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  • Theatre and Neurodiversity

    by Amy Skinner ...
    Series series Theatre And
    What are neurodiverse aesthetics? How and where do neurodiverse aesthetics appear**, and how do they positively affect the wider theatrical culture? How can we all contribute to a neurodiversity-affirming theatre industry?**This brief study celebrates neurodiversity and deconstructs neuronormativity, reminding us that the most interesting, creative, and powerful things occur when we embrace ... Read more

    $13.69 CAD

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  • Designing Eurovision

    Performance Scenography on an International Stage

    Edited by Amy Skinner, Catherine Baker ...
    Designing Eurovision is the first book-length study of the visual and design elements of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC).As a unique visual phenomenon and commonly associated with spectacle performances, the scenography of Eurovision is in reality far more nuanced and layered, balancing acts of national identity-building with host country branding, visual tourism and cross-cultural aesthetics. ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • The Other Side of the Story

    A Fun New View for Adults

    by Geoff Skinner ...
    You thought you knew these stories - historical, biblical, nursery rhymes, famous people, pantomimes and more - but here are the same stories, told as dialogues, from a different - and hysterical point if view.Was Little Red Riding Hood in cahoots with the wolf? Could Mrs Beeton really cook? Who was Wendy's friend, Pan? Who knew that Bob Cratchit had had his hand in the till? What did Dog Toby ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Russian Theatre in Practice

    The Director's Guide

    Edited by Amy Skinner ...
    Series series Performance Books
    Amidst the turmoil of political revolution, the stage directors of twentieth-century Russia rewrote the rules of theatre making. From realism to the avant-garde, politics to postmodernism, and revolution to repression, these practitioners shaped perceptions of theatre direction across the world.This edited volume introduces students and practitioners alike to the innovations of Russia's directors, ... Read more

    $43.19 CAD

  • Education, Learning and the Transformation of Development

    Edited by Amy Skinner, Matt Baillie Smith, Eleanor Brown, Tobias Troll ...
    Series series Rethinking Development
    Whilst education has been widely recognised as a key tool for development, this has tended to be limited to the incremental changes that education can bring about within a given development paradigm, as opposed to its role in challenging dominant conceptions and practices of development and creating alternatives.Through a collection of insightful and provocative chapters, this book will examine ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Encountering Ensemble

    by Reader in Drama, Theatre and Performance David Barnett, Michael Boyd, Bryan Brown, Mr Frank Camilleri, Franc Chamberlain, Terence Chapman, John Collins, Antje Diedrich, Mark Evans, Tanya Gerstle, Professor of Theatre and Media Drama Richard J. Hand, Peter Harrop, Paz Hilfinger-Pardo, Kate Hunter, Malgorzata Jablonska, Duncan Jamieson, Evelyn Jamieson, Chris Johnston, Brad Krumholz, Rebecca Loukes, Mr Eilon Morris, Jonathan Pitches, Anna Porubcansky, Duška Radosavljevic, Marianne Sharp, Amy Skinner, Patrick Stewart, Susan Thompson, Mark Valdez, Julia Varley, Phillip Zarrilli, Dr Adam J. Ledger, Dr. Paul Carr ...
    Series series Performance Books
    Encountering Ensemble, is a text for students, teachers, researchers and practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the history, conceptual foundations and practicalities of the world of ensemble theatre. It is the first book to draw together definitions and practitioner examples, making it a cutting edge work on the subject.Encountering Ensemble combines historical and ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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  • Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child

    Time for Slow Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education

    by Alison Clark ...
    Series series Contesting Early Childhood
    This book explores the relationship with time in early childhood by arguing for the valuing of slow pedagogies and slow knowledge. Alison Clark points to alternative practices in Early Childhood Education and Care that enable a different pace and rhythm, against the backdrop of the acceleration in early childhood and the proliferation of testing and measurement. Diverse approaches are explored to ... Read more

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  • Museums and Education

    Purpose, Pedagogy, Performance

    by Eilean Hooper-Greenhill ...
    Series series Museum Meanings
    At the beginning of the 21st century museums are challenged on a number of fronts. The prioritisation of learning in museums in the context of demands for social justice and cultural democracy combined with cultural policy based on economic rationalism forces museums to review their educational purposes, redesign their pedagogies and account for their performance.The need to theorise learning and ... Read more

    $74.19 CAD

  • Absolute Beginners

    The twentieth-century cult classic

    by Colin MacInnes ...
    Series Book 1 - Allison & Busby Classics
    London, 1958. In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new carefree lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. Moving in the midst of this world of mods and rockers, Teddy gangs and trads., and snapping every scene with his trusty Rolleiflex, is MacInnes' young photographer, whose unique wit and honest ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • He Died with His Eyes Open

    Factory 1

    by Derek Raymond ...
    Series series Factory
    When a middle-aged alcoholic is found brutally battered to death on a roadside in West London, the case is assigned to a nameless detective sergeant, a tough-talking cynic and fearless loner from the Department of Unexplained Deaths at the Factory police station. Working from cassette tapes left behind in the dead man?s property, our narrator must piece together the history of his blighted ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

  • Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries

    Reframing Practice

    by Sue Holttum, Mary Chamberlain, Emma Hollamby, Elaine Homer, Jane Landes, Simon Hackett, Ruth McGovern, Fiona Fitzpatrick, Stephen Legari, Marilyn Lajeunesse, Louise Giroux, Sheila Grandison, Karen Lund, Michael Fischer, Whittaker Scott, Miriam Usiskin, Bobby Lloyd, Naomi Press, Andrée Salom, Nana Zhvitiashvili ...
    This is the first book to explore and evaluate the potential of museum and gallery spaces and partnerships for art therapy.Showcasing approaches by well-known art therapists, the edited collection contains descriptions of, and reflections on, art therapy in museums and galleries around the globe. Case studies encompass a broad range of client groups, including people with dementia, refugees and ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Rhyme Stew

    by Roald Dahl ...
    Illustrated by Quentin Blake ...
    A collection of irreverant rhymes featuring characters from fairy tales, fables and nursery rhymes - as you've never seen them before! From the tortoise and the hare and Hansel and Gretel to Ali Baba and The Emperor's New Clothes, these traditional stories will never seem the same again once you have had a taste of Roald Dahl's hilarious verse and Quentin Blake's suitably lively illustrations.An ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD