Awards

• Short-listed for Music & Drama Education Awards 2021 (UK)

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Full Product Details

Author:   Jess Thorpe (Artistic Director, United Kingdom) ,  Tashi Gore (Artistic Director, United Kingdom)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Methuen Drama
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781350099746

ISBN 10:   1350099740
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   19 September 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Foreword by Lyn Gardner Part One: An Introduction to devising theatre with young people An Introduction to Junction 25 Who is this book for? Why devise theatre? Beginning to collaborate Part Two: Devising theatre in seven stages An overview Stage 1: Building the group dynamic Stage 2: Selecting an inquiry question Stage 3: Finding the frame Stage 4: Making original material for performance · Writing text · Movement and choreography · Performance images · Action · Music Stage 5: Structure and composition Stage 6: Reflection Stage 7: Production: Sharing your work with an audience Part Three: Five interviews and one running order Interviews with companies that devise theatre; an introduction Interview about the process of devising All the Sex I’ve Ever Had by Mammalian Diving Reflex with Artistic Director Darren O’Donnell Interview about the process of devising Wallflower by Quarantine with Artistic Director Richard Gregory Interview about the process of devising Mission Drift by the TEAM with Artistic Director Rachel Chavkin Interview about the process of devising £¥€$ (LIES) by Ontroerend Goed with Artistic Director Alexander Devriendt Interview about the process of devising Trilogy by Nic Green with Artist Nic Green An example of a running order – ANOESIS by Junction 25 Index List of Contributors

Reviews

[A] useful, practical book ... The emphasis, throughout, is on collaboration - an essential life skill ... This book demonstrates just how much drama can contribute to educational development. Any young person who comes successfully through this process will be equipped for almost anything. * Ink Pellet * The introduction chapters are so uplifting, motivating and stimulating that it creates a real buzz for devising ... A selling point for this book is that it is not exclusively written for the perspective of teachers; any KS4/5 student would be able to pick up and understand the processes suggested. I like the fact that giving full ownership to students' creative process would not be a daunting task with this book at the helm. * Drama Magazine * Not just one of the best things I've seen in Edinburgh this year, but one of the best pieces I've seen anywhere - tender, true and brutally honest * Lyn Gardner on Junction 25 * Junction 25 youth theatre company, steered by directors Tashi Gore and Jess Thorpe, have been hailed as one of the finest in the UK, and it's not difficult to see why * Scotsman on Junction 25 * A Beginner's Guide to Devising Theatre offers exactly what it promises: a bean garden with plenty of other possible itinerary that can be rotated for a serious practical benefit. A guidebook to an empire whose many paths, detours and even dead ends are well known, but in such detail no one has ever mapped one of the possible paths to the center. * Theatron (Bloomsbury Translation) *

Not just one of the best things I've seen in Edinburgh this year, but one of the best pieces I've seen anywhere - tender, true and brutally honest * Lyn Gardner on Junction 25 * Junction 25 youth theatre company, steered by directors Tashi Gore and Jess Thorpe, have been hailed as one of the finest in the UK, and it's not difficult to see why * Scotsman on Junction 25 *

Author Information

Jess Thorpe and Tashi Gore are Co-Artistic Directors of Glass Performance. Glass Performance is an international award-winning performance company that gives voice to unheard stories, told by everyday people.

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