amateur dramatics
Hobby stage performances
Amateur dramatics is theatrical performance by nonprofessionals, typically in community theaters or school productions.
The term is more common in British English than American.
It often carries a faintly dismissive tone when applied beyond the stage: His outrage was pure amateur dramatics—suggesting exaggerated, unconvincing emotion.
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- community theaterLocal nonprofessional stage productions
- auditionsPerformance tests for casting
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- pantoBritish holiday farce
director · acting · treading the boards · village hall · parish hall · stage · scriptwriting · play · Gilbert and Sullivan · stage presence · British tradition · teamwork · church hall · costume · line · improvisation · collaboration · casting
- pastimeshobbies, amusement, puzzles, cards, crafting
- amateur theatercommunity theater, school plays, youth theater, college theater, summer stock
- British Pastimespub quiz, cricket matches, darts, cricket, bowls
- Slavic theaterThree Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov, The Proposal
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
- amateurhobbyist, dilettante, nonprofessional, novice, beginner
amateur dramaticsprofessional theater
Paid dramatic performance venue
commercial theater · Broadway · West End · repertory theater · legitimate theater
amateur dramaticshigh drama
Intensely emotional events
avant-garde theater · experimental theater · classical theater
amateur dramaticsfilm
Movie or coating
cinema · television drama · Hollywood · motion pictures · studio productions