Description: Preparing a performance for the theatre involves two processes: the acting rehearsals, usually carried out in a rehearsal room, and the technical and dress rehearsals on the stage. Detailed planning is required to ensure that the transition from rehearsal room to stage takes place as smoothly as possible in the available time - which is always too short. This book will help everyone involved in a production to understand the processes involved in integrating the actors, singers and dancers with the technical environment of the stage and so avoid many of the problems that inevitably occur. The various staging elements are examined in detail and include budgeting, scheduling, scenery, props, lighting, sound and wardrobe. In addition, there are sections on the staging of different kinds of productions including plays, musicals, dance, operas, light entertainment and amateur theatre.

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