Pantomime

What is a Pantomime?

• A piece of theatre intended to scare the audience.

• A theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, which involves music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairytale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas.

• A speech said by one person to the audience.

• A type of theatre that involves no speaking, but focuses on physicality.

What is an Aside?

• Where the actors mime a section.

• Where an actor asks the audience to participate.

• A line spoken by an actor to the audience, but not intended for others on stage to hear. This should add information to the character or plot.

• When the actors freeze on stage.

What does the term ‘audience participation’ mean?

• When the actors on stage speak their thoughts to the audience.

• When the actors freeze on stage.

• When the company all sing together.

• When the audience takes part in the action of the play. This could be through song, competitions, jokes or something else.

Who is the Pantomime Dame?

• A traditional role in British Pantomime - often the mother role. These characters are often played in either an extremely camp style or else by men acting butch in women’s clothing.

• The hero of the pantomime.

• An evil or wicked character.

• A very quiet character that speaks with a gentle voice.

Who is the Pantomime Villain?

• A quiet gentle character that has a happy ending.

• A wicked or evil character that is vanquished by the Hero.

• A happy go lucky character that often gets things wrong.

• The actor telling the story.

Who is the Hero/Heroine?

• A quiet character that stays in the background.

• An evil person, trying to ruin everything.

• The sidekick that tries to help everyone.

• The main character who has strength or moral character and a noble cause. They save the day.

What does vocal ‘pitch’ refer to?

• How high or low your voice is.

• How loud or soft your voice is.

• How fast or slow your voice is.

• The emotion with which you speak.

What does vocal ‘pace’ refer to?

• How high or low your voice is.

• How loud or soft your voice is.

• How fast or slow your voice is.

• The emotion with which you speak.

What does vocal ‘volume’ refer to?

• Whether you pause for dramatic effect.

• How loud or quiet your voice is.

• How fast or slow your voice is.

• The emotion with which you speak.

What does vocal ‘tone’ refer to?

• Whether you pause for dramatic effect.

• The emotion with which you speak.

• Whether you speak with an accent.

• How loud or quiet your voice is.