Y9 - Practitioners QUIZ

What is a Theatre Practitioner?

• a person or company that review other peoples work

• someone who writes plays

• a person or theatre company that creates practical work or theories to do with performance and theatre

• someone who operates on people

Tick the practitioners you have studied

• Bertolt Brecht

• Frantic Assembly

• Katie Mitchell

• Konstantine Stanislavski

What style of theatre is associated with Konstantin Stanislavski

• Naturalism

• Epic Theatre

• Physical theatre

• chair duets

What did Bertolt Brecht say about 'Naturalistic' theatre

• i do not understand why anyone would want to watch it

• they (audience) might as well hang their brains up with their coats

• the audience are just as good as the actors on stage

• they (audience) might as well hang up their bags with their coats

Which techniques are used in Epic Theatre. Tick ALL that apply

• Placcards

• Direct address

• Given Circumstances

• Emotional memory

What are "Given Circumstances"?

• Questions that you ask your character

• information that you make up

• key information about your character, that you learn form the script

• the setting of the play

What is physical theatre?

• a performance style that requires actors to perform gymnastic sequences

• a style of theatre with an emphasis on physical elements of performance

• a performance style without words

• a dance style of performance

Which physical theatre company did you research?

• Manic Assembly

• DV8

• Movement Assembly

• Frantic Assembly

Which technique required you to sit next to a partner

• Chair Duets

• Sensory Memory

• Mirroring

• Seat Duets

What is a stimulus?

• a piece of music

• someone that tells you what to do

• something that inspires your performance

• step-by-step instructions