
Poor Theatre - Year 7 Drama
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7th Grade
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Leya Mackus
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POOR THEATRE
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What is 'poor theatre'?
Poor theatre is a performance style that focuses on the training and skill of the actor(s), rather than the use of elaborate production areas (e.g. costumes, lights, etc.).
Jerzy Grotowski is a Polish theatre practitioner who coined the term “poor theatre”, defining a performance as ridding itself from the excess of theatre (lavish costumes and detailed sets). The performance lacked anything fancy, so in essence, looked ‘poor’.
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Conventions of Poor Theatre
Conventions are recognisable features or aspects of a performance.
If something is a convention of poor theatre, that means it is something we would use/see in most performances of this style.
Minimal/limited use of production areas (not many props, set pieces, costumes, etc.)
Symbolic use of object and object transformation (using one object/prop as different things)
Realistic/believable acting
Using the actors’ bodies to create scenery or objects
Neutral lighting
Breaking the 4th wall - acknowledging that the audience is watching
Non-traditional stage spaces and/or positioning the audience in the acting space
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Multiple Choice
Which practitioner is associated with poor theatre?
Jerzy Groovy
Charlie Chaplin
Jerzy Grotowski
Jerry Grotowski
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Multiple Choice
Poor theatre is a performance style that...
Doesn't pay the actors high wages
Doesn't cost much for the audience to buy a ticket for
Spreads messages about poverty
Does not use fancy props, costumes, set peices, etc.
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Multiple Choice
Poor theatre is likely to be performed...
In a traditional theatre space
Theatres with large curtains
In non-traditional spaces
In a bank
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Multiple Choice
Grotowski liked to place the audience...
Far away from the stage
In unusual spaces like all sides of the performance space, or amongst the performers
In comfortable seats with cushions and drink holders
In uncomfortable seats or on the ground
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Multiple Choice
Instead of lavish costumes and elaborate sets, what is the focus of poor theatre?
The training and skill of the actors
To raise money
How well the script is written
The use of multiple actors performing at once, like in a chorus
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Multiple Choice
What would the stage typically look like in a poor theatre performance?
It would have realistic/ believable set pieces and props
It would be filled with fancy scenery and decorations
It would be painted with different symbolic colours
It would be bare, with only limited use of props or set pieces
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Multiple Select
In which of the following ways does poor theatre use props? (select all that apply)
It uses realistic and believable props
It uses minimal props
It doesn't use any props, the actors must mime all objects
It uses props that are symbolic or have special meaning
It uses props that can be transformed into different things by the actor(s)
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