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Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and
A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...
Born Lippy: How to Do Female
'Feisty and funny' Sunday Express Sometimes it's hard to be a woman and sometimes it's time to be a hard woman . . . This is a book for all...
The Life of P.T. Barnum (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Meet the greatest entertainer of the 19th Century... In 1834, desperate to create a better life for his...
An Absolute Casserole: The Taskmaster Compendium
How many eggs have been broken in the making of this programme? What is the worst thing Alex has eaten? Are you more likely to win Taskmaster if you wear...
Webber, Andrew Lloyd: His Life and Wo
Traces the life of the famous modern British composer, and looks at the production of each of his musicals
Chita: A Memoir
"Chita Rivera blazed a trail where none existed so the rest of us could see a path forward."-Lin-Manuel Miranda "This deserves a standing ovation."- Publishers Weekly The wildly entertaining memoir...
Yardsticks For Failure: Adventures in Friendship and Fluster: the
'A hilarious and original voice' Josh Widdicombe 'Delightfully smart and impossibly charming' Dolly Alderton 'His writing is as unpredictable and brilliant as he is' Sophie Duker 'I've got nothing but...
Planet Drag: Uncover the Global Herstory
Travel to Planet Drag and explore the styles, influences, artists and events that have made the art of drag so outrageously popular in 15 countries around the world. Exquisitely styled...
The Complete Aspects of Love
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The book titled The Complete Aspects of Love by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Wardrobe Department
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST DEBUT OF 2025 MairA (c)ad works all hours in a run-down West End theatre's wardrobe department, her whole existence made up of threads and needles, running...
Who am I, again?
A child of the Jamaican diaspora, Lenny Henry was one of seven children in a boisterous, complicated family. With honesty, tenderness and a glorious sense of humour, he conducts a...
Taylor Swift: Unofficial Search-and-Find Biographies
Are you ready for it This one-of-a-kind search and find biography celebrates every album era in a visual exploration of Taylor Swift's music career. Can you spot easter eggs that...
The Art of Cosplay and Creative Makeup: Create Incredible Looks with
Body painter extraordinaire Chris Peck, aka Rainbowskinz, shows you the fundamental techniques he uses to create an infinite number of extraordinary looks. Learn the secrets of stunning transformations with cosplay...
Summer Rain
An outback town, Boxing Day, 1945. The dust settles as the populace nurses a Christmas hangover. When Harold Slocum of Slocum's Travelling Tent Show becomes stranded, emotions run high and...
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Musical Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell. Music by Janet Hood. Characters: 20-25 males, 11-16 females (doubling or expanding possible.) Unit set A celebration of lives lost to AIDS told...
Lady in the Dark: Biography of a Musical
When Lady in the Dark opened on January 23, 1941, its many firsts immediately distinguished it as a new and unusual work. The curious directive to playwright Moss Hart to...
Ballet Carnival: A Companion to Ballet
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis book serves as a comprehensive guide to ballet, exploring its history, major figures, and significant performances. It is aimed...
The World's Great Ballets: La Fille Mal Gardee to Davidsbundlertanze
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book showcases the world's greatest ballets, featuring photos from top performances and detailed explanations. It is a beautiful hardcover...
How to do Magic Tricks
How to perform a wide range of amazing magic tricks, from a Magic Circle master.
The Crystal Bucket
'His contribution to the art and enjoyment of TV criticism over the past ten years has been immense. His work is deeply perceptive, often outrageously funny and always compulsively readable'...
The New York Public Library Desk Reference to the Performing Arts
The book titled The New York Public Library Desk Reference to the Performing Arts by the author David Prebenna. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information.
George Burns and the Hundred-Year Dash
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The book titled George Burns and the Hundred-Year Dash by the author Martin Gottfried. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Platform papers 48: When the Goal Posts Move
On Friday 13 May 2016, the Australia Council for the Arts released the results of that agency's 'Four Year Organisations' grants. The result was a bloodbath: 65 organisations were defunded,...
Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars
Author: Kliph Nesteroff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 356 There is a common belief that we live in unprecedented times, that people are too sensitive today, that nobody objected to...
Different Times: A History of British Comedy
They don't make comedy like they used to . . .From the slapstick comedy of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, the surrealism of Spike Milligan and Monty Python, and the...
Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them
'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard Osman Whatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, mortification. I'm writing it...
Jokes, Jokes, Jokes: My Very Funny Memoir
*Nominated for Best Book at the 2025 Chortle Awards* 'Really funny & engaging. A breeze and a pleasure to read' Katherine Ryan 'As hilarious and outrageous as you might expect'...
Comic Genius: Portraits of Funny People
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This star-studded tribute to the legendary comics of our time gathers together the kings and queens of comedy's golden age - including the likes of Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and...
Mortification: Eight Deaths and Life After Them
'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard Osman Whatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, mortification. I'm writing it...
White Male Stand-Up
'Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.' STEPHEN FRY 'Emotional, entertaining and startlingly honest. I was totally engrossed .' AMY LIPTROT , author of...
Music in the Shadows: Noir Musical Films
Smoke. Shadows. Moody strains of jazz. Welcome to the world of "noir musical" films, where tormented antiheroes and hard-boiled musicians battle obsession and struggle with their music and ill-fated love...
Hocus Pocus: A Tale of Magnificent Magicians and Their Amazing Feats
Ever since the author Paul Kieve was given a magic set at the age of ten, he has been buying magic books, props and posters and honing his skills as...
Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace
Boldly discover how NASA, the Smithsonian, and the aerospace community helped craft, legitimize, and popularize the beloved television show Star Trek. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry sought to create a...
Matchbox Theatre: Thirty Short Entertainments
Matchbox Theatre presents a miniature sketch show: thirty dialogues and monologues by Michael Frayn, to be played in the smallest theatre in the world - the theatre of your own...
Circus of Mirrors
A dazzling tale of love, courage and sisterhood, spanning 40 years of tumult in Berlin, perfect for fans of Cabaret and The Whalebone Theatre. Berlin, 1926. After the death of...
Breaking into Commercials, 2nd Edition: The Complete Guide to
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Every year, over 60,000 commercial roles for all ages, physical types, and ethnic backgrounds are cast by ad agencies, producers, directors, and casting directors across the country. This book will...
Saturday Night Peter
This is the long-awaited follow up to "The Sound of Laughter". Picking up from where Peter's massive bestselling autobiography "The Sound of Laughter" left off, "Saturday Night Peter" charts the...
The Theatres Trust Guide to British Theatres 1750-1950
This descriptive gazetter looks, town by town, at all surviving theatres built between 1750 and 1950. It makes assesments of their quality, architecturally and theatrically and also assesses the potential...
Platform Papers 41: Education and the Arts:: Creativity in the
As the National Curriculum gears up to offer fresh opportunities to teachers and students, our arts institutions are considering what a national arts curriculum will mean for them. Arts and...
Exit Through the Fireplace: Great Days of the Rep
A nostalgic and humorous evocation of the days of local rep through the memories of those who worked in it. Many of today's best known actors pay tribute to rep...
Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...: How '90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me
'Read any history of the Nineties in Britain and you will read about Britpop, Blair, the birth of the Premier League and the rise of new lads. I played no...
An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith
When CLERKS opened at cinemas across the country in 1994, it took everyone, especially the film industry, by surprise. Filmed on a shoestring budget after hours at a convenience store,...
Spectacles
The first book from the hugely talented Sue Perkins- comedian, writer, presenter and firm favourite on British television and radio for nearly fifteen years Sadly, a recycling 'incident' destroyed the...
Wildfire: My Ten Years Getting High in The Prodigy
Wildfire tells the story of the first decade of The Prodigy from the perspective of original member Leeroy Thornhill, fully illustrated with entirely unseen photography from the earliest raves, to...
101 Clever Card Tricks
From easy illusions that can be mastered in minutes to more elaborate sleights of hand that will test your speed and brain power, 101 amazing tricks is for everyone. This...