Drama Glossary
Key theatre terms and definitions including related shows.
A term that encompasses identities and ethnicities from Latin-American ancestry, and includes Latino, Hispanic, and Chicano.
Similar to forum theatre, legislative theatre is used to engage voters with issues up for discussion or debate.
The six-pillar system of set characters in Cantonese opera.
An ancient Sanskrit epic
A powerful and characteristic posd struck by an actor.
People of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry, and one of the three recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Distinctive hand movements used in Kathakalī dance-dramas.
A period of political disorder in Japan alongside cultural growth, from 1333 to 1573.
A trickster figure in First Nations mythology (also known as Nanabozho).
A form of shadow play found in Thailand.
An early form of Chinese opera.
Thai classical dance.