This book is written for all companies, student and professional, who are interested in non-text-based theatre and shines a practical light on the passionate business of the devising process. Suggestions and advice on: - Getting started and developing trust and communication within the devising company. - How to research and use the results to stimulate ideas and discussion in the rehearsal period. - Encouraging, channelling and developing ideas in the rehearsal room. - Discovering and incorporating the unexpected in rehearsal. - Backstage and design work, with sample checklists. - Raising money and organizing budgets. - How to stop talking, start playing and develop the performance for an audience.