WorksheetsTheatre Conventions - SWSC Yr11 2024
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following is NOT commonly considered a convention of the surrealist theatre style?
Isolation
Illogical occurrences
non-linear narratives
dream-like events
Which is the best definition of the eclectic theatre style?
Exploits the conventional themes of
isolation, entrapment, and the supernatural, recontextualising them in modern urban landscapes.
Aims to shock, surprise, and challenge the audience’s perceptions of reality by
presenting the irrational and the illogical in dramatic and visually provocative ways.
depicts believable characters facing ordinary and relatable struggles.
Draws on a range of performance styles to devise performances that go beyond the reality of life as it is lived.
Which of the following is not a convention of Epic Theatre?
Signs/placards
Song with a specific message
Limited emotion
Detailed/authentic costuming
A bare stage with a minimal set and just a few props; anonymous, non-identifiable costumes; ritualised intensity; vocal effects using the actor's voice - these are all conventions used in (a) theatre?
Urban Australian Gothic theatre is characterised by which of the following conventions...? (select 4 correct answers)
Supernatural themes
The environment as a character
An atmosphere of eerie disquiet
Explores the hidden side of city life
Presenting the irrational and illogical
Who is said to have created Epic Theatre?
Andre Breton
Bertolt Brecht
Antonin Artaud
William Shakespeare
Who is said to have created Poor Theatre?
Jerzy Grotowski
Stella Adler
Stephen Spielberg
Bertolt Brecht
Which picture would you associate with surrealist theatre?
Which theatre style is this a description of:
The aim is to disturb the audience, affecting them as deeply as possible in order to shatter a false reality.
Poor Theatre
Theatre of Cruelty
Epic Theatre
Realism
Theatre of Cruelty is said to have been created by...?
Jerzy Grotowski
Bertolt Brecht
Antonin Artaud
Konstantin Stanislavski
Which is NOT a convention of Theatre of Cruelty?
Piercing vocal sounds, wailing, chanting, singing
Spectator's senses to be assaulted
Audience placed in the centre of the performance as a form of entrapment
Signs/placards
This image is from a performance of "Children of the Black Skirt." Based on the conventions seen in the image what theatre style is the play?
Australian Urban Gothic
Surrealism
Epic Theatre
Theatre of Cruelty
What style of theatre is being performed here?
Realism
Surrealism
Australian Urban Gothic
Poor Theatre
