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A mouthwatering collection of recipes for small bites and
fingerfood - ideal for serving at parties or any social gathering,
large or small. Ideas for fresh light bites for summer entertaining
include Smoked Aubergine Puree with Feta Cheese and Pomegranate in
Chicory Boats; Ceviche of Seabass with Avocado and Chipotle
Dressing; and Grilled Peach, Mozzarella and Parma Ham Bites. Warmly
spiced Asian-style canapes, ideal for cocktail parties, include
Seared Beef Tataki Spoons with Miso Sauce and Spring Onions and
Laksa Marinated Prawn Skewers. Ideas for festive gatherings include
Stilton with Red Wine Poached Pear on Walnut Toast; Smoked Salmon,
Cream Cheese, Watercress and Beet Rolls; Glazed Baked Chestnuts
Wrapped in Bacon; and Persian Sausage Rolls with Pistachios. For
those with a sweet tooth there are Rose and Raspberry Profiteroles,
Cocoa Nib and Salted Caramel Brownies, and Mini Donut Balls on
Coffee Shots.
What is it about musical theatre that audiences find entertaining?
What are the features that lead to its ability to stimulate
emotional attachment, to move and to give pleasure? Beginning from
the passion musical theatre performances arouse and their ubiquity
in London's West End and on Broadway this book explores the ways in
which musical theatre reaches out to and involves its audiences. It
investigates how pleasure is stimulated by vocal, musical and
spectacular performances. Early discussions centre on the
construction of the composed text, but then attention is given to
performance and audience response. Musical theatre contains
disruptions and dissonances in its multiple texts, it allows gaps
for audiences to read playfully. This combines with the voluptuous
sensations of embodied emotion, contagiously and viscerally shared
between audience and stage, and augmented through the presence of
voice and music. A number of features are discovered in the
construction of musical theatre performance texts that allow them
to engage the intense emotional attachment of their audiences and
so achieve enormous popularity. In doing this, the book challenges
the conception of musical theatre as 'only entertainment'.
Entertainment instead becomes a desirable, ephemeral and playful
concept.
What is it about musical theatre that audiences find entertaining?
What are the features that lead to its ability to stimulate
emotional attachment, to move and to give pleasure? Beginning from
the passion musical theatre performances arouse and their ubiquity
in London's West End and on Broadway this book explores the ways in
which musical theatre reaches out to and involves its audiences. It
investigates how pleasure is stimulated by vocal, musical and
spectacular performances. Early discussions centre on the
construction of the composed text, but then attention is given to
performance and audience response. Musical theatre contains
disruptions and dissonances in its multiple texts, it allows gaps
for audiences to read playfully. This combines with the voluptuous
sensations of embodied emotion, contagiously and viscerally shared
between audience and stage, and augmented through the presence of
voice and music. A number of features are discovered in the
construction of musical theatre performance texts that allow them
to engage the intense emotional attachment of their audiences and
so achieve enormous popularity. In doing this, the book challenges
the conception of musical theatre as 'only entertainment'.
Entertainment instead becomes a desirable, ephemeral and playful
concept.
Get the party started with this mouthwatering collection of more
than 100 delicious recipes for canapés and other bite-size morsels
that will add style and taste to any social gathering, large or
small. Popular dishes and snacks are transformed into down-sized
one-bite wonders that are big on presentation as well as bold in
taste. Ideas for fresh light bites come from all around the globe,
with modern takes on traditional dishes inspired by Mediterranean,
Scandinavian, Middle Eastern, Indian, Asian and American cuisines.
And for those with a sweet tooth, there are plenty of mini desserts
here too, from light and fruity mouthfuls to rich and indulgent
bites. Also included are expert menu planners to help you serve the
perfect number and selection of cold and hot canapés, matched to
the occasion, season and venue – whether it's a festive candlelit
cocktail party or an al fresco drinks reception at a summer
wedding.
This book discusses an exciting laboratory that has been developing
the practice of theatre music composition and sound design since
1961: the Royal Shakespeare Company. Musical practices have evolved
as composers and musical directors inherited from the past and
innovated with new technology; different interpretations of single
plays in multiple iterations have provided a picture of developing
styles, genres, working practices, technologies and contexts; actor
musicianship has been practiced quietly and without fuss; and the
role of the sound designer has appeared and transformed the
theatrical soundscape. This book moves to musical theatre to
evidence a continuum between its rich interdisciplinary textures
and the musicodramatic world of Shakespeare's plays, positioning
the RSC as an innovative company that continually expands the
creative and collaborative possibilities of the theatre.
This book discusses an exciting laboratory that has been developing
the practice of theatre music composition and sound design since
1961: the Royal Shakespeare Company. Musical practices have evolved
as composers and musical directors inherited from the past and
innovated with new technology; different interpretations of single
plays in multiple iterations have provided a picture of developing
styles, genres, working practices, technologies and contexts; actor
musicianship has been practiced quietly and without fuss; and the
role of the sound designer has appeared and transformed the
theatrical soundscape. This book moves to musical theatre to
evidence a continuum between its rich interdisciplinary textures
and the musicodramatic world of Shakespeare's plays, positioning
the RSC as an innovative company that continually expands the
creative and collaborative possibilities of the theatre.
