Touring Theatrical Productions An International Guide

Touring Theatrical Productions: An International Guide is a practical and comprehensive overview of planning, staging and closing international touring productions. This book offers a step-by-step chronological journal of preparing a company for international touring, from applying for international visas to returning home after a tour. It includes discussions of invitations, contracts, scheduling, health and safety, personnel, packing and shipping, certifications, insurance, travel, unions, hotels, ethics and cuisines. Each chapter is filled with guidelines, samples of paperwork and checklists to ensure the smooth running of any international tour. Written by the Production Manager and Technical Director of India’s most travelled show The Manganiyar Seduction with Can & Abel Theatres, this book includes examples, incidents and experiences of performing in over20 countries with over 200 shows. This how-to guide will benefit Technical Directors and Production Managers of touring productions, as well as students in Production Management, Tour Management, Art Administration and Technical Theater courses.

Prologue Acknowledgment 1. Receiving House 2. Producing House 3. Before Travel 4. In the Travel 5. At the Hotel 6. At the Performing Venue 7. Performance 8. Strike 9. Leaving from Host Country 10. Reaching Home Country Appendix 1: Touring Company Crew Toolkit Appendix 2: Working Safely in Theater: Guidelines Apendix 3: Lists: Who,When, Where Appendix 4: International Theater and Performing Arts Festivals Bibliography Index

Dinesh Yadav (PhD) is an Associate Professor ofLighting Design and Technical Director at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.Being a Scenographer and Performance Maker, he is the current Chair of Lighting Design Sub-Commission of OISTAT and Chair of KCACTF-ASPIRE for Region 3, USA.