one-person show
Single actor production
A one-person show is a theatrical performance with a single performer, typically written for or by that performer.
The term extends to any endeavor dominated by one individual: The department has become a one-person show since the layoffs.
Also called a one-man show or one-woman show, though one-person avoids gendered language.
- soloPerformance by one
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- spoken wordPoetry delivered aloud
- performerOne who entertains audiences
- center stagePosition of maximum attention
solo act · spotlight · bare stage · stage · autobiographical · cabaret · standup · late night set · theatre · intimate · storytelling · memoir · confessional · fourth wall · applause · standing ovation · curtain · encore
- Fringe FestivalEdinburgh Fringe, fringe, flyering, festival passes, stand-up comedy
- short playsone-act, short play, playlet, one-act play, sketch
- spoken wordspoken word, spoken word poetry, slam poetry, slam poets, poetry slam
- alternative theatrefringe theatre, experimental drama, black box theatre, site-specific, Edinburgh Fringe
- Avant-Garde Theatertheater of the absurd, absurdist theater, epic theater, avant-garde performance, physical theater
- Performance Artperformance art, body art, happening, happenings, Yoko Ono
one-person showensemble cast
Multiple principal performers equally
chorus · orchestra · opera · ensemble piece · large-scale production
one-person showco-production
Collaborative creation between parties
person, show, ones, persons, personal, personally, personality, personable, personify