Epic Theatre

Drama

One text, different approaches

Who is associated with creating Epic Theatre?

True or False: When considering stage, costume and lighting design for a Epic Theatre performance, you need to keep everything as realistic as possible.

True or false: Breaking into song or talking to the audience was Brecht’s way of helping the audience to engage with the message of the performance rather than forming an emotional connection with the characters.

Creating strong characters and telling character led stories.

Creating symbolic characters and telling long epic stories.

Epic Theatre is a genre of theatre which is focused on...

The time frame for a plot in an Epic Theatre production is usually...

What genre of theatre is Konstantin Stanislavski associated with?

True or False: When considering stage, costume and lighting design for a Naturalistic performance, you need to keep everything as realistic as possible.

Understanding and emotionally connecting with a character.

Understanding how to character could be performed to an audience.

Understanding the character and their place in the big issue of the play.

... creating strong characters and telling character led stories.

... creating symbolic characters and telling long epic stories.

Naturalism is a genre of theatre which is focused on...

Who has overall creative responsibility for the creation of a piece of theatre.

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Physical activity required.

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Epic Theatre

Lesson outcome

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This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.