Performing Arts

A compelling exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker The Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics and everyday...

The landmark international bestseller-The Beatles' own story, in their own words-reissued on the 25th anniversary of its first publication. Celebrate a new era of The Beatles Anthology with the global...

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...

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...

The author tells the captivating fish out of water story of her year long walk on the wild side. In witty prose she gives readers a behind the scenes looks...

Did you know that when you go trick-or-treating on Hallowe'en you are taking part in an ancient Celtic festival? Or that the old May Day customs were really magical ceremonies...

Author: Kate BaileyBinding: HardbackPublished: V&A Publishing, 2017Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight fading of cover, no damageOpera: Passion, Power And Politics chronicles the dramatic history of opera,...

Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad? An essential memoir about building life on your own terms Is it possible life without romantic love isn't so bad?...

The basics of pantomime, improvisation, voice control, monologues and dialogues presented in game formats with exercises and work sheets.

"Did you hear Evan Dando died last night?" After Kurt Cobain's passing in 1994, everyone expected Evan Dando to be next. Rising to fame in the 90s as frontman of...

A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, Tosca is one of the most popular operas ever written. In Tosca's Rome, Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that...

Author: Andrew FordBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIllegal Harmonies: Music In The 20Th Century by Andrew Ford presents a compelling analysis of the...

Author: Sir W. S. GilbertBinding: HardbackPublished: Mary Martin Books, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive volume presents the complete librettos for the beloved Gilbert and Sullivan operas,...

Author: Denis ArnoldBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe New Oxford Companion To Music presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the world of...

Author: Steven GainesBinding: HardbackPublished: London : MacMillan, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsSteven Gaines's Heroes And Villains: The True Story Of The Beach Boys chronicles the...

Author: Bill WannanBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Melbourne and London, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription to previous owner in FEP,...

Author: Prince / Randee St. NicholasBinding: HardbackPublished: ATRIA BOOKS, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: CD included. Light surface wear...

Author: Roy Carr & Tony TylerBinding: PaperbackPublished: New English Books., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Minor chips...

Musica Practica is a historical investigation into the social practice of Western music which advances an alternative approach to that of established musicology. Citing evidence from Barthes, Nietzsche, Bakhtin, Max...

Have you always wanted to play guitar? Who wouldn't? Think of Jimi Hendrix wailing away on his Stratocaster...Chuck Berry duck-walking across the stage to "Johnny B. Goode"...B.B. King making his...

The Metal God, himself, Rob Halford--lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically acclaimed and reader-beloved autobiography, Confess --delivers yet again, now with the bible of hard rock...

Art Tatum defined the limits of the possible in jazz piano. Gunther Schuller called Tatum's playing "a marvel of perfection.... His deep-in-the-keys full piano sonority, the tone and touch control...

Author: Orrin Keepnews And Bill Grauer, Jr.Binding: HardbackPublished: Spring Books, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the vibrant evolution of jazz...

A contemporary teen romance about a girl finding herself, finding love, and finding her way into the spotlight. Megan Harper is the girl before. All her exes find their one...

Step inside one of the world's most dazzling paintings to meet a character you will never forget ... Welcome to nineteenth-century Paris and the world of Degas's dancers. Small but...

Author: Jeff ApterBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Five Mile Press, Scoresby, 2015Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the surprising global...

In the late 1980s a generation of filmmakers inspired by the directors of the 1970s began to flower outside the studio system. In the following decade, the independent movement bloomed....

Author: NctBinding: HardbackPublished: SM Entertainment, 2023Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: CD included.-

Author: John CargherBinding: PaperbackPublished: Hill of Content, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis engaging guide, How To Enjoy Music Without Really Trying,...

Author: Albert Mccarthy, Alun Morgan, Paul Oliver, Max HarrisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hanover Books, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive critical guide...

Author: Gunther SchullerBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerGunther Schuller's Early Jazz chronicles the foundational years of this uniquely American art form,...

Author: David Rankin S.J.Binding: HardbackPublished: Society of Jesus in Australia, Melbourne, no date, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work...

Ocean of Sound begins in 1889 at the Paris Exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed. It goes on to comprehensively map a whole century of ambient music and...

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...

There are pop stars, and then there is Prince. In this kaleidoscopic, freewheeling biography, John McKie examines the remarkable life and career of one of the most mysterious figures in...

A new graphic novel from the author of New York City Glow Holborn tube station 1977, a fish called 'Creasy' lives in the cistern of the men's room. He's a...

A challenging and significant study of Dwight's importance in American music history. -- New England Quarterly

The hilarious book from TikTok and Insta sensation, Hayley Morris Brain- No one's going to buy your book Me- But it's good! My editor says so! Brain- Well she would,...

Describes how a variety of magic tricks are performed by leading magicians, including Doug Henning, the Amazing Kreskin, Harry Houdini, Siegfried & Roy, and Mark Wilson.

While Carlo Collodi's internationally revered Pinocchio may not have been the single source of the modernist fascination with puppets and marionettes, the book's appearance on the threshold of the modernist...

In 1805, the year that Wordsworth completed "The Prelude" and Nelson defeated the French at Trafalgar, Lorenzo da Ponte opened a grocery shop in New York. In the first forty...

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...