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Actor-Musicianship
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Actor-musicianship is a permanent feature of the musical theatre landscape. Actor-musician shows can be seen from Bradford to Broadway, from village halls to international arena tours. However, with the exception of a couple of academic papers, there has been nothing written about this fascinating area of theatre practice.
Jeremy Harrison's book addresses this deficit, operating as both a record of the development of the actor-musician movement and as a practical guide for students, educators, performers and practitioners. It explores the history of actor-musicianship, examining its origins, as well as investigating – and offering guidance on – how this specialist form of music theatre is created.
It, in turn, acts as a means of defining an art form that has to date been left to lurk in the shadows of musical theatre; a subset with its own distinctive culture of performer, maker and audience, but as yet no formal recognition as a specialism in its own right. The actor-musician show is multifarious and as such this book targets those interested in mainstream commercial work, as well as alternative and avant-garde theatre practice.
The book draws together expertise from a range of disciplines with contributions from many of the leading figures in this field, including performers, directors, teachers, MDs, producers and writers. It also features a foreword by theatre director John Doyle.
Jeremy Harrison's book addresses this deficit, operating as both a record of the development of the actor-musician movement and as a practical guide for students, educators, performers and practitioners. It explores the history of actor-musicianship, examining its origins, as well as investigating – and offering guidance on – how this specialist form of music theatre is created.
It, in turn, acts as a means of defining an art form that has to date been left to lurk in the shadows of musical theatre; a subset with its own distinctive culture of performer, maker and audience, but as yet no formal recognition as a specialism in its own right. The actor-musician show is multifarious and as such this book targets those interested in mainstream commercial work, as well as alternative and avant-garde theatre practice.
The book draws together expertise from a range of disciplines with contributions from many of the leading figures in this field, including performers, directors, teachers, MDs, producers and writers. It also features a foreword by theatre director John Doyle.
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ACTOR-MUSICIANSHIP
55
Sally
Cookson
is
a
freelance
director
based
in
Bristol.
Her
collaborations
with
Bristol-based
composer
Benji
Blower
have
included
the
number
one
tour
of
We’re
Going
On
A
Bear
Hunt
and
her
reworking
of
Cinderella
which
was
seen
both
in
Bristol
and
then
at
The
Unicorn
Theatre
in
London.
Both
shows
place
the
music
at
the
heart
of
the
storytelling
and
include
an
onstage
musician
whose
performance
is
integrated
into
the
physical
aesthetic
and
often
augmented
by
music
made
by
members
of
the
cast.
56
The
Gogmagogs
was
founded
in
1995
by
theatre
director
Lucy
Bailey
and
violinist
Nell
Catchpole.
Their
shows
explore
how
classical
string
players
can
use
their
whole
physical
presence
and
personality
to
create
breathtakingly
sophisticated
musical
stories.
They
have
performed
at
venues
including
the
ICA,
Royal
Court,
Queen
Elizabeth
Hall
and
the
Bridewell
Theatre.
57
Sharpwire
is
a
collaboration
between
UK
cellist,
singer
and
theatre
performer
Matthew
Sharpe
and
composer
Peter
M.
Wyer.
Their
one-man
operatic
thriller
Johnny’s
Midnight
Goggles
was
a
commission
by
Tete
a
Tete
and
Brighton
Festival.
The
company
has
since
developed
into
Sharp
Productions,
which
develops
integrated
performance
work
that
uses
classical
music
as
its
starting
point.
Table of contents
- FC
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 From The Bubble to Broadway
- 2 Jack and Master
- 3 Training the Actor-Musician: An Introduction
- 4 Directing Actor-Musicianship
- 5 Choreographing Actor-Musicianship
- 6 Musically Directing Actor-Musicianship
- 7 A Young Theatre
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