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Clown & Mime Paperback: 192 pages, 15 x 23cm ISBN: 978-0-916260-41-5 MER055 $21.95 Chapters Include › A Word on Clowning › Clown Equipment Clown Act Omnibus A Complete Guide to the Art of Clowning By Wes McVicar Updated, Second Edition Everything you always wanted to know about clowning (and didn’t know whom to ask) is here in this inexpensive, paperback book. We have yet to see any other clown-act book as complete as this. Includes over 200 workable clown acts for beginners, intermediates and advanced participants. All acts are classified by type, equipment needed, gymnastic skills, and practice required. The book is divided into nine sections, and they cover: clowning as an art, pantomime, clown types, costumes, make-up, suggestions for programming, production ideas, properties and stunts. We recommend this book highly. Mentone Educational Centre 215 Chesterville Road Moorabbin Victoria 3189 Paperback: 192 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-0-916260-75-0 MER058 $17.95 Chapters Include › Making Props › Modifying Skits Clown Skits for Everyone How to Become a Performing Clown By Happy Jack Feder Everything you need to know to be a performing clown – written by a performing clown! Advice and ideas plus thirty-two easy-to-perform skits for one or two clown acts. Talks about gestures and actions, rehearsals, routines, talking or miming, modifying skits and the mechanics of performance. Tells about how to make props and the best techniques for beginners. All of the thirty-two skits included in the book have been performance-tested – simplified for easy memorization. The book is delightfully illustrated throughout by Lafe Locke. Happy Jack Feder is an accomplished mime and clown. He lives and works in Missoula, Montana. Playing time: Varies from 2-5 minutes each MER059 $24.95 Complete playkit with 6 scripts Playing time: Varies from 2 to 10 minutes each MER056 $29.95 Playkit of 6 scripts with 20 skits The Clown’s Balloons and Other Mime Sketches By Danni Robb and Michael Sturko A series of short sketches for clowns and mimes. These simple sketches require minimal props and costuming and are excellent for both practice and performing. Skits Include › The Clown’s Balloons › The Event › Bashful Flower › The Leak Clown Hits and Skits A Collection of Clown Routines for Easy Performance By Richard Strelak and Marty Sherman A production-tested repertoire of sure-fire clown skits. Five different style of sketches are included – classic, gags, dumb magic, tricks, caught-in-the-act and skits with props. This collection comes directly from the Main Stage Production clown repertoire. The packet includes twenty skits with prop diagrams and a section on “How to Write Your Own Clown Skits.” These skits will put your clown group on stage in really professional style. Playing time: Varies up to 10 minutes each MER091 $29.95 Playkit of 6 scripts with 20 skits Playing time: 20 to 30 minutes Cast: 12 clowns (optional) Age level: All ages MER301 $29.95 Complete playkit with 13 scripts Here Come the Clowns Ready-to-perform Clown Skits By Clarice Moon This is a packet of skits from the repertoire of a real clown, “Bubbles.” Twenty short action skits with how-to-do-it instructions. Clowning is sideline action – excellent for bazaars, picnics or any kind of special event. Skits Include › Unemployment Office for Clowns › William Tell and the Apple › Nurse and Patient › The Safety Clown Playing time: 5-10 minutes each Cast: 2-4 mimes each skit Age level: Optional MER115 $29.95 Complete playkit with 6 scripts The Clowns’ Christmas Party A Clown Play for Child Audiences By James Brock Each clown does his stunt for which he is given his name: Lean & Look, Mr. Quiet, Mr. Honker, Miss Wiggle Waggle, Mr. Big, Mr. Little, The Doctor, The Patient, Run, Stumble and Fall! There’s a lot of laughter with every skit until a strange clown with no name wants to join them. They vote him out until he sings a Christmas song so beautifully that everyone is made happy inside. They vote him back in because happiness is one of the greatest Christmas gifts. MER130 $29.95 Complete playkit with 8 workbooks and rights to reproduce copies Mime Time A Collection of Eight Slice-of-life Mime Skits By Debbie Howell These humorous and charming sketches are short and easy to perform. They can be successfully staged by beginners or professionals. Each sketch requires only a chair, and two to four mimes, male or female. Sketches include › Makeup Artist – Glamour Girl Meets Tomboy at the Mirror › Dancing Doll – Clumsy Clod Learns to Dance from Wind-up Doll › See How They Run – Male Jogger Chases Female, Gets All Tied Up › Who’s Minding The Class? – Student Takes Over When Teacher Steps Out Pantomime Performance Exercises Workshop Kit A Workshop Kit for Mimes By Gerald Lee Ratliff This is a workshop packet providing suggestions and exercises in learning the basics of pantomime. This is an excellent supplemental resource for workshop use. Included are fourteen exercises with convenient reference numbers for instructor’s assignments Exercises deal with body posture, hand gestures, breathing, character study and other fundamentals 34 Prices Shown Do Not Include the GST - Add 10% Check our website for latest releases and pricing
