Funny, scandalous, bitchy and utterly delightful memoir.
Category: Books and CDs
A tuneful, enthralling Christmas musical CD telling the nativity story from the point of view of the Angel Gabriel.
A terrific autobiography that takes you into every moment.
A theatrical launch for a major biography of Restoration playwright, George Farquhar
STAGE COMBAT, UNARMED: Roger Bartlett Nick Hern Books (NHB) 5Star***** ISBN: 978-1-84842-470-8 www.nickhernbooks.co.uk Price £14.99 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 22 09 16 Characters often do terrible things; here's how to make them more terrible, and have safe fun.
Book Feldenkrais for Actors: How to Do Less and Discover More by Victoria Worsley Nick Hern Books (NHB) 4Star **** ISBN: 9781848424173 Price: £12.99 Review: Samuel James Crawford, 05/04/2017 A breath of fresh air
Book Balancing Acts By Nicholas Hytner 5Star***** Jonathan Cape £20 Review: William Russell, 12 May 2017 This is a really good read.
Routledge ACTING IN MUSICAL THEATRE: Joe Deer and Rocco Dal Vera Published in a new version by Routledge Publication 2017 5***** ISBN: 9 780415 713246 www.routledge.com Review: Rod Dungate, 02 July 2017 @Rod_Dungate @ReviewsGate Good sense, compete sense, remarkable comprehensive
Book SECRETS OF STAGE SUCCESS: Louse Dearman, Mark Evans NHB ISBN: 9 781 848 423756 RP: 8.99 Review: 26 07 15, Alexander Ray Edser It’s all real – real answers to real questions about work in Musical Theatre.
Book SO YOU WANT TO BE A THEATHRE DESIGNER? Michael Pavelka NHB ISBBN 9.781848 423541 RP: £12.99 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 09 08 15 Practical, informative, philosophical; an impressive book.
BRICUSSE’S (auto) BIOGRAPHY. Pure Imagination, a sorta-biography by Leslie Bricusse Faber Music £25. Review: William Russell Reading this so-called “sorta-biography” is a bit like being force fed a diet of pavlova and panna cotta washed down with something excessively bubbly and just possibly pink.
Book 101 GREATEST PLAYS: Michael Billington Guardian Faber ISBN: 978 1 78335 030 8 September 2015 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 20 10 15 A splendid book.
ACTIONING: AND HOW TO DO IT. Nick Moseley Nick Hern Books (NHB) ISBN: 9 781848 424234 www.nickhernbooks.co.uk Price £10.99 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 18 04 19 A much needed and much welcome book
Book FACING THE FEAR: An Actor's Guide to Overcoming Stage Fright Bella Merlin Nick Hern Books (NHB) ISBN: 9 781848 423138 www.nickhernbooks.co.uk Price £12.99 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 07 06 16 A special book, invaluable contribution to acting.
ETYMOLOGICON: ISBN 9781848314535 HOROLOGICON: ISBN 9781848315983 Mark Forsyth Icon Books Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 19 01 14 Books of erudition for sheer delight
JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR: Max Stafford-Clark Nick Hern Books ISBN: 9 781848 421790 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 25 01 14 Unsentimental accounts of financial and other nightmares.
CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR MEN CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN Nick Hern Books ISBN: 978 1 85459 563 8 978 1 85459 564 5 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 05 03 14 A very useful something for everyone.
SONG OF SPIDER-MAN: Glen Berger Pub: Simon & Schuster November 2013 ISBN: 9 781451 684568 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 15 07 14 Remarkable, painful, fascinating, funny.
MONTY PYTHON AT WORK: extracts from the diaries of Michael Palin Edited by Geoffrey Strachan NHB – Nick Hern Books ISBN: 978 1 84842 360 2 Pub: 2014 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 20 07 14 An up-close look at an endlessly fascinating creative team.
THE ACTOR AND THE CAMERA: Denis Lawson NHB Published: 2014 ISBN: 9 781848 423459 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 17 11 14 One of the most important new books on camera acting for the young actor