Out this week on Digital Theatre Plus - Quinny Sacks On Choreography, and Peter Mumford On Lighting

Ibsen Transcripts, anyone?  Quinny Sacks talks about choreography, and Peter Mumford about lighting, in the next exclusive content from Digital Theatre Plus.  It's available to our Royal Conservatoire of Scotland community using our Whittaker Library subscription to this valuable resource.  If you want informed content about the practicalities of making theatrical performances, this is your first stop.

Our registered staff and students can access it via our Library and IT website.  For off-campus use, our staff and students can request login details from the library.

Watch Merle Hensel, Tom Scutt and Ian MacNeil interview transcripts

Staff and students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland have access to Digital Theatre Plus, which offers many interesting insights into the world of theatre.

Access it through our Electronic Resources page.

Transcripts: Practitioners in Practice

"Today on Digital Theatre Plus we release three more transcripts sourced from our Making Theatre library that enable: independent learning, skills development and the understanding of key themes pertinent to the teaching of English and Drama.
"Releasing and realising the physical and visual potential of the text is the designer’s challenge. In simple terms, they create the world of the play, but it’s so much more than that. This week, three wonderful theatre designers illuminate their craft and demonstrate the alchemy in their work as they move between being architects, artists, illusionists and interior design specialists."

Newly available:- interviews with Merle Hensel, Tom Scutt, and Ian MacNeil. Ian just happens to be coming to the Theatre Royal in Glasgow this November, so it's great that you get the chance to see this interview in advance of his visit.

On Design: Merle Hensel
 
Lovesong, Lyric Hammersmith
Merle Hensel chats about the collaborative nature of the creative design process and how she developed the ideas that shaped the visual landscape for Lovesong.
 
On Design: Tom Scutt
 
King Lear, Almeida Theatre
Tom Scutt takes us through the creative challenges of designing a play as epic as King Lear in the intimate space of the Almeida Theatre.
 
On Design: Ian MacNeil
 
A Doll's House, Young Vic
Theatre designer Ian MacNeil speaks to Digital Theatre Plus about his creative response to A Doll’s House. He focuses on the practical craft of theatre design, the editorial nature of his role and his contribution to dictating the rhythm of the story performed on stage.
Visit Digital Theatre Plus now

Transcripts: Character Study will "enable a comedic situation to occur on stage"

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland actors have access to Digital Theatre Plus, and that means they can view the latest DTP offering online:-

Transcripts: Character Study

"This week we focus on interviews that emphasise the importance of detailed character work in order to enable a comedic situation to occur on stage. William Shakespeare and Noël Coward are centuries apart but share a common bond in their ability to take some of the most sensitive and delicate of life's moments and garner humour from them. Life is funny: they both know how to write it as it is. Our featured performers are accomplished at getting the most from their wordplay."

On Acting: Toby Stephens Private Lives, Chichester Festival Theatre Elyot Chase is an impulsive, funny, erratic, passionate man. Toby Stephens reveals how he gets under his skin in performance.
On Acting: Anna Chancellor Private Lives, Chichester Festival Theatre Anna Chancellor shares her feelings about the character of Amanda in Private Lives and what she does to prepare to bring her to life in all her glory on stage.
Q&A: The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors, Royal Shakespeare Company
Each performance of a play is subtly different depending on the connection between the actors on stage and the audience. Actors from the RSC’s The Comedy of Errors discuss their work immediately after the show.

• RCS registered readers should ask at the Library for the latest password to Digital Theatre Plus.