Collaborating backstage: breaking down barriers for the creative network

Collaboration is the most important facet of any theatrical company.

From the performers on stage to the choreographers, designers and technicians working behind the scenes, this book considers all departments working on a production and instructs them on how to unify their individual skills towards a shared goal.

From Vaudeville to classical opera, this book establishes the skills that each specialist brings to the production process before demonstrating how each individual contribution can be utilised in tandem with all other creative teams.

With particular focus on enhancing interdepartmental communication, 'Collaborating Backstage' examines all the challenges that may befall artistic companies and projects made up of many different parts.

The book explains how to understand technical jargon within teams that speak a variety of languages and come from different cultural backgrounds.