Technical Theatre : A Practical Introduction Book

	Preface
1	Introduction to the context of theatre-making	1
	A brief history of technical theatre	2
	Theatre sectors, their constitution and theatre-making	10
	The status and contribution of technicians	11
2	The repertory system	13
	A Passionate Woman	13
	The text	13
	Technical challenges	13
	Staffing structures	19
	Jobs in a repertory theatre	20
3	Staging Shakespeare	27
	Romeo and Juliet	27
	Technical challenges	27
	Costumes	29
	Making a disguise - masks	32
	Elizabethan theatre space	32
	Hamlet	35
	Exercises	40
4	Site-specific	45
	Bed of Arrows trilogy	45
	The text	46
	The venues	46
	Technical challenges	47
	Dyes and dyeing	52
	Painting techniques	56
5	Changing spaces - the use of dynamic scenery	59
	A Happy Medium	59
	The text	59
	Technical challenges	60
	Cafe Vesuvio	61
	The text	61
	Technical challenges	63
	Language of significance and the creative process	66
	Approaches to text	69
6	Small-scale tours	73
	The Lady Dragon's Lament	75
	The text	75
	Technical challenges	75
	100 Million Footsteps	76
	The text	76
	Technical challenges	77
	Crazy Lady	81
	Claiming your space - some scenic features	82
7	Dance	85
	The Secret of Life	85
	The text	85
	Technical challenges	86
	The Magic Shoes	89
	Technical challenges	89
	Aesthetics of light	90
	Lighting equipment	90
	Theory of electricity	95
	Rigging exercise	97
	Electrical exercises	97
8	Touring opera and the management of sound	99
	The Secret Garden	99
	Technical challenges	99
	Atmosphere, locale, text and sources	100
	The chain of sound	103
	Sound exercise	107
9	Spectacle	109
	You're Thinking About Doughnuts	109
	The text	109
	Technical challenges	109
	Practical preparations for rehearsals	113
	Mark-out exercise	123
10	Multimedia technology	125
	Projection	125
	Reclaiming spectacle in the twenty-first century	128
11	Exercises	131
	Multiple choice questions	131
	The flat project	136
	Answers to multiple choice questions	137
	Bibliography and further reading	139
	Index	145