Mark Down

This is a wonderfully easy to use guide to all aspects of puppetry and it has a particular focus on bunraku style puppets as sold by Strangeface. Packed with excellent diagrams and illustrations, it is perfect for teachers creating practical lesson plans, schemes of work or directing puppets in performance

Toby Wilsher

An invaluable mask manual from the former Trestle artistic director, Toby Wilsher. A rich resource for anyone wanting to use masks. Full of tips on writing, devising, and directing mask work, it also shares lots of fun and effective practical exercises.

John Rudlin

This seminal text provides a thorough history of Commedia dell'Arte, looking at how it has influenced (among others) Theatre de Complicite and the work of Jacques Lecoq. It is also a great practical guide looking at Commedia characters movement and voice. Also included are a range of lazzi, improvisation exercises, monologues and dialogues. Really useful.

Mel Gordon

A fantastic compilation of routines, helpfully divided into categories such as food lazzi, illogical lazzi and wordplay lazzi. A wonderful resource for anyone looking for inspiration. A real bran tub of inspiration!

Barry Grantham

A brillliant practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia dell’Arte through games and illustrated exercises - a useful tool in any actor's training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre.

Barry Grantham

Eight original short plays from across the different periods and styles of Commedia dell'Arte - suitable for performance on stage as well as classroom and workshop study.The book also includes various Lazzi to explore.