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A history of the American musical theatre: no business like it


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A screen acting workshop


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Acting in Musical Theatre


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An actor’s guide to getting work


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Applied Theatre


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Berlin Cabaret


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Dance, Space and Subjectivity


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Directing in musical theatre: an essential guide


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Dissertation and Project Reports


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Feminism and Theatre


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Gender trouble: feminism and the subversion of identity


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Mapping Intermediality in Performance


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Music Theory Essentials : Fundamentals, Tonal Harmony, and Post-Tonal Materials


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Performance and place


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Performance Studies: An Introduction


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Playing Boal


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Reading media theory: thinkers, approaches, contexts


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Revise BTEC National Performing Arts Revision Workbook


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Small Acts of Repair: Performance, Ecology and Goat Island


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Special Make-Up Effects


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Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen


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The Active Text: Unlocking Plays Through Physical Theatre


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The Director and the Stage: From Naturalism to Grotowski


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The Empty Space


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The Geese Theatre handbook: drama with offenders and people at risk


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The Maternal in Creative Work


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The Radical in Performance: between Brecht and Baudrillard


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The Routledge companion to African American theatre and performance


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The viewpoints book: a practical guide to viewpoints and composition


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Theatre


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Theatre for young audiences: a critical handbook


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Theatre Studies: the Basics


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Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre & Film (2nd edition.)


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Zen and the Art of Stand Up

Useful Subject Links

Bectu – the media and entertainment trade union
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society have a youth section for 10-18 year olds, with opportunities to perform and work on other aspects of their productions.
Bristol Old Vic has theatre and comedy shows.
British Library, the Theatre Archive Project. British Theatre history 1945-1968
British Library: Literature and Drama – collections relating to English Literature and and British Theatre
British Theatre Guide – News, reviews, features and podcast on theatre across the UK
Colston Hall in central Bristol has lots of live music and comedy events.
E-dance considers how practice-led dance research can be recorded for critique and reflection.
EThOs, e-thesis online service
In-Yer-Face Theatre – contemporary theatre breaking the boundaries
Moving Image gateway – moving image and audio resources
Musicals 101 is a comprehensive guide to all things musical theatre
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Conversation: Arts and Culture – an independent source of news and views, sourced from the academic and research community
The National Theatre has plenty of free downloadable resources tailored to FE students with synopses of plays, rehearsal diaries, key themes and character profiles.
The Redgrave Theatre in Clifton shows plays.
The Society of Theatre Research
The Stage publishes regular news, reviews and opinions on current theatre productions.
The Student Room – a student community that exists for every student to use to support each other
The Tobacco Factory Theatre in Bristol has a changing programme of plays.
The Victoria and Albert Museum has a large Theatre and Performance collection which includes posters and costumes. It is fully searchable online.
Theatre Voice – an audio resource for British theatre
There are lots of theatres and live music venues in Bristol, including the Hippodrome for theatre and musicals

Print Journals held


Dance Theatre Journal

With an emphasis primarily on modern and post-modern dance, this journal has been especially successful in nurturing new generations of dance writers.

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Dancing Times

A dancing magazine based in the UK, the oldest dance magazine to be still published.

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Empire

"Find the latest movie news from Empire, the world's biggest movie destination. Get the latest insights about the film industry from our extensive coverage."

Filton
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Musical Stages

"Musical Stages is the only glossy magazine entirely devoted to the world of Musical Theatre."

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The Stage

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