Performing Arts and Entertainment Industry Resources
* Unless otherwise specified, the websites are in English
Architecture
- A gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents
www.greatbuildings.com - Architecture Information from Architectural Record
archrecord.construction.com
Audio and Sound Effects
- The Virtual Gramophone – Canadien Historical Sound Recordings
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/gramophone/028011-9000-e.html - The world's largest publisher of professional sound effects and royalty free music
www.sound-ideas.com - Very useful, educational audio papers
audiosystemsgroup.com/publish.htm
Automation
- Automation FX - specializing in theatre automation systems & products and home of the AirPux 2 scenery moving system
AFX.bz
Costumes and Wardrobe
- Canada's leading manufacturer of sewing threads
www.cansew.com - Costume database on period costume, from the Middle Ages up to the early 20th century
www.marquise.de - A world-class collection of contemporary and historical dress
www.museumofcostume.co.uk - The Costumer's Manifesto, the Web’s largest, and most eclectic, collection of costume sites.
www.costumes.org - The ideal location to find the right trimmings to enhance clothes and decorations
www.rixrax.ca
Design and Props
- Name that Color! (In French only)
www.pourpre.com/chroma/ - Printable 1/2" scale model things
http://www.printmini.com/printables/ph.html
General References
- Music Books Plus is the best source for music, audio and stage books, videos, CD-ROMs, DVDs, software and sheet music
www.musicbooksplus.com
Lighting
- Bill William's Lighting Design for Architecture and the Arts, including a lighting history section
http://billwilliams.ca/resources/index.htm - Flameless candles and LEDs (in Canada)
www.kdlsafetylite.com - Flameless candles and LEDs (in the USA)
www.ledtronics.com - Strand History and Archives
http://www.theatrecrafts.com/pages/home/archive/manufacturers/detail/?id=1
Stage Machinery
- A site devoted to the study of Renaissance and Baroque Theatrical Spectacle
https://spectacle.appstate.edu/ - JR Clancy installation guidelines and checklists for installing rigging
- http://www.jrclancy.com/installationmaterials.asp
- Stage & Rigging Terms
www.jrclancy.com/reference_terms.html
Tools and Gear
- Sticking things together: The Art of Bonding
www.thistothat.com - A good place to start looking for tech-related stuff and ideas (USA based)
www.toolsforstagecraft.com - Lee Valley is a family-owned business that has been serving users of woodworking and gardening tools since 1978.
www.leevalley.com - Power guide around the world
kropla.com/electric2.htm - World's Safest Table Saw!
www.sawstop.com
