Drama Quiz: Roles in the Theatre, Stages and Genre

This style takes a comic look at current events/people while at the same time attempting to make a political or social statement, for example pointing out corruption.

This genre is told from a first-person perspective where the performers walk through their life.

This genre has songs to help explain the story and move the ideas of the play along.

This genre in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers.

______________ is a genre of theatrical performance that encompasses storytelling primarily through physical movement

This is the name given to the person who writes the play.

They are the ___________

This person is in charge of the artistic elements of a production. They often have the initial creative idea (‘concept’) for a production, will work with the actors in rehearsal, and will collaborate with designers and the technical team to realise this idea in performance.