Written by one of the UK's most respected working directors, this book is a practical guide to directing in theatre. Based on her experiences of holding workshops for drama students, A-Level students, and undergraduates, this is a practical beginner's guide to the process, with specific advice on every aspect of working with actors, designers, and the text. The book includes discursive material about Mitchell's own learning process, including: entries from her working diaries descriptions of encounters with her own role models: Brook, Suzuki, Staniewski, Dodin musings on significant influences on her own practice such as the films of Tarkovsky.