Drama games for devising / Jessica Swale ; foreword by Mike Leigh.
By: Swale, Jessica
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BookPublisher: London : Nick Hern Books, c2012Description: xxxvii, 122 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9781848420373.Subject(s): Acting -- Study and teaching | Theater -- Study and teaching | Acting gamesDDC classification: 792.028 Summary: A follow up to the highly successful "Drama Games for Classrooms and Workshops". Jessica Swales provides invaluable insight and experience in a series of exercises and games designed to free up creativity and release the imagination.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 792.028 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 27/02/2024 | 00175363 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As part of the ever-growing, increasingly popular Drama Games series, Jessica Swale returns with another dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, packed with dozens of drama games that can be used in the process of devising theatre.
The games will be invaluable to directors and theatre companies at all levels who are creating new pieces of theatre from scratch and need lively, dynamic games to fire the imagination. They will particularly appeal to school, youth theatre and community groups where devising is a growing trend - and a core element of the drama curriculum.
Written with clear instructions on How to Play, notes on the Aim of the Game, and illuminating examples from professional productions, the games cover every aspect of the devising process and develop all the skills required: generating ideas, creating characters and scenarios, using stimuli, structuring the piece, and creating an ensemble.
Mike Leigh, the most dedicated and celebrated creator of devised work, hails the book in his foreword as 'highly original and massively useful'.
'A remarkable compendium of games and exercises... a lively starting point for rich invention' Mike Leigh, from his Foreword
Includes index of games.
A follow up to the highly successful "Drama Games for Classrooms and Workshops". Jessica Swales provides invaluable insight and experience in a series of exercises and games designed to free up creativity and release the imagination.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Jessica Swale is a director, writer and the Artistic Director of Red Handed Theatre Company. She has worked for the National Theatre, Out of Joint, Shakespeare's Globe and for many drama schools and theatre projects both in the UK and overseas. Her first book, Drama Games for Classrooms and Workshops, is the bestselling book of its kind.