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  • What the word for a person who writes plays? And the spelling?
    a playwright
  • If everyone stands up and claps, it's a ....
    standing ovation
  • What's the word for an actor/dancer who is "backup" for one of the stars (in case they get ill)?
    an understudy
  • Who represents an artist?
    their agent
  • What do you call the music for a film?
    the soundtrack
  • If you are the centre of attention, you are ___ ____ _______.
    in the limelight
  • Who decides on the steps, etc for a new ballet?
    the choreographer
  • What does a performer have before they are employed for a show/production?
    an audition
  • What's the kind of comedy done before a live audience? (jokes, not sitcom)
    standup
  • When the actors perform the play in costume, before they have an audience, it's called ...?
    the dress rehearsal
  • What does a writer write for a film? (dialogue / action)
    a screenplay
  • What's the term for a musician who sings/plays in the street for money?
    a busker
  • A performer who is too nervous to appear before an audience is suffering from ...?
    stagefright
  • What's the performance of a play given for the press?
    the preview
  • What's the part of the theatre behind the main stage?
    backstage
  • What's the term for words / actions which tell a performer that it's their turn to perform?
    their cue
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