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Amateur theatre
Theatre performed by amateur actors and singers
American burlesque
Genre of variety show
Audition
Sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performer seeking a role
Blackface Naija
Nigerian dancehall, ragga, reggae singer and songwriter. He is best known as co-writer of “African Queen” with 2Baba
Broadway theatre
Type of theatre in New York City
Bunraku
Traditional Japanese puppet theatre
Burlesque
Literary, dramatic or musical work or genre
Butoh
Post-WWII Japanese dance form
Cabaret
Venue for a mixed variety show of music & theatrical revue
Cantonese opera
Chinese opera tradition originating in Guangdong province
Chinese opera
Popular form of drama and musical theatre in China
Comedian
Person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh
Comedy
Genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous
Commedia dell'arte
Early form of professional theatre originating in Italy
Costume design
Creation of clothing and accessories to signal aspects of character in film, television, or theatre
Dialogue
Conversation between two or more person
Drama
Artwork intended for performance, formal type of literature
Dramaturgy
Art of dramatic composition
Huangmei opera
Music genre
Impressionist (entertainment)
Entertainer who skillfully mimics the voices, speech patterns, singing styles, and mannerisms of others in their performances
Improvisational theatre
Theatrical genre featuring unscripted performance
Jester
Historical entertainer
Joke
Display of humor using words
Kabuki
Classical Japanese dance-drama
Laurence Olivier Awards
Theatre awards
Libretto
Text used in an extended musical work such as an opera or musical
Masque
Courtly entertainment with music and dance
Medieval theatre
Plays and playmaking in the Middle Ages
Melodrama
Dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters to appeal to the emotions
Minstrel show
19th-century American style of entertainment involving racist caricatures of black people
Monodrama
Theatrical and musical genre
Monologue
Speech presented by a single character
Musical theatre
Stage work that combines songs, music, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance
Mystery play
Medieval European play
Nineteenth-century theatre
19th-century European and US theatre culture
Noh
Classical Japanese dance-drama theatre
Operetta
Form of theatre and a genre of light opera
Pantomime
Genre of musical comedy stage production
Parody
Imitative work created to mock, comment on or trivialise an original work
Peking opera
Chinese opera style
Play (theatre)
Dramatic work
Rock musical
Musical theatre work with rock music
Scenic design
Creation of theatrical or film scenery
Scenography
Theatre design including lighting, sound, set, and costume design
Soliloquy
Speech to oneself
Stage lighting
Craft of lighting at performances
Stage management
Theatre or event coordination and organization
Stagecraft
Technical aspect of theatrical, film, video production
Stand-up comedy
Comedy style where the performer addresses the audience directly
Theatre
Collaborative form of performing art
Theatre music
Music composed or adapted for performance in theatres
Theatre of ancient Greece
Greek theatre
Theatre of ancient Rome
Theatrical genre
Theatre of Japan
Tony Awards
Annual awards for Broadway theatre
Tragedy
Form of drama based
Twentieth-century theatre
Aspect of history
Victorian burlesque
Theatrical genre
West End theatre
Professional theatre staged in London, England
Yue opera
Chinese yue opera originated in Zhejiang, China