List of basic theatre topics
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Basic topics in theater include:
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Nature of theatre
- Main article: Theatre
Venues of theatre
- Art Deco style theatre
- Broadway and the West End
- Community theatre
- Dinner theatre
- Fringe festival
- Improvisational theatre
- In-yer-face theatre
- National Tours
- Non-western theatre
- Off-Broadway and the London fringe
- Off-Off-Broadway
- Opera houses
- Physical theatre
- Postmodern theatre
- Post style theatre
- Proletcult Theatre
- Reader's Theatre
- Regional theatre
- Repertory theatre
- School and church theatres and town halls community theatre
- Street theatre
- Summer stock theatre
- Temple dance
- UK Theatre Network
- Vanguard style theatre
Types of theatrical productions
Genres of theatre
There are a variety of genres that writers, producers and directors can employ in theatre to suit a variety of tastes:
- Domestic drama
- Comedy
- Drama
- Epic theatre
- Experimental theatre
- Fantasy
- Grand Guignol
- Historical theatre
- Improvisational theatre
- Meta-theatre
- Morality play
- Musical theatre
- Natya
- Pantomime
- Physical theatre
- Political theatre
- Radio drama
- Rock opera
- Theatre for social change
- Theatre of the Absurd
- Tragedy
- Tragicomedy
Styles of theatre
There are a variety of theatrical styles used in theatre and drama. These include
- Absurdism – presents a perspective that all human attempts at significance are illogical. Ultimate truth is chaos with little certainty. There is no necessity that need drive us.
- Expressionism – anti-realistic in seeing appearance as distorted and the truth lying within man. The outward appearance on stage can be distorted and unrealistic to portray an eternal truth.
- Melodrama – sentimental drama with musical underscoring, often with an unlikely plot that concerns the suffering of the good at the hands of evildoers but ends happily with good triumphant. Featuring stock characters such as the noble hero, the long-suffering damsel in distress, and the cold-blooded villain.
- Modernism – a broad concept that sees art, including theatre, as detached from life in a pure way and able to reflect on life critically.
- Naturalism – portraying life on stage with close attention to detail, based on observation of real life.
- Postmodernism – there are multiple meanings, and meaning is what you create, not what is. This approach often uses other media and breaks accepted conventions and practices.
- Realism – portraying characters on stage that are close to real life, with realistic settings and staging.
History of theatre
- Main article: History of theatre
Participants in theatre
Basic theatre concepts
- Acting
- Cold reading
- Curtain call
- Drama therapy
- Everyman
- Footlights
- Prop (short for "Theatrical property")
- Stage
- Stagecraft (Technical theatre)
- Theatrical constraints
- Theatrical scenery
- Theatrical superstitions
- Ticket
Theatre scholars
Leaders in theatre
Theatre-related lists
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