Year 8 Drama Assessment

How would you define an abstract style of theatre?

• Something that wouldn’t happen in everyday life

• A tragedy

• Something that would happen in everyday life

• A comedy

What is a stimulus?

• A person who reviews theatre

• A person who creates a play

• The process of creating drama

• A starting point for the piece of devised work

Which stock character in Melodrama would often get into trouble and may need rescuing?

• The aged parent

• The damsel in distress

• The hero

• The comic servant

Who wrote the play Blood Brothers?

• Willy Russell

• Dennis Kelly

• Derek Bentley

• Christopher Craig

What would not be included in the success criteria for creating choral movement?

• Unison

• Canon

• Repetition

• Vocal Skills

Which of these would be classed as a physical skill?

• Pitch

• Gesture

• Tone

• Volume

If a performer stands at the front of a stage, near the audience, what would the stage direction be?

• Upstage

• Downstage

• Centre Stage

• Front stage

Finish this sentence. The angel and devil technique would allow the audience to see a character’s….

• Mind

• Feelings

• Conscience

• Emotions

What is the type of staging called when the audience sit on two sides of the performance space?

• Traverse

• Proscenium Arch

• In the Round

• Promenade

In choral speech, what is it called when performers are split into two or more groups with each group being responsible for different sections of the text?

• Refrain

• Solo

• Canon

• Antiphon