Phone (03) 9553 3234 Fax (03) 9553 4562 Email sales@mentone-educational.com.au Web www.mentone-educational.com.au Sound Effects/Specials Set of five compact discs MER404 $149.95 509 Digital Sound Effects Five-CD Indexed Set This complete sound effects library includes 509 professional and theatrical sound effects for use with your stage production. The indexed library comes on 5 CD’s making it easy to produce customized digital sound effects for any stage situation. This collection will become a valuable asset for all your sound effect needs. Some of the Sound Effects Include › Applause - large gathering › Baby crying › Tumbler breaking › Children cheering › Roller coaster › Tv channel switching › Man walking on wooden stairs › Electric razor › Fire alarm bell › Water gurgling › Aerosol spray › Pedestrians walking › Swimming › Shovelling sand › Camera - 35mm - sequence › Chainsaw › Tire pump › Woman laughing › Man snoring › Burglar alarm sounding › Fireworks › Helicopter landing › Cracking knuckles › Cement mixer › Thunder & lightning › Heavy rain › Electric pump › Domestic quarrel › Diving board › Ratchet wrench › Ocean surf › Seagulls › Tropical birds › Crickets › Electric adding machine › Clock shop › Hammering › Female crowd Paperback: 240 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-142-9 MER158 $15.95 Scenes Include › Scenes for Two Men › Scenes for Two Women › Scenes for a Man and a Woman More Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays An Anthology of New Dramatic Writing from Professionally-Produced Plays Edited by Roger Ellis It offers young actors a broad spectrum of challenges with contemporary styles and relevant topics in a variety of lengths. In addition to the scenes and monologues, the book includes nineteen useful exercises for strengthening acting skills. Many of the pieces require that performers dig deep into their imaginations to use their own emotional resources. A short acting preface precedes each selection to help guide the actors’ interpretations. This book is recommended as a text or a supplemental resource for acting classes. Paperback: 80 pages, 21 x 28cm ISBN: 978-1-56608-027-9 MER315 $12.95 Chapters Include › Readers Theatre Strategies › Casting, Staging and Performing the Readings › Using Readers Theatre as a Springboard to Language Development Readers Theatre in the Middle School and Junior High Classroom A Take-part Teacher’s Guide: Springboards to Language Development through Readers Theatre, Storytelling, Writing, and Dramatizing! By Lois Walker A teacher’s guidebook of ideas for introducing Readers Theatre to young students. Includes step-by-step instructions on a variety of ways to use Readers Theatre in the classroom: Circle, Instant, and Cooperative Readings. Provides a springboard of ideas for storytelling, writing, and creative drama. Playing time: About 1 hour, 1-7 minutes each Cast: 15W, 5M or up to 50 players, 2-12 each skit Age level: Middle Grades, High School MER349 $38.95 Complete playkit with 21 scripts Paperback: 304 pages, 14 x 23cm ISBN: 0-916260-68-2 MER203 $17.95 Chapters Include › Programs For Teens And Adults › Readers Theatre For Christmas › Adaptations From Classics And Legends › Christmas Readings Christmas On Stage An Anthology of 27 Royalty-free Christmas Plays for All Ages Compiled and Edited by Theodore O. Zapel You’ll find plays, readings, and monologues for all likes and all ages in this anthology, but they all centre around one theme: dramatizing the true meaning of Christmas. The one-act plays included contain both traditional and contemporary settings, drama and humour, and new offerings and old favourites. The plays are easily staged with a minimum of costumes and props. They may be presented as live readings, tape recordings, or radio-style broadcasts through sound systems. Paperback: 352 pages, 14 x 21cm ISBN: 978-0-916260-86-6 MER201 $14.95 Chapters Include › Reader’s Theatre: A Performance Art › Comedy › Mystery/Suspense › Christmas Specials › Children’s Classics Readers Theatre Anthology A Collection of 28 Readings By Melvin R. White A variety of stories from the pens of classical and contemporary writers, journalists and playwrights have been adapted for Readers Theatre performance in this new collection of scripts by a nationally-known authority on the subject. Sometimes called “theatre of the imagination,” Readers Theatre communicates in a style similar to the golden days of radio theatre. Its ease of performance makes these scripts ideal for the drama classroom. Playing time: 1½ hours, 1-10 minutes each Cast: 14W, 9M or up to 60 players, 2 to 18 each Age level: Middle Grades, High School MER350 $38.95 Complete playkit with 12 scripts and rights to reproduce copies Channel Surfing I Two-act Comedy Revue of TV Parody Skits By Harry M. Bagdasian and Lisa Levin Itte Everyone can get involved in this variety show of parodies and original sketches about the crazy world of cable TV. Three scenes set in a teen girl’s bedroom tie the TV skits together, providing continuity for a two-act show. The skits can be mixed, matched, or used individually. Sketches Include › The Bad Movie Monster Network › The Home Shopping Channel › The Games Channel: Dysfunctional Family Feud www.mentone-educational.com.au Prices Shown Do Not Include the GST - Add 10% Channel Surfing II Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Turn off Your TV By Harry M. Bagdasian and Lisa Levin Itte An evening of comic sketches that poke fun at psychic hotlines, homework hotlines, siblings, home computers, home pages, and home shopping. This is a two-act Comedy Revue and Cyberspace Adventure, which the whole drama club can participate in. The skits can be mixed, matched, or used individually and are all easy to stage. Sketches Include › Clueless Jeopardy › Teen Home Shopping › The Sibling Home Page: www.tantrum.com 35
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