Australian Gothic Theatre Review

Australian Gothic Theatre is..

• Born from Gothic architecture and literature

• Characterised by the Australian landscape

• Eerie and dark

Dramatic conventions are...

• Just another name for the elements of drama

• Unique techniques that create a style

• skills such as directing, performing, critiquing

• the context behind the play

Which of the following is NOT a convention of Australian Gothic Theatre?

• Multiple role

• Ritualised movement

• Channelling of spirits

• Music

Familiar made strange is defined as..

• Slow, sustained movement

• Actors playing dead characters

• A very personal image, space or friend suddenly made weird

• Supernatural characters

Lonely Queenslander style homes, dusty desserts, abandoned towns and sewers are examples of..

• unique Australian landscape

• Transforming into the grotesque

• Intertextuality

An example of Australian Gothic spaces are..

• Eerie sounds heard, storms brewing and candles flickering

• Eeries sounds, sunshine and monsters

• Caves, sewers and happy picnics

• Graveyards, prisons and crowded beaches

Examples of Australian Gothic characters are...

• Grotesque bodies, inanimate and sesame street characters

• Unborn, fearful and horse-like

• Supernatural, shadows and animal like

Who wrote 'Children of the Black Skirt'?

• Angela Anaconda

• Angela Betzien

• Betty Anderson

• Old One

Identify the character pictured..

• Old One

• New One

• Harold Horrocks

• Black Skirt

Identify the character pictured..

• Old One

• New One

• Harold Horrocks

• Black Skirt