Key Vocab

Question 1

The area next to the stage entrances and exits where actors can’t be seen by the audience

Answer 1

Offstage

Question 2

This is the left when you are an actor, but right when you are the audience

Answer 2

Stage left

Question 3

A platform which moves

Answer 3

Rostrum

Question 4

This is the right when you are the actor but left when you are the audience

Answer 4

Stage right

Question 5

The part of the stage nearest the audience

Answer 5

Downstage

Question 6

The part of the stage furthest away from the audience

Answer 6

Upstage

Question 7

A type of staging where the stage and acting is in the middle surrounded by the audience on all sides

Answer 7

In the round

Question 8

A type of staging where the stage and acting is in the middle with the audience on 2 opposite sides

Answer 8

Traverse

Question 9

The traditional type of staging where the stage and acting is at one end of the room and the audience all looks the same way to see it

Answer 9

End on

Question 10

When all the lights on stage are turned off this can be done quickly or by fading out the lights

Answer 10

Blackout

Question 11

A type of lighting which lights up a small space of stage

Answer 11

Spotlight

Question 12

A light used in theatre, stage lighting

Answer 12

Lantern

Question 13

What the actors wear to show their characters

Answer 13

Costumes

Question 14

Objects the actors use on stage eg teapot, tissue, weapon

Answer 14

Prop

Question 15

Used to create walls onstage, they might be painted to look like bricks or wallpaper

Answer 15

Flats

Question 16

Using your body and others to tell the story. This can include to show an emotion or theme or to leave the audience with a message

Answer 16

Physical theatre

Question 17

Physical theatre device where a group of people move in unison, following leader who is at front. Leader changes as direction changes

Answer 17

Flocking

Question 18

Physical theatre device where one person/thing leads the others (that follow)

Answer 18

Colombian hypnosis

Question 19

2 scenes performed at the same time on stage with actors in each scene taking turns to speak

Answer 19

Cross - cutting

Question 20

Something that can be used to start the process of creating a performance eg a picture, newspaper article etc

Answer 20

Stimulus

Question 21

Somebody sits or stands and is questioned by their peers. They must answer questions pretending to be their characters

Answer 21

Hot - seating

Question 22

A body is drawn onto paper to show a character. You then write on what the character is thinking, feeling, what their character traits are and facts about them

Answer 22

Role on the wall

Question 23

How important a character is, how rich a character is, how confident a character is, how much power they have

Answer 23

Status

Question 24

Making a scene up on the spot (spontaneous) and practicing it (rehearsed)

Answer 24

Improvisation

Question 25

A widely held but fixed view/ understanding of a particular type of person

Answer 25

Stereotypes