Resources

Useful resources and links for members, teachers and students.  If you would like to suggest an article for this page, please contact the Group Administrator.  Please also take a look at our Supporters page, as many of these companies also provide free advice, resources, training and discounts for schools.

'Get into Theatre'

This website from the National Skills Academy is intended for students and new entrants into the industry, offering career advice and options, interviews with theatre practioners, CV advice, work experience and more.

www.getintotheatre.org

Stage Management Career Guide

The Stage Management Association has a free careers guide available for students thinking of a career backstage. The guide can be downloaded here.

Useful 'Paper Props' CD from the SMA

The Stage Management Association (SMA) has launched the first in a series of three Paper Props CDs.  Paper props are some of the most time-consuming props to produce – they’re small and fiddly, but contribute to the overall authenticity of a production.

This first CD includes around 150 period photographs, from Edwardian times to the 1960s, collated in folders such as Families, Weddings, Military Portraits, Female Portraits, Leisure, etc. and dated for ease of use. The second one will feature period documents, such as driving licences, birth certificates, etc.

Paper Props CD1 costs from £7.50 and can be obtained from the SMA – Website.

The Stage Careers Guides 'e-books'

The Stage newspaper has published a set of useful 'e-books' available for students who would like to know more about careers backstage, including craft and construction, costume and make-up, lighting and sound, and stage management.  Also recommended for school libraries and careers advisors. Each guide costs £5.50 to download (or £10 for a print edition) from The Stage website.