Bloomsbury Publishing
Lucian Msamati draws on his rich experience, particularly in the context of productions at the National Theatre to delve into sets of challenges and possibilities that actors might face.
Casting director Sam Stevenson draws on her rich experience, from both her time as deputy head of casting at the National Theatre and her varied freelance career, to delve into the challenges and possibilities that you might face in auditions.
Offering a clear insight into the Alexander Technique, this book explores its core principles while guiding practitioners and artists through more advanced elements like postural support and psycho-physical unity.
Published in English for the first time, this early text from Chekhov affords a rare fly-on-the-wall insight into the raw material of his vision and the processes of a spirit of true artistic genius.
This practical guide is a novel approach to accent-learning, offering 200+ empowering exercises and a diverse library of contemporary accent recordings from across the globe.
In this exclusive article, actor Lucian Msamati discusses the ‘imperfect creative marriage’ between acting and writing.
A 21st-century training route designed as a companion to practical experience and useful as a reference sourcebook for self-curated learning. It takes the position that each individual actor must find their own process.
Charting the personal and professional journey of Greg Doran, Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2012 until 2022, My Shakespeare is a fascinating account of his experiences either directing or producing each of Shakespeare’s plays in the First Folio.
A clear roadmap to corporate role play, featuring top tips on how to successfully execute them time and time again.
A clear, achievable, step-by-step way to approach the work of playing a role which draws from the author’s 20 years’ experience of teaching at the Yale School of Drama.
Position yourself as CEO of your acting career with an action plan from Emmy-nominated casting director Wendy S. Kurtzman that will empower and equip you to achieve your goals.
In this exclusive article, actor Zak Ford-Williams offers advice to disabled actors on navigating the industry.
Find your voice with Patsy Rodenburg’s seminal work on words – featuring a brilliant foreword by the late Antony Sher – which offers practical ways to approach language, Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, modern prose, and much more.
Develop your improv skills through solo and group work with over 50 exercises and practical techniques featured in this book for being more physical on stage.
Journey through the development of Black queer theatre in Britain, from monologue to musicals, realist drama to club-performance, and a wide range of forms.
Legendary voice coach Patsy Rodenburg’s essential guide to voice work for actors who want to reach the pitch, passion and vocal intensity that the best roles require.
A guidebook on what it takes to become an industry pro, full of in-depth insight into the casting process within television, film and theatre.
An ideal speech-training resource for the 21st-century actor which includes specially commissioned online videos demonstrating key exercises.
A call to arms to women about reclaiming their voices, combining elements of experience and practice from Patsy Rodenburg’s prolific career.
An essential tool for actors of colour to showcase their range, and seeks to inspire, empower, and create a legacy for generations to come.
A landmark book by one of the world’s foremost voice and acting coaches, containing exercises and practical tips with a step-by-step approach to using the voice effectively.
Many Methuen Drama authors will be premiering new work and reviving recent classics throughout this Fringe. Here is a run-down to help ensure you don’t miss your next festival-favourite!
The first all-encompassing guide for the next generation of performers working specifically for motion capture, featuring contributions from practitioners working across the globe.
An essential guide to the new, explosive synthesis of hip hop and theatre which covers vocal technique, use of equipment, mixing, looping, sampling, working with venues and dealing with creative challenges.
A practical guide that ultimately demystifies the rehearsal process and challenges how the rehearsal room should be run in the 21st century, drawing on professional practice and underpinned by theory.
Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday this year with an excerpt from Mastering the Shakespeare Audition, which shows performers how to make the most of their rehearsal time in the lead up to an audition.
For over 10 years, performers and practitioners have used The Vocal Arts Workbook to develop vocal power, range, and flexibility through through structured and informed methods.
Legendary casting director Nancy Bishop offers actionable advice on audition technique, scene analysis, and online casting, as well as aiding actors in landing the part.
Legendary voice instructor and creator of the Morrison Bone Prop, Annie Morrison, has put her modernising practice to paper, sharing her transformative process in The Moment of Speech: Creative Articulation for Actors.
In this exclusive interview, actress Joan Iyiola talks to Cherrelle Skeete, co-founder and Artistic Director of Blacktress UK, a network that supports Black womxn creatives by providing them with a community.
In this exclusive extract, Anne Bogart breaks down the art of ‘resonance’: defining what it is, highlighting why it matters, and explaining how the ‘global situation’ of 2020 spurred her into writing.
The Kali Theatre celebrates 30 years of producing art with 30 monologues and duologues written by South Asian women.
Dian Perry uses decades of experience to offer simple exercises for great narrators and voiceover artists.
Celebrating the boldest American voices today is this collection of seven plays from Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks.
An anthology of plays from trans playwrights establishes a canon of contemporary American trans theatre.
A new series of practical guides to performing Shakespeare’s plays for actors, directors, teachers and students.
Five new plays that had their productions stopped due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Read this Extract from Clown: The Physical Comedian, Introduction, The Word and The Look
Read this Extract from Voice Into Acting, Chapter One: The Organic Acting Approach and the Voice
Read this interview from the Actors’ and Performers’ Yearbook 2021 with David Mumeni on levelling the playing field for actors from working- and benefit- class backgrounds.
Read this extract from the introduction of Di and Viv and Rose by Elizabeth Kuti, from Methuen Drama’s Modern Classics series.