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How do I get a job as a dancer? Where and when should I train? How can I protect my body from injury? How do I become a choreographer? These and many more such questions asked by young or aspiring dancers are answered in this book - the most revealing and instructive book yet on what it means to be a dancer. Here is advice from some of the best dancers and choreographers in the world, crossing the fields of ballet, contemporary, South Asian dance, musical theatre and hip hop, and covering subjects both motivational and mundane, from tapping into your own reserves of creativity and resilience, to the important matter of when to eat your pre-show banana. The twenty-five experts in these pages have performed with the likes of the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Rambert, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures and BalletBoyz; they range from stars of the West End stage to TV talent-show successes and Kylie's backing dancers - as well as some of Britain's leading choreographers. They are Carlos Acosta, Matthew Bourne, Teneisha Bonner, Darcey Bussell, Lauren Cuthbertson, Maxine Doyle, Tommy Franzen, Adam Garcia, Jonathan Goddard, Matthew Golding, Melissa Hamilton, Wayne McGregor, Steven McRae, Stephen Mear, Cassa Pancho, Seeta Patel, Arlene Phillips, Arthur Pita, Kate Prince, Matthew Rees, Tamara Rojo, Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy, Hofesh Shechter, Aaron Sillis and Marlon 'Swoosh' Wallen.

Based on Zizou Corder's bestselling novels, this stage adaptation tells the story of a boy who can speak to cats.

An invaluable resource for theatre-makers, as well as for anyone with an interest in collaboration and the creative process, whether in art, business or daily life.

19-year-old Jack Twigg enlists in the London Regiment and embarks on an unimaginable journey, in this epic, hilarious and moving play that takes a sideways look at the First World War.

A play with songs and dancing about grief, and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Part of the National Theatre Connections Festival.

A gripping journey through British history that shows how our country was shaped and how connected we are with our past.

A play written for young actors that asks: is the gulf between the young and old as wide as it feels, or are we fundamentally the same inside whatever age we are?

A host of leading actors offer tips and advice learned from their many combined years of experience working in the performing arts.

A provocative new play from the 2013 Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright Anna Jordan.

An inventive, fast-paced comedy featuring P.G. Wodehouse's iconic double act. Nominated for the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

A dark and twisted coming-of-age story by a promising, up-and-coming, Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright.

A controversial 'future history play' explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.

A landmark, award-winning play, which received a high-profile revival in 2014, just months after the playwright's death.

The second collection of plays from the multi-award-winning Irish playwright, including The Walworth Farce, The New Electric Ballroom, Penelope, Ballyturk and two short plays, with a Foreword by the author.

A gut-wrenchingly funny, achingly sad play featuring jaw-dropping moments of physical comedy.

A personal and strikingly honest look at the people and events that have made their mark on one of UK theatre and film's most successful creative artists.

An arresting and angry look at conflict and its effect on soldiers returning home.

Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel is a multi-award-winning play about the empowerment of Esther, a seamstress in 1905 New York who creates exquisite lingerie for both Fifth Avenue boudoirs and Tenderloin bordellos.

The definitive guide to designing for theatre - by an award-winning designer with over 160 productions to his name.

An enchanting, brutal vampire myth and coming-of-age love story, adapted from the best-selling novel and award-winning film.

A vivid telling of the chaotic story of the partition that shaped the modern world.

A truthful, personal and insightful exploration of the state of arts funding and carrying on in the face of adversity, by the renowned founder of Out of Joint. One March morning, out of the blue, Max Stafford-Clark learned that the Arts Council had drastically cut their grant to his theatre company, Out of Joint, leaving it in danger of imminent collapse. Journal of the Plague Year is his account of what happened next, as he sets out to contest the cut, make the case for public funding of the arts, and continue producing the work for which he and his company are renowned. Max's journal often takes on an autobiographical flavour, including the unexpectedly moving story of his two fathers, his surreal encounter with the New York theatre world, and the shocking details of what it is to suffer a massively debilitating stroke. By turns funny, alarming and deeply personal, Journal of the Plague Year offers a fascinating expose of the often Kafkaesque workings of arts subsidy in England, and the financial and artistic manoeuvrings which are a fact of life for every arts organisation today. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the state of our arts, from students to theatregoers, and from struggling arts workers right up to the Secretary of State for Culture. 'Fascinating... reads like an unpublished work by Franz Kafka... both horrifying and startling' British Theatre Guide

A compelling and lyrical tale of the desires and loyalties of women in an American wilderness.

George Eliot's great novel in a new and superlative three-part adaptation for the stage.

One of the great collaborative works of the Jacobean age, issued alongside a major revival by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

A searing new play by a Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright.

A play about what happens when you push things underground.

A gripping historical drama charting one woman's dazzling trajectory from model to lover to artist, to a tragic figure in her own right.

A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean. Part of the National Theatre Connections Festival 2014.

A frank and funny new play about friendship, feminism and what it means to be successful.