Key Vocab Flashcards
The area next to the stage entrances and exits where actors can’t be seen by the audience
Offstage
This is the left when you are an actor, but right when you are the audience
Stage left
A platform which moves
Rostrum
This is the right when you are the actor but left when you are the audience
Stage right
The part of the stage nearest the audience
Downstage
The part of the stage furthest away from the audience
Upstage
A type of staging where the stage and acting is in the middle surrounded by the audience on all sides
In the round
A type of staging where the stage and acting is in the middle with the audience on 2 opposite sides
Traverse
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
End on
When all the lights on stage are turned off this can be done quickly or by fading out the lights
Blackout
A type of lighting which lights up a small space of stage
Spotlight
A light used in theatre, stage lighting
Lantern
What the actors wear to show their characters
Costumes
Objects the actors use on stage eg teapot, tissue, weapon
Prop
Used to create walls onstage, they might be painted to look like bricks or wallpaper
Flats
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
Physical theatre
Physical theatre device where a group of people move in unison, following leader who is at front. Leader changes as direction changes
Flocking
Physical theatre device where one person/thing leads the others (that follow)
Colombian hypnosis
2 scenes performed at the same time on stage with actors in each scene taking turns to speak
Cross - cutting
Something that can be used to start the process of creating a performance eg a picture, newspaper article etc
Stimulus
Somebody sits or stands and is questioned by their peers. They must answer questions pretending to be their characters
Hot - seating
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
Role on the wall
How important a character is, how rich a character is, how confident a character is, how much power they have
Status
Making a scene up on the spot (spontaneous) and practicing it (rehearsed)
Improvisation
A widely held but fixed view/ understanding of a particular type of person
Stereotypes
