Ballet Confidential: A Personal Behind-the-Scenes Guide by David McAllister
$35.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
Beyond the formidable combination of tulle and lycra, how much can an audience ever truly understand about the demands of being a ballet dancer? What really is the pain and pleasure of pointe shoes and jockstraps? Can a wardrobe malfunction derail a scene? What happens when injury sidelines a principal ...Show more
Glimpses of Graeme: Reflections on the work of Graeme Murphy by Michelle Potter
$45.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
A collection of writing by Michelle Potter on the career of dancer, choreographer and director Graeme Murphy. It consists of reviews and stories written over several decades for a number of newspapers, theatre magazines, journals, books and electronic sources.
Diaghilev's Empire: How the Ballets Russes Conquered the World by Rupert Christiansen
$50.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
A freshly researched and challenging reassessment of a unique phenomenon, exploring passionate conflicts and outsize personalities in a story embracing triumph and disaster. Serge Diaghilev was the Russian impresario who is often said to have invented the modern art form of ballet. Commissioning such l ...Show more
Ballet by LEO MASON
$60.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
Live performances allow us to admire ballet's visual splendor from afar, but rarely are we given the opportunity to study dynamic poses, leaps and lifts in intimate, close-up detail. An inspirational companion for dance aficionados, performing arts enthusiasts and keen photographers, Ballet captures awe ...Show more
Musicals: The Definitive Illustrated Story
$55.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
Immerse yourself in the world of musicals, and fall in love all over again with the songs, stories, characters, and legendary stars from every era.From Show Boat and The Wizard of Oz to Les Miserables and Hamilton, discover the story of musical theatre and film and see the world's best-loved musicals br ...Show more
The Birds and Other Plays by Aristophanes
$20.00 AUD
Category: Theatre | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians, Aristophanes' The Birds and Other Plays is a timeless set of comedies, combining witty satire and raucous slapstick to wonderful effect. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by David Barrett and Alan H. Sommerstein. The plays ...Show more
Acting Shakespeare by John Gielgud; John Miller
$40.00 AUD
Category: Theatre | Series: Applause Bks.
From the London Sunday Telegraph: Acting Shakespeare is extraordinary. The tone of the voice is unmistakably Sir John's, the atmosphere congenial. We're in the company of our greatest actor, who holds in his hands the last links of a chain of tradition leading to Shakespeare himself ... this book is cru ...Show more
Designing Broadway: How Derek McLane and Other Acclaimed Set Designers Create the Visual World of Theatre by Derek McLane, Eila Mell
$70.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
In this richly illustrated and information-packed celebration of Broadway set design, Tony Award-winning designer Derek McLane explores the craft while reflecting on some of the greatest stage productions of the past few decades. Together with other leading set design and theatre talents, McLane invites ...Show more
Arthur Miller - American Witness by John Lahr
$50.00 AUD
Category: Theatre | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
A great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller's dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights. Distinguished theater critic John Lahr brings unique perspective to the life of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), the playwright who almost single-handedly propelled twentiet ...Show more
Music, Dance and the Archive by Harris Amanda
$40.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
Music, Dance and the Archive interrogates historical access and responses to archives by showing how Indigenous performing artists and community members, and academic researchers (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) are collaborating to bring life to objects that have been stored in archives.It highlights th ...Show more
On Stage: Spotlight on Our Performing Arts by National Library of Australia
$20.00 AUD
Category: Theatre
Imagine a crowded theatre. The lights have just gone down. An expectant silence blankets the audience as the chatter abruptly stops. The show is about to begin.Live performance is storytelling, expression, activism and hope. It is by nature ephemeral, yet its impact can be long-lasting, on audiences and ...Show more