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Force It Into Existence

Name: Force It Into Existence
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And 99 More Notes On Theatre Directing

By James Grieve

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Theatre is a hugely competitive industry. Formal training is inaccessible to many. So how can you get your foot in the door? Force It Into Existence reveals the secrets of starting, developing, and sustaining a career as a theatre director. In 100 short, entertaining notes on... Read More

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A practical and motivational guide to self-starting and sustaining a career as a theatre director.

A practical and motivational guide to self-starting and sustaining a career as a theatre director.

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Theatre is a hugely competitive industry. Formal training is inaccessible to many. So how can you get your foot in the door?

Force It Into Existence reveals the secrets of starting, developing, and sustaining a career as a theatre director.

In 100 short, entertaining notes on everything from fundraising to failure, award-winning artistic director James Grieve uncovers the steps you need to supercharge your career. It's not what you know or who you know—it's how much you want to know.

In this entrepreneurial guide you will learn:

how to get started as a theatre director without formal qualifications
how to develop your craft on your own terms
how to become an unstoppable force in the face of setbacks and failures
how to navigate every step of production from rehearsal prep to press night
how to grow as a leader, manager, and CEO of your own career
how to deploy practical techniques and inspirational ideas to sustain you as a director and artistic director

Don’t wait for the phone to ring. Get cracking. Be the director of your own destiny and force it into existence. It starts here.

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ISBN: 9781350526303

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 November 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

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Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

James Grieve MBE is an award-winning theatre director. He was formerly Artistic Director of the UK’s national theatre of new plays Paines Plough where he oversaw 49 world premiere productions on tour to more than 300 places across the UK and internationally, and launched Roundabout; the world's first pop-up plug-and-play theatre. He has directed new plays by some of the UK’s leading writers including Mike Bartlett, James Graham, Kae Tempest, Tom Wells, Penelope Skinner, Elinor Cook and Sam Steiner. His acclaimed productions of new plays, classics and musicals have been seen in the UK, North America and across Europe. James was formerly Associate Director at the Bush Theatre and founder of new writing company nabokov. He was awarded an MBE in 2020 for services to theatre.

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