Stage Management : The Essential Handbook Paperback / softback

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 rolesTheatre unionsHealth and Safety legislationThe job marketStage management techProduction templatesManagement techniques and interpersonal skillsAs 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