Define - the 4 main types of theatre genres

Representational stage

Presentational style

Historical style

Experimental style

In representational theatre the artists strive to create a visual and performance reality on stage that tricks the audience into accepting the idea that what they are seeing is real.

'Presentational acting', in this sense, refers to a relationship that acknowledges the audience, whether directly by addressing them, or indirectly through a general attitude or specific use of language, looks, gestures or other signs that indicate that the character or actor is aware of the audience's presence.

An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable. Styles therefore emerge from the history of a society. They are documented in the subject of architectural history.

Experimental fiction breaks one or more of the conventions that the theatre expects to find.