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Theatre Performance and Practice Video Library

Theatre Performance and Practice Video Library is a collection of 7 educational films from Pumpkin Interactive, the UK's leading producer of high-quality video content for schools, colleges and universities, which will enable users to understand first-hand the process of creating theatre from inception through to performance.

The areas covered – physical theatre, devising, ensemble, comedy and the ideas of iconic practitioners Artaud and Grotowski – are among the core components of any undergraduate Theatre Studies, Drama, Comedy and Acting course at universities and conservatoires across the world.

Available now for purchase via annual subscription and perpetual access at institutions worldwide.

Content Highlights

This collection offers:

• Interviews, rehearsal footage, demonstrations and exercises that can be adapted to your own rehearsal space
• Training and career advice from practitioners and academics, plus mock-auditions and student accounts
• Unprecedented access to a number of influential theatre companies from the UK, the US and Japan
• Documentary material on major historic theatre practitioners such as Artaud and Grotowski

The seven videos include:

1. 1. Grotowski: A Practical Guide
   2. Antonin Artaud: Practical Approaches to a Theatre of Cruelty
   3. Creating Physical Theatre
   4. Devising Work
   5. Ensemble Building
   6. Creating Comedy: Techniques and Exercises
   7. So You Want To Go To Drama School?