This lively textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the
history, theory and practice of this popular theatre form. Bringing
critical theory and musical theatre together, Millie Taylor and
Dominic Symonds explore the musical stage from a broad range of
theoretical perspectives. Part 1 focuses on the way we understand
musicals as texts and Part 2 then looks at how musical theatre
negotiates its position in the wider world. Part 3 recognises the
affiliations of various communities with the musical stage, and
finally part 4 unravels the musical's relationship with time,
space, intertextuality and entertainment. Written by leading
experts in Musical Theatre and Drama, Taylor and Symonds utilise
their wealth of knowledge to engage and educate the reader on this
diverse subject. With its accessible and extensive content, this
text is the ideal accompaniment to any study of musical theatre
internationally: an essential tool for students of all levels,
lecturers, practitioners and enthusiasts alike.
Musical theatre is often perceived as either a Broadway based art
form, or as having separate histories in London and New York.
Musical Theatre Histories: Expanding the Narrative, however,
depicts the musical as neither American nor British, but both and
more, having grown out of frequent and substantial interactions
between both centres (and beyond). Through multiple thematic
'histories', Millie Taylor and Adam Rush take readers on a series
of journeys that include the art form's European and American
origins, African American influences, negotiations arounddiversity,
national identity, and the globalisation of the form, as well as
revival culture, censorship and the place of social media in the
21st century. Each chapter includes case studies and key concept
boxes to identify, explain and contextualise important discussions,
offering an accessible study of a dynamic and ever evolving medium.
Written and developed for undergraduate students, this introductory
textbook provides a newly focused and alternative way of
understanding musical theatre history.
Musical theatre is often perceived as either a Broadway based art
form, or as having separate histories in London and New York.
Musical Theatre Histories: Expanding the Narrative, however,
depicts the musical as neither American nor British, but both and
more, having grown out of frequent and substantial interactions
between both centres (and beyond). Through multiple thematic
'histories', Millie Taylor and Adam Rush take readers on a series
of journeys that include the art form's European and American
origins, African American influences, negotiations arounddiversity,
national identity, and the globalisation of the form, as well as
revival culture, censorship and the place of social media in the
21st century. Each chapter includes case studies and key concept
boxes to identify, explain and contextualise important discussions,
offering an accessible study of a dynamic and ever evolving medium.
Written and developed for undergraduate students, this introductory
textbook provides a newly focused and alternative way of
understanding musical theatre history.
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Milly Taylor; Contributions by Kate Gillett
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Bradley Taylor, Arilie Taylor, Millie Taylor
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This critical introduction to British musical theatre since 1950 is
the first book to discuss its post-war developments from the
perspective of British - as opposed to American - popular culture.
The genre is situated within the historical context of post-war
British society in order to explore the range of forms through
which significant sociocultural moments are represented.
Introductory chapters analyse the way British musicals have
responded to social change, the forms of popular theatre and music
from which they have developed and their originality in elaborating
new narrative strategies since the seventies. A key feature of the
book is its close readings of twelve key works, from Salad Days
(1954) and Oliver! (1960) to global smash hits such as Les
Miserables (1985) and The Phantom of the Opera (1986) and beyond,
including the latest critical and box-office success Matilda
(2011). Also analysed are British favourites (Blood Brothers,
1983), cult shows (The Rocky Horror Show, 1975) and musicals with a
pre-existing fan-base, such as Mamma Mia! (1999).
This critical introduction to British musical theatre since 1950 is
the first book to discuss its post-war developments from the
perspective of British - as opposed to American - popular culture.
The genre is situated within the historical context of post-war
British society in order to explore the range of forms through
which significant sociocultural moments are represented.
Introductory chapters analyse the way British musicals have
responded to social change, the forms of popular theatre and music
from which they have developed and their originality in elaborating
new narrative strategies since the seventies. A key feature of the
book is its close readings of twelve key works, from Salad Days
(1954) and Oliver! (1960) to global smash hits such as Les
Miserables (1985) and The Phantom of the Opera (1986) and beyond,
including the latest critical and box-office success Matilda
(2011). Also analysed are British favourites (Blood Brothers,
1983), cult shows (The Rocky Horror Show, 1975) and musicals with a
pre-existing fan-base, such as Mamma Mia! (1999).
Perfect for drama students, choir leaders, and aspiring singers,
this insightful handbook provides insight into every aspect of
performing in musical theater. Hints are provided for singers on
developing vocal techniques, preparing songs for both audition and
performance, and exploring character within song. Warm-up exercises
for groups and individuals are also included along with advice on
releasing tension from the body and voice; training methods for
improving posture; and a listing of various popular songs,
including rock, pop, and comedy hits.
Gestures of Music Theater: The Performativity of Song and Dance
offers new cutting edge essays focusing on Song and Dance as
performative gestures that not only entertain but also act on
audiences and performers. The chapters range across musical
theatre, opera, theatre and other artistic practices, from Glee to
Gardzienice, Beckett to Disney, Broadway to Turner Prize winning
sound installation. The chapters draw together these diverse
examples of vocality and physicality by exploring their affect
rather than through considering them as texts. This book considers
performativity in relation to Dramaturgy, Transition, Identity,
Context, Practice, Community and finally, Writing. The book reveals
how the texture of music theatre, containing as it does the
gestures of song and dance, is performative in dense, interwoven,
dialogical and paradoxical ways, partly caused by the intertextual
and interdisciplinary energies of its make-up, partly by its active
dynamism in performance. The book's contributors derive
methodologies from many disciplines, seeking in many ways to resist
and explode discrete discipline-based enquiry. They share
methodologies and performance repertoires with discipline-based
scholarship from theatre studies, musicology and cultural studies,
but there are many other approaches and case studies which we also
embrace. Together, they view these as neighboring voices whose
dialogue enriches the study of contemporary music theatre.
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