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Theatre Engineering and Architecture
Volume 4: Stage Engineering and Technology
Volume 5: Planning and Architecture
Volume 6: General and Management
Edited by Richard brett; london, Theatrical Events ltd, 2007; vol 4, 276
pp; vol 5, 276 pp; vol 6, 208pp. Paper, £18.00 ea, £45.00 set of 3 vols.
Reviewed by Kimberly Corbett
Every four years, the Association of british Theatre Technicians
brings together people from around the world to discuss ideas
related to "modern staging technology and performing arts buildings." This event is attended by theatre practitioners, managers, consultants, acousticians, architects, and other interested parties. The
goal is simple: to discuss where the future of the performing arts is
headed and to exchange theatre engineering and architecture practices that might support these future journeys. A similar event, the
North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference
(NATEAC), has since been organized in New York City and held its
first conference in 2008.

To help prevent the
discussions during the conference from being lost,
conference director Richard
brett has organized a threevolume set to document
them. The new set, Theatre
Engineering and Architecture, Volumes 4-6, record
the sessions of the 2006
conference and complement
volumes 1-3 of the 2002
conference. brett notes in
his introduction that the
format of the new volumes
matches that of the old, and
the index references all six.
Also, some material, particularly in the form of footnotes, has been
added to the edited transcripts to help readers better understand the
context of the papers.
The sessions have been divided among the three volumes largely
based on discipline. Volume 4: Stage Engineering and Technology

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