide, all media Ex US & UK DVD.

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An Instructional Guide to the Art & Craft of Theatre.

A wealth of information on: acting, stage management, costume, props, set design and make up, drawing on the many years of experience of Director and Drama teacher Richard Martin and Stage Manager Andrew Killian, with introductions by Actress and Presenter, Christina Barryk.

"Every episode is packed with entertaining and informative sequences."
Amateur Stage.

"Suitably upbeat...overdue."
The Times

"I found these programmes quite delightful. Informative and accessible without in any way being condescending they take the viewer and their subject matter seriously whilst still managing to convey what fun it all is. I think that they will appeal to anyone who loves theatre, amateur or professional."
Alan Ayckbourn

Actor Workshops: 'Improvisation', 'Characterisation' and 'Awareness of Space' with Nick Elliot, Song and Dance Man of the Hamlet Theatre Company. Vocal Characterisation, Timing, Multiple roles, Telephone conversations, First Rehearsals. Oscar Wilde, The Pantomime Dame, Confidence, Blocking, Foreign Accents, Dying, Illness and Drunkenness, Playing it for real, Upstaging plus Sue Heaser on writing and performing your own songs, Nick and Jane Elliot with Paul and Sarah Thomas on Husbands and Wives, Liz Robotham and Dick Pell on playing Pantomime Dames.

Sets and Staging: Gobos and Gels, Rehearsal rooms, Robust scenery, The large Prop, Looking after Props, Design on a budget. The Crocodile, Casting and moulding, Useful tools, Authentic props, Theatre preparation, The Technical Rehearsal. Make-up and Costumes: Leading Man, Wicked Witch, Illness, Horror, the Clown, A slice of history, Cinderella, Cutting and Sewing.

Props and Prompts, Sets and Staging, Planning, Construction Painting Techniques, Rigging Lights, Props on a budget.

Make-up and Costumes: Pantomine Dame, Back end of a Cow, Geisha Girl, The Principal Boy, The Rabbit, Restoration, the role of the DSM Make-up: 40's woman, The Heroine The Villain, The Ageing Process.