Acting and Performance

Acting

• The Complete Brecht Toolkit                                                                                                                                                                
•  Performance Now                                                                                                                                                                                    
• The Articulate Body:  The Physical Training of An Actor
• Acting the Truth:  The Acting Principles of Constantin Stanislavski and Exercises
• So You Want To Be An Actor? 

Auditions

• The Actor's Audition Manual
• The Art of Auditioning

Acting- Studying and Teaching

• Acting
• Acting the Truth
• The Articulate Body : the Physical Training of the Actor
• Stella Adler: the Art of Acting

Australian Plays

• Cosi
• Don's Party

International Plays

• Mother Courage and her Children
• Plays and Performance texts by women 1880-1930 : an anthology of plays by British and American women from the modernist period

Directing

• Directions for Directing
• A Director Prepares

Find the following streaming videos and more in Kanopy:

• Stage Russia Series
• Uncle Vanya

          Rimas Tuminas' reimagining of Anton Chekhov's tale about broken illusions and dashed hopes is freed from its traditional                        trappings, leaving behind a battlefield for passions and colliding ambitions.

• Playboy of the Western World

  Performed by the Druid Theatre Company of Galway, this production of Playboy of the Western World was heralded as possibly the most definitive version of Synge's masterpiece.

• The Lord of the Flies

• Shakespeare’s Theater and Stagecraft

• Approaching Shakespeare- The Scene Begins

• Macbeth- "Foul and Fair"

• The Tragic Woman in Macbeth

Websites

• Arts Queensland

  Develops and implements cultural policy and administers cultural funding and capital works programs that support arts and cultural development for the benefit of the community.

• AusStage

  An index to performing arts events in Australia and a directory of research resources.

• Australian Stage Online

  Events, jobs, news and reviews.

• History of Australian Theatre

  Articles on Australian theatre history and a historical database of names associated with theatre in Australia.

• Internet Archive - Acting

  Non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

• National Film and Sound Archive

  Australia's National Film and Sound Archive. It collects, preserves, and shares Australia's moving images and sound recordings throughout our film history.

• National Theatre Backstage

  A growing library of video content, podcasts and digital exhibitions from the British National Theatre.

• No Film School

  No Film School is a resource for all things filmmaking. They post the latest tutorials, interviews, short films, and gear news to help all of us become better filmmakers — “no film school” required.

• Screen Australia

  Includes a list of funds and grants available, with funding guidelines.

• Stageplays

  A comprehensive catalogue of plays around the world.

• V&A Theatre and Performance Collection

  Current practice and the history of all areas of performing arts in the UK, including drama, dance, opera, circus, puppetry, comedy, musical theatre, costume, set design, pantomime.

Blogs

• Arts Queensland Blog
• National Theatre Blog