UK design for performance 2003 - 2007 reading list

Bablet, D. The Revolutions of Stage Design in the 20th Century. Paris, New York: L. Amiel, 1977

Bailey, K. and Crawley, G. Gormley to Gaga - Transformation and Revelation. London: V&A Publications, 2012

Baugh, C. Theatre, Performance and Technology: the Development of Scenography in the Twentieth Century. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Blurton, John. Scenery: Draughting and Construction for Theatres, Museums, Exhibitions and Trade Shows. London: A & C Black, 2001

Burnett, Kate. Collaborators: UK Design for Performance 2003–2007. London: Society of British Theatre Designers, 2007

Burnett, Kate, and Peter Ruthven Hall. 2D/3D: Design for Theatre and Performance. London: Society of British Theatre Designers, 2002

Collins, J. & Nisbet, A. Theatre and Performance Design: a Reader in Scenography. London, New York: Routledge, 2010

Crawley, G, Farley, P. and Jump, S eds. Transformation & Revelation. London: Society of British Theatre Designers, 2011

Davis, Tony. Stage Design. Crans-Près-Céligny; Hove: RotoVision, 2001

Docherty, Peter, and Tim White, eds. Design for Performance: from Diaghilev to the Pet Shop Boys. London: Lund Humphries in association with the Lethaby Press, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 1996

Goodwin, J. British Theatre Design: The Modern Age. New edition. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990

Hall, Peter Ruthven, and Kate Burnett. Time and Space: Design for Performance, 1995–1999. London: Society of British Theatre Designers, 1999

Holt, Michael. Stage Design and Properties. Rev. ed. London: Phaidon, 1993

Howard, P. What is Scenography? 2nd edition. London: Routledge, 2009

McKinney, J. & Butterworth, P. The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Motley [pseud.]. Designing and Making Stage Costumes. Rev. ed. London: Herbert Press, 1992

Oddey, A. & White, C.A. The Potentials of Spaces: International Scenography and Performance for the 21st Century. Bristol, Portland: Intellect Books, 2006

Orton, Keith. Model Making for the Stage. Ramsbury: Crowood Press, 2004

Pilbrow, Richard. Stage Lighting. Rev. ed. London: Nick Herne Books, 1992

Reid, Francis. Designing for the Theatre. 2nd ed. London: A & C Black, 1996

Thorne, Gary. Stage Design: a Practical Guide. Marlborough: Crowood Press, 1999

White, C. Directors & Designers. Bristol, Chicago: Intellect Books, 2009

Transformation and Revelation: UK Design for Performance 2007-2011, The Society of British Theatre Designers, 2011

V&A Gormley to Gaga - Transformation and Revelation, 2012

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