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"The Association of British Theatre Technicians produced its first guide to the design and planning of theatres in 1972. Revised in 1986, it became the standard reference work for anyone involved in building, refurbishing, or creating a performance space. Theatre Buildings -- a design guide is its successor. Written and illustrated by a highly experienced team of international theatre designers and practitioners, it retains the practical approach of the original while extending the scope to take account of the development of new technologies, new forms of presentation, changing expectations, and the economic and social pressures which require every part of the theatre to be as productive as possible. The book takes the reader through the whole process of planning and designing a theatre. It looks in detail at each area of the building: front of house, auditorium, backstage, and administrative offices. It gives specific guidance on sightlines, acoustics, stage engineering, lighting, sound and video, auditorium and stage formats. Aspects such as catering, conference and education use are also covered. The information is supplemented by twenty-eight case studies, selected to provide examples which range in size, style and format and to cover new buildings, renovations, conversions, temporary and found space. The studies include Den Norsk, Oslo; The Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis; The Liceu, Barcelona; Les Bouffes du Nord, Paris; The RSC's Courtyard Theatre in Stratford on Avon; and the MTC Theatre in Melbourne. All have plans and sections drawn to 1:500 scale. The book contains around 100 high quality full colour images as well as over 60 specially drawn charts and diagrams explaining formats, relationships and technical details"--Provided by publisher.

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In Place of a Show is a compelling account of Western theatre buildings in the 21st century: theatres stripped of their primary purpose, lying empty, preserved as museums, or demolished. Playfully combining first-person narratives, scholarly research and visual documents, Augusto Corrieri explores the material and imaginative potentials of these places, charting interconnections between humans, birds, vegetation, and the beguiling animations of inanimate things, such as walls, curtains and seats. Across four chapters we learn of the uncanny dismantling and reconstitution of a German Baroque auditorium during the Second World War; the phantasmal remains of a demolished music hall in London's East End; a Renaissance Italian theatre, fleetingly transformed into an aviary by the appearance of a swallow; and a lavish opera house emerging from the Amazon rainforest. In these pages we are invited to discover theatres as sites of anomalous encounters and surprising coincidences: places that might reveal the performative entanglement of human and nonhuman worlds.

Theaters. --- Théâtres --- Abandoned buildings. --- Theaters --- Reconstruction. --- Théâtres. --- Theatrical science --- drama [literature] --- drama [discipline]

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La scénographie est l'art d'organiser l'espace de la fiction théâtrale, mais aussi l'espace plus global de la rencontre et de l'échange entre le public et les acteurs. En tant qu'outil de la représentation, elle exprime une vision du monde. Depuis l'origine grecque de notre théâtre occidental jusqu'au début du XXe siècle, les codes de représentation ont évolué, leurs significations sont aujourd'hui perdues ou bien ont survécu en se modifiant. La scénographie reste alors l'une des seules traces de la représentation théâtrale, éphémère par essence. C'est à cette traversée chronologique de l'espace scénographique que nous invite ce livre, analysant tour à tour textes, croquis, illustrations, dessins, où l'architecte, le machiniste, le décorateur, le peintre, font office de celui qui n'est pas encore le " scénographe ". Cet ouvrage s'adresse aux étudiants en arts du spectacle, en lettres, en architecture et à tous ceux que le théâtre ou l'opéra font rêver.

Theaters --- Histoire --- Représentation architecturale --- Scénographie --- Théâtre --- Stage-setting and scenery --- Designs and plans --- Theaters - Stage-setting and scenery --- Theaters - Designs and plans --- Europe --- Décors

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Focused on the contemporary Anglophone adoption from the 1960s onwards, Beyond Scenography explores the porous state of contemporary theatre-making to argue a critical distinction between scenography (as a crafting of place orientation) and scenographics (that which orientate acts of worlding, of staging). With sections on installation art and gardening as well as marketing and placemaking, this book is an argument for what scenography does: how assemblages of scenographic traits orientate, situate, and shape staged events. Established stage orthodoxies are revisited - including the symbiosis of stage and scene and the aesthetic ideology of'the scenic'- to propose how scenographics are formative to all staged events. Consequently, one of the conclusions of this book is that there is no theatre practice without scenography, no stages without scenographics. Beyond Scenography offers a manifesto for a renewed theory of scenographic practice.

Theaters --- Motion pictures --- Stage-setting and scenery. --- Setting and scenery.

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From the basics of physical forces and mathematical formulas to performer flying and stage automation, Entertainment Rigging for the 21st Century provides you with insider information into rigging systems and the skills you need to safely operate them. Over the past decade, the entertainment industry has witnessed major changes in rigging technology, as manually operated rigging has given way to motorized systems in both permanent and touring productions, and greater attention has been paid to standardizing safety practices. This book leads you through what is currently happening in the indust

Hoisting machinery --- Theaters --- Rigging. --- Stage-setting and scenery --- Safety measures.