Del i serien Readings in Theatre Practice

Stage Management

Communication Design as Scenography

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

AvMichael Smalley,Simon Shepherd

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Drawing on interview material from more than 20 leading stage managers from the UK, USA and Australia, this book situates the contemporary practice of stage management within its historical and social contexts.Questioning the notions of the invisible stage manager and a linear production process, it argues for a broader conception of stage management lying at the intersections of administration, management and artistry.This volume places stage management practice within key theories drawn from the diverse fields of performance studies, semiotics, phenomenology, distributed cognition, management and scenography. It champions the creative agency of stage management and details the properties of communication which stage managers manipulate and the objectives they set out to achieve as a guide for decision making. While it considers the different approaches necessitated by productions from different cultures, genres, and so on, it offers a view of stage management which is not bound by these differences.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-01-25
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt360 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieReadings in Theatre Practice
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350360549

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Michael Smalley is a theatre-maker, researcher and Senior Lecturer in Theatre Production at the Guildford School of Acting, UK. His professional practice has mainly involved stage managing many productions through the UK, Australia and Canada. He has also lectured in stage management, technical theatre and scenography at universities and presented his research at many academic conferences including the Prague Quadrennial.

List of FiguresSeries PrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionsAssumptionsSynopsisInterviewsPart One: Various Stage Management ApproachesChapter 1 – Developments Over TimeChapter 2 – Cultural DifferencesDifferent Stage Management Approaches in the UK, North America and AustraliaIntercultural Stage ManagementCultural Diversity and Stage ManagementConclusionsChapter 3 – Content-driven DifferencesGenreDifferent Scales of ProductionConclusions.Chapter 4 – Recent DevelopmentsCommunication TechnologyPerformance TechnologyNew Approaches to Maintaining ProductionsDevelopments in Health and Safety ManagementConclusionsChapter 5 – Three Models of Stage Management PracticeThe Administrative ModelFeaturesLimitationsThe Managerial ModelThe Artistic ModelArtistryCommunication DesignAudience ExperienceConclusionsPart Two: Scenographic Stage ManagementChapter 6 – Scenographic Stage ManagementOther Technical Theatre DisciplinesScenographyAnalysing ScenographyThe Coordinates Model of ScenographyConclusionsChapter 7 – Objectives of Stage ManagementSelective Information FlowTargeted Information Flow.Distributed CognitionControlling the Mood and AtmosphereTranslationConclusionsChapter 8 – The Properties of CommunicationMessageModeDistributionUpdatesConclusionsChapter 9 – Rationales, Implications and ConclusionsRationalesImplicationsConclusionsNotesIndex