{"product_id":"9781350524545","title":"The Pulse Approach: Physical Improvisation for Theatre-makers and Directors","description":"Author: Gerstle, Tanya\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350524545\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 216\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can we effectively apply improvisation to train an ensemble of actors? \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere is the method to create physically dynamic staging for text-based contemporary and classical plays?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd how can a trainer and a director utilise improvisation to devise new work? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulse Approach answers these questions and more, captured here for the first time in a workbook to the practice. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePulse\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis an improvisational performance strategy that can be used by actors and directors to develop original text-based performance material and rehearse dramatic scripts. Director Tanya Gerstle has been developing the approach since 1989 and has used it to stage more than 25 theatre productions. \u003cbr\u003eThrough step-by-step instructions for the student and practitioner; troubleshooting advice; case studies of productions directed using the \u003cb\u003ePulse Approach\u003c\/b\u003e; and interviews with practitioners involved, this book is the first practical guide to this innovative methodology, which has its roots in the Australian actor-training scene.\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePulse Approach\u003c\/b\u003e fuses improvisation and text-based theatre, too often disconnected, to offer up a methodology and rigorous practice for improvisation as a holistic process of development in classical and contemporary plays. It can be used to train any ensemble of actors in any context - inexperienced, professional, young, old and culturally and linguistically diverse.\u003cbr\u003eA companion website will include a video documentary of practitioners using Pulse in their work with the author.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47839609192606,"sku":"UBD-9781350524545","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350524545.jpg?v=1781075360","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350524545","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}