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Stagecraft.com - Online tools for entertainment production include contacts, news and sourcebook.
Stagecraft Mailing List - Mailing list which covers all aspects of stage work including design, construction, and production.
Stagecraft - Supply and hire stage, lighting and sound equipment. Includes overview of services.
Special Effects: A History - A history of special effects and stagecraft in the theatre.
Stagecraft Display Ltd - Manufacturers and suppliers of shopfittings and retail displays for garden centers.
StageCraft Theatre School - Classes in drama, singing, and dance for children. Contains details of the programs offered, with staff biographies. Based in Vancouver.
Stagecrafters at the Baldwin Theater - Information and show schedules of this volunteer community theatre. Information on participating in their fine productions.
Natya Shastra - The Natya Shastra is the oldest surviving text on stagecraft in the world. This work lays down the fundamental Hindu concepts of art in general and music and dance in specific.
Technical Theatre Handbook - Online book about stagecraft.
Pinto, Dana - UK based theatre designer. Site includes production images, costume sketches, technical drawings and production list.

Stagecraft - Stagecraft is a generic term referring to the technical aspects of theatrical, film, and video production. It includes, but is not limited to, constructing and rigging scenery, hanging and focusing of lighting, design and procurement of costumes, makeup, and recording and mixing of sound.
C-Clamp (stagecraft) - In stagecraft, a c-clamp can refer to a number of different pieces of hardware, depending on its intended use.
Spike (stagecraft) - In stagecraft, a spike is a marking (Usually a piece of tape, though some houses use paint pens) put on the stage to show placement for set pieces, furniture, actors and the like. Usually gaffer or Electrical tape is used, though some companies make rolls of very thin gaffer's ...
Keren (kabuki) - Keren (外連, lit. "outside party", or ケレン) are stagecraft tricks used in Japanese kabuki theater, making use of trapdoors, revolving stages, and other equipment.
Namiki Shōzō I - Namiki Shōzō I (並木正三) (1730-1773) was a prominent Japanese playwright who produced roughly 100 works for bunraku (puppet theater) and for kabuki. Shōzō is also credited with inventing the revolving stage (回り舞台, mawaributai), one of many tricks of stagecraft used extensively in kabuki, and with popularizing the use of trapdoors (セリ上げ, seriage).