What are theatrical devices?

Answer 1

They are different techniques used in a play such as:

· Mime: when you perform a piece or a scene in complete silence

· choral readings :read off a paper

· melodrama

· combinations of various forms and styles

· Physical Theatre: When actors use their bodies to make props

· Climax/anti-climax

· Contrast: Silence/noise

· Characterisation: To describe an actor

· slow motion

· freeze-frame

· Monologue

· props (e.g. a torn wedding photograph to represent a divorce)

· gestures (e.g. finger on lips as a symbol of silence)

· expressions (e.g. open mouth to represent surprise)

· costume (a white costume as a symbol of innocence)

· lighting (e.g. blue lighting to represent night-time)

· setting (dry ice vapour to represent a snowy wood)

· Still Image

· Thought Tracking

· Narrating

· Cross cutting: Going back in time

· Hot seating

· Marking the moment :to emphasize the moment in the play

· Stage Levels: For status, different locations, shows area more clearly

Answer 2

Theatrical elements include Lighting , Props, Sound, Music, Set (Material) and Gesture, stylized movement, dance, staging (non-Material) as a means of supporting the storytelling and/or communication with an audience.