Theatre Styles

This genre of play involves a crime (usually a murder) and police detectives. Typically, the audience sees the perfect crime being committed, suspects are then wrongly accused and unexpected twists occur at the conclusion of…

The term Vaudeville dates back to the 1730’s and was originally coined after light-hearted songs that were composed in the valley of Vire, a town in northwest France. Essentially, Vaudeville was a variety show of…

Not to be confused with mime, the pantomime (abbreviated as ‘panto’) is almost exclusively a genre associated with England, beginning in the early 18th Century and originally involving Commedia dell’Arte-type characters. When Queen Victoria arrived…

One of the primary ingredients for a fantasy play is a setting in another time or place. So plays of this genre have many aspects that do not depend on realism. Other worlds are common…