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Epic Theatre Description
A theatrical style that emphasises the audience's critical engagement with the performance in order to provoke thought and social change.
Epic Theatre conventions
direct address
placards
episodic structure (non-linear)
unnamed characters (Eg. the bus driver, the waiter, etc)
alienation
historification
Poor theatre
A theatrical movement that rejects elaborate staging and focuses on the actor's performance and the audience's imagination. Often utilizes minimal props and set design to convey the story.
conventions of Poor Theatre
Minimalistic sets
Little to no props
If used, props will change from one to another; focus on implication rather than literal purpose
audience participation.
Commedia D'Arte description
A form of theatre characterized by masked characters, stock situations, and a focus on physical comedy and dialogue. often represented in circus
Commedia D'Arte conventions
stock characters
Slapstick
circus like
Mask
exaggerated movement