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  Drama Games for Clowning and...

  Joe Dieffenbacher

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  This dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, part of the bestselling Drama Games series, offers dozens of games and exercises to explore the fundamental concepts of clowning and physical comedy, encourage playfulness, curiosity and collaboration, and help develop performance material.
  These active and engaging games focus on a wide range of core skills, including:
  
  - Building and strengthening connections through collaboration and ensemble work
  - Developing physical and mental flexibility
  - Using restrictions, problems and accidents to devise routines and scenes
  - Using props to reveal thoughts and emotions and deepen relationships
  Throughout, the focus is on how to develop a playful mind and body, listen to and observe the world around you, and improve your ability to express yourself physically.
  This essential book is invaluable for actors, improvisers, comedians, directors and teachers looking to explore the principles of clowning to enrich performance skills, generate original material or bring a fresh approach to scripted work.
  'There are eighty games in this book: eighty opportunities to capture a mood, provoke a response and excite creativity. They are a gift. I wish I'd had this book a couple of decades ago' John Wright, from his Foreword
  'The perfect companion for any director, this is the most imaginative and comprehensive book of theatre games I have seen' Cal McCrystal (comedy director for The Mighty Boosh, One Man, Two Guvnors and Paddington)
  Joe Dieffenbacher is a teacher, director, designer, author and actor known for his theatre, circus and cabaret performances under the name nakupelle. He has worked with companies and venues including Shakespeare's Globe, Disney and the Scottish National Opera, as well as co-creating sequences for the Closing Ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

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  Too Hot - Kool & the Gang & Me

  George Brown

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  Growing up around music, young George was inspired to piece together a makeshift drum set and teach himself to play as he practiced in the dark, dank basement of his rundown New Jersey townhouse. 
   
   
   
  He soon joined forces with his friends to form a group called the Jazziacs, which then evolved into Kool & The Gang, a band that began charting hits while its members were still teenagers. By evolving their sound as musical tastes changed, the band was able to stay on the charts for decades, scoring twelve Top 10 hits in Funk, R&B, Pop, and Rock, and selling over seventy million albums while navigating the highs and lows of their career. 
   
   
   
  In Too Hot, drummer, keyboardist, and primary songwriter George Brown describes life in and out of the band, including a raucous life on the road as the band's popularity grew. He weathered the ups and downs of his musical career and navigated many challenges, including prescription drug addiction and depression. 
   
   
   
  George shares how his recent cancer scare, and subsequent treatment, compelled him to share his story, warts and all, to give listeners a glimpse into a band whose reputation was considered relatively tame, when in reality, it was exactly the opposite.

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  Local Hero - Making a Scottish...

  Jonathan Melville

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  'It's not a high concept movie, there's actually no story there really. It's what happens in between the story that's important' – Bill Forsyth
  The story of an American businessman sent to buy the Scottish village of Ferness with the aim of turning it into an oil refinery, Local Hero is one of Scotland's most beloved, and most misunderstood, films.
  When Bill Forsyth's incredible success with the low-budget That Sinking Feeling and Gregory's Girl found him collaborating with Britain's best-known film producer, David Puttnam, he soon found his independent ethos clashing with Hollywood's desire for superstar actors and a happy ending.
  Jonathan Melville checks into the MacAskill Arms and looks back at Bill Forsyth's career with the help of new and archive interviews, before spending time with the cast and crew, including stars Peter Riegert and Denis Lawson, who made Local Hero on location in Houston and Scotland in 1982.
  With access to early drafts of the Local Hero script (including hand-written notes) that reveal more about Mac and mermaids, excerpts from a previously unpublished interview in which Bill Forsyth explains why he refuses to call his film 'feel-good', and a look at long-lost deleted scenes with exclusive commentary from those involved, this is the definitive history of the Scottish classic.
  'Genuine fairy tales are rare; so is film-making that is thoroughly original in an unobtrusive way. Bill Forsyth's quirky disarming Local Hero is both . . . it demonstrates Mr. Forsyth's uncanny ability for making an audience sense that something magical is going on, even if that something isn't easily explained' – Janet Maslin, The New York Times
  'Local Hero is kind of transcendent. It's poetic in a way that most films can't hope to be' – Frank Cottrell-Boyce
  'Local Hero is one my favourite films of all time . . .  A timeless masterpiece' – Mark Kermode

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  Our Secrets are the Same - The...

  Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill

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  Exploring key songs, places, years, and events in the Simple Minds story and told in the distinct voices of both men, Our Secrets Are the Same explores a bond that has encompassed stratospheric highs and humbling lows, marriages and divorces, fatherhood, fickle fame, tricky inter-band dynamics, and the occasional explosive bust-up.
  		 
  The long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds’ founding members and lifelong collaborators, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, now available in North America!
  		 
  A candid, moving, and kinetic story of self-realization through the power of music, Our Secrets Are the Same is the remarkable joint memoir by Simple Minds’ founding members, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill. It not only reveals the inner workings of one of the most innovative and successful British bands of the past half-century, but the deeply personal tale of an extraordinary friendship that powered teenage dreams into visionary action.
  		 
  Their connection is grounded in shared experiences and a set of values and codes so deeply ingrained they don’t need to be spoken. For Our Secrets Are the Same is not just the story of two rock stars, but of two sons, brothers, partners, and parents who have never forgotten where they come from.
  		 
  Fascinating and funny, evocative and inspiring, this unforgettable memoir captures a unique journey through life and music, and a friendship like no other.

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  The Last Dance - The True Story...

  David G. Stone

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. She danced for kings, seduced generals, and died before a firing squad. But was Mata Hari really the master spy history claims she was? 
  In the glittering salons of Belle Époque Europe, she was known as the most exotic dancer of her generation—a mysterious Eastern princess who captivated audiences with sacred temple dances and seduced the continent's most powerful men. But behind the jeweled veils and Oriental mystique lay Margaretha Zelle, a desperate Dutch housewife who had reinvented herself so completely that she fooled an entire civilization. 
  The woman who became Mata Hari was: 
      • A failed marriage survivor who transformed tragedy into triumph 
      • An international celebrity who moved freely between enemy capitals 
      • The lover of military officers from Germany, France, and Russia 
      • A woman caught in the deadly web of World War I espionage 
  Now, more than a century later, newly discovered evidence reveals the shocking truth...

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  Monkee Business - The...

  Eric Lefcowitz

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  The Monkees had everything: a popular TV show, hit records, and adoring fans. Everything but control over their careers. Author Eric Lefcowitz chronicles the kaleidoscopic journey of Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, following each of the four Monkees, together and apart, from 1965 to 2024. A must-read for music fans, Monkee Business is the definitive biography of a rock and roll legend.

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