Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
Inner impulses from which movement originates.
A group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together.
A role with little to no lines who generally appears within a larger group of similar characters.
The rich qualities and singular experiences a person possesses that make them unique.
Exaggerated resistance is when an actor makes an action more definite and sharper in order to create the illusion of physics, such as the tension when pulling on a rope or the struggle to lift a heavier object. (Exaggerated expressions and gestures are also used to help add to the illusion of resistance.)
When the acting style is ‘larger than life’ or magnified.
The character’s desired outcome that motivates the monologue.
Using movement to express character, state of mind, atmosphere, intentions.
A fictional story of the fantasy genre – idealised, romantic, and magical.
A method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range.
A pantomime in which actors perform at double or triple time.
A small role within the script that has some lines, but could be cut from the show without altering the story.