Directing - Performing Arts - Production Role Resources - LibGuides at Loreto College Ballarat

A Director's Interpretation - Interview with a Director

National Theatre 2016. A Director's Interpretation: A Comedy of Errors. Online video, 27 September 2016. Duration: 5 mins.

Using A Comedy of Errors as an example, director Dominic Cooke discusses how he chooses a central vision for a play and connects the actors, designers and production teams.

Books from the Library

The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing by Christopher Innes; Maria Shevtsova
Call Number: NF 792.0233 INN
ISBN: 9780521606226
Publication Date: 2013
Director and the Stage by Edward Braun
Call Number: NF 792.023 BRA
ISBN: 0413463001
Publication Date: 1982
Theatre: Art in Action
Call Number: NF 792 TAY
ISBN: 9780078616259
Publication Date: 2004

Loreto College Directing Resources

Directions Resources folder on Google Drive
Documents include an actors grid template, sample director's briefs and sample cast and crew lists.
Audit Checklist - Direction
Past Production Workbook Folder for Jane Eyre

Directing Project Tools

Directing Project Assessment Rubric
Rubric which can be adapted to measure directing skills and other artistic skills that contribute towards a finished production.
Student Director's Prompt Book - Broadway Educators
How to create documentation of the directing process for a play and show reasonings for the directorial choices made - what to include and how to present the information.

Blocking

Price, K 2010. KP's Theatre Class - Blocking. Online video, February 10, 2010. Duration: 9 mins.

Outlines the rules of blocking and stage business so that a director can make strong blocking choices and make believable relationships between characters on stage.

Blocking a Play: A Beginner's Guide - Prague Youth Theatre
Outlines the importance of effective blocking and tips to get you started, with links to further resources.

Directing Theatre

How to become a theatre director - Backstage
What does a professional theatre director do, who they work with other creatives, and what a work day looks like.
Tips for new directors - a veteran's guide to successful storytelling
An article of in-depth “to do” list items and things to bear in mind in determining how best to create an audience-engaging play, starting from selecting a play through to finding its rhythm and picking framing moments that will resonate with the audience well after the curtain falls.
What does a theatre director do? - StageMilk
Outlines the director’s role in casting, setting the creative vision of a play, script readings, blocking, runs and the technical aspects of production.
Theatre Directing collection - PBS
A collection of videos and support resources on different aspects of directing, prompting you to think about the role of a director, and what makes a good director.
A Director's Goals and Tools - Melanie Blood
This essay outlines the director's goals and tools in creating and carrying out the production concept for a stage play.

Playmaking Resource

Playmaking by Daniel J Sklar - Teaching Artist Journal
This article outlines Playmaking, which Sklar has developed as a five step technique to get students writing and performing their own plays.

Performing Arts - Production Role Resources: Directing