Michael Smalley

Stage Management (eBook, ePUB)

Communication Design as Scenography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on interview material from more than 20 leading stage managers from the UK, USA and Australia, this book situates the contemporary practice of stage management within its historical and social contexts.

Questioning the notions of the invisible stage manager and a linear production process, it argues for a broader conception of stage management lying at the intersections of administration, management and artistry.

This volume places stage management practice within key theories drawn from the diverse fields of performance studies, semiotics, phenomenology, distributed cognition, management and scenography. It champions the creative agency of stage management and details the properties of communication which stage managers manipulate and the objectives they set out to achieve as a guide for decision making. While it considers the different approaches necessitated by productions from different cultures, genres, and so on, it offers a view of stage management which is not bound by these differences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137607690
• Artikelnr.: 69606707

Autorenporträt

Michael Smalley is a theatre-maker, researcher and Senior Lecturer in Theatre Production at the Guildford School of Acting, UK. His professional practice has mainly involved stage managing many productions through the UK, Australia and Canada. He has also lectured in stage management, technical theatre and scenography at universities and presented his research at many academic conferences including the Prague Quadrennial.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Series Preface Acknowledgements Introductions Assumptions
Synopsis Interviews Part One: Various Stage Management Approaches Chapter 1
- Developments Over Time Chapter 2 - Cultural Differences Different Stage
Management Approaches in the UK, North America and Australia Intercultural
Stage Management Cultural Diversity and Stage Management Conclusions
Chapter 3 - Content-driven Differences Genre Different Scales of Production
Conclusions. Chapter 4 - Recent Developments Communication Technology
Performance Technology New Approaches to Maintaining Productions
Developments in Health and Safety Management Conclusions Chapter 5 - Three
Models of Stage Management Practice The Administrative Model Features
Limitations The Managerial Model The Artistic Model Artistry Communication
Design Audience Experience Conclusions Part Two: Scenographic Stage
Management Chapter 6 - Scenographic Stage Management Other Technical
Theatre Disciplines Scenography Analysing Scenography The Coordinates Model
of Scenography Conclusions Chapter 7 - Objectives of Stage Management
Selective Information Flow Targeted Information Flow. Distributed Cognition
Controlling the Mood and Atmosphere Translation Conclusions Chapter 8 - The
Properties of Communication Message Mode Distribution Updates Conclusions
Chapter 9 - Rationales, Implications and Conclusions Rationales
Implications Conclusions Notes Index