Curtain Up!

How to Stage Great Youth Productions

Charon Williams-Ros

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Nick Hern Books
11 January 2024

Theatre direction & production; Social groups: clubs & societies

This comprehensive, hands-on guide to making theatre – perfect for any school, college, youth group or amateur-theatre company – gives you the knowledge you need to take your productions to the next level.

Curtain Up! is packed with invaluable advice and practical tips on every aspect of putting on your show, including:

Direction: from choosing your project to casting, rehearsals and opening night Vocal Direction: give your singers and actors the confidence to deliver great performances Choreography: step-by-step advice on bringing your choreography to life Production Design: use set, costumes and more to realise your vision innovatively (and come in on budget) Puppets & Props: inject some practical magic into your production – and how to make your own puppets Scriptwriting: beat the blank page and pen your own original show Lighting Design: maximise your resources to create a whole world on stage Publicity: identify your audience, reach them and get those bums on seats

Each section is written by an experienced theatre professional, laying out the essentials of every role and offering creative, practical ideas to breathe new life into your own theatre projects.

Also included is a section on planning, with tips and worksheets to assist with everything from budgeting to selecting your production team.

Wherever and however you make theatre, this inspiring, empowering and highly accessible manual will help make your next production your best yet!

Edited by: Charon Williams-Ros
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9781848428522
ISBN 10: 1848428529
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 11 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charon Williams-Ros is a writer, teacher and multi-award-winning actor. She established the Williams-Ros voice-training studios in 1992, where she trained a host of talented singers. Later, she formed an agency to promote them, and began to write and direct musical revues to showcase that talent. The Williams-Ros alumni have gone on to win Idols, excel in Musical Theatre and solo Pop careers, or become teachers and lecturers themselves. Charon has written over fifty musical revues and musical events. She devised the Williams-Ros Foundation Music Course and wrote the popular Howard & Thandi Performing Arts book series for children. She is the editor of Curtain Up!: How to Stage Great Youth Productions (Nick Hern Books, 2023).

Reviews for Curtain Up!: How to Stage Great Youth Productions

'An extremely useful starting point for anyone wanting to put on a school or amateur theatre production... Lots of really useful ideas for where to begin when putting on a show but also contains a variety of useful tips for use in the classroom' * Drama & Theatre Magazine * 'The information given in the book covers, in an easily understood manner, most of the problems and questions that anyone involved with a production may face... Very accessible, clearly and also colourfully presented... I would recommend this book to anyone involved with ""putting on a play"". The information and advice is given in an easy to understand way and the enthusiasm of all the writers leaps from the pages!' * Word Matters (Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama) * 'Tangible practical info and advice... a whistlestop journey through the main considerations of staging a theatre production and a useful starting point for anyone wanting to put on a school or amateur theatre production... a valuable asset for a teacher in the classroom, and great potential to be used as a student resource for production role routes or units at KS4/5' * Drama Magazine *