This books is packed with 42 entertaining clown skits based on biblical themes. Children love clowns and clowns love children -- so what better way...

Famous color woodcut printmaker Gustave Baumann was a superb wood-carver who was captivated by puppet theater. In the 1930s Baumann carved a collec...

Madhya Pradesh is a region brimming with diversity, visibly prominent in its culture and customs. Home to people from different communities, religi...

What do you do when there are goldfish in the horse's water tank, a baby magpie in the bedroom, a cow in the kitchen and a half-dozen small dogs ro...

In this book you will discover the secrets of picking pockets for entertainment purposes. Written by a professional magician, the techniques are ba...

The dream of pure freedom in the South Pacific islands has never died on the mainland; sometimes it’s more of an ache than a dream. Over time and t...

Far more than simply an overview of improv comedy, this book helps actors, writers and comedians learn the basics as taught in all the major comedy...

Renowned improvisation instructor and award-winning director Mick Napier has been at the heart of the professional improvisation community for over...

Dance in India has been deemed sacred because of its innate capacity to visualise and actualise the deepest philosophical concepts through gestures...

What is burlesque? Who better to ask than burlesque performers themselves? With this question in mind, the author traveled over 14,000 miles across...

Kathak, northern India's most popular dance form, originated in the Indo-Gangetic plains. The text on Kathak provides an excellent overview of the ...

Kathakali from the southern-most tip of India, Kerala, is characterised by its exaggerated and extravagant style that delves into mythology for its...

Features important information about Dene community life in the 1960s during the crucial period immediately following the move from bush to town. D...

Khuchipudi, from Andhra Pradesh, was originally a dance-drama form. This is the first attempt to demystify the nuances of a form that has always be...

Manipuri, the classical dance from the eastern-most end of India, is marked by a delicacy that is steeped in tradition. The book takes one through ...

An in-depth study of mime technique. These international mime artists, trained in Paris by Marcel Marceau, have taught mime workshops around the wo...

In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little ...

Covers props, staging, make-up, rehearsal, performance-tested mime routines and sketches for two or more mimes.

One of the seven Indian classical dance forms, Mohiniyattam or the dance of the enchantress traces its origins to Kerala, the role of Mohini is exc...

These authors’ knowledge of the nuances of movie and television accounting shines through the pages of this book, which is sure to become a standar...

Features: Islands, Networks & Webs: Current Issues in Today's Debate; A Synergy of Contradictions: The Genesis of a World Music & Dance Cen...

Three-time Emmy Award-winner Gene Perret's Comedy Writing Step by Step has been the manual for humour writers for 25 years. In this new book, his f...

The repertoire, training and technique of today's Odissi is explained with a clarity that students of dance and aficionados of Indian performing ar...

An international anthology about dance as a world of dreams, ideals or paradises lost, a place where identity and reality are put at stake. Through...