Physical Theatre

[Poker Face]

Has anyone ever seen this stuff? It is my favourite type of theatre other than Musical. He you haven't seen any, I recommend you do but I worn you; you have to have a taste for it, you ether love it or hate it. But, I encourage you to look for some on youtube nevertheless. Zen Zen Zo is a really good company that focuses only on this type of theatre, they are amazing. Look them up!

[Du Soleil.]

Isn't physical theatre where you use your bodies to create the images? Like... say if you were on a fairground on the Waltzers or something, you'd spin around? I remember doing something like this at high school in drama class and it was quite kooky.

[Gildragon]

I've never heard of Physical Theatre.

ever.

is it like just a different term for a straight play?

[Du Soleil.]

Originally Posted by Gildragon

I've never heard of Physical Theatre.

ever.

is it like just a different term for a straight play?

I think it's like using your body to "create" things. Like creating illusions of objects.

[Poker Face]

It's much more complex, it's nothing like a play. It's very grotesque and symbolic so yes, in a sense, sunofdiamonds is right. But it's not just saying, here I'm spinning, it's really in depth. It could mean staying still for a ridiculous amount of time and then screaming and moving as fast as you can. You could say it incorporates dance into it, depends on what type of physical theatre you are doing. My favourite is Butoh, she explains it very well. Check it;

YouTube - Creating Physical Theatre - The Body in Performance