"Supporting Staged Intimacy: A Practical Guide for Theatre Creatives, Managers, and Crew explores the relationship between staged intimacy, intimacy direction, and the roles supporting the process from pre-production through performance. It addresses challenges and trends in staging intimacy, equipping backstage and offstage theatre artists to understand the emergence of intimacy direction and adopt contemporary protocols for creating and maintaining staged intimacy. This book empowers readers with essential skills and actionable insights to promote consensual workplaces and enhance engagement with physically intimate narratives in theatre."