Living Drama Student Book with 1 Access Code for 26 Months

Section One: Characterisation 1 Creating a character 2 Representing a character 3 Contemporary approaches to characterisation 4 New directions for characterisation today Case Study: Ex Machina Case Srudy: Complicite Section Two: Stagecraft and staging 5 Stage, costume, lighting and sound design 6 Staging a performance 7 Staging performance texts Case Study: Stephen Curtis Section Three: Group and solo performance 8 Improvising a group performance 9 Contemporary styles of group performance 10 Creating a solo performance Case Study: Verbatim theatre in the classroom Section Four: Major traditions and heritage styles of theatres 11 The beginnings of Western theatre 12 Theatre comes of age Case Study: Sport for Jove Section Five: The evolution of modern theatre 13 Stanislavski to magical realism 14 Surrealism, cruelty and absurd 15 Expressionism, Brecht and Boal 16 The theatre of transformation 17 Theatre of Asia 18 Theatre in the 21st century Section Six: Australian Theatre 19 The evolution of Australian theatre 20 Contemporary Australian theatre 21 Aboriginal Australian theatre 22 Working with key Australian texts Case Study: Currency Pass Case Study: Play Lab Case Study: Ilbijerri Theatre Company Case Study: Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company Case Study: ATYP Case Study: Monkey Baa