Inside the Rehearsal Room

<p><b>Shortlisted for the STR Theatre Book Prize 2023</b> <p/>With an exclusive focus on text-based theatre-making <i>Inside the Rehearsal Room </i>is both an instructional and conceptual examination of the rehearsal process. Drawing on professional practice and underpinned by theory this book moves through each stage of rehearsals considering the inter-connectivity between the actor director designers and the backstage team and how the cumulative effect of the weeks in rehearsal influences the final production. <p/>The text also includes: <p/>- Auto-ethnographic and fully ethno-graphic case study approaches to different rehearsal rooms<br>- Interviews with directors actors designers and actor trainers<br>- A consideration of the ethics of the rehearsal room and material selected for production<br>- Practical exercises on how to creatively read a text from an acting and directing perspective <p/>Informed by over 20 years of directing experience in the UK and Europe Robert Marsden's book offers a practical guide that ultimately demystifies the rehearsal process and challenges how the rehearsal room should be run in the twenty-first century.</p>