Story Telling - 5 Different Ways

• Narration, for example Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat
• This is good because it tells the audience exactly what is happening and it's easy to add detail. This is an  good technique to use when telling stories to children as it's easy to understand.

• Movement/ Physical Theatre, for example Café Müller by Pina Bausch
• This is an interesting and contemporary way of telling a story and often has no speech but only noises such as screaming and breathing. This is a good way of focusing more on the emotions than the speech and creates a more powerful performance. 

• Dance, for example Swan Lake
• This is similar to movement and physical theatre except it is more disciplined and choreographed. Instead of directly telling a story  it portrays the feelings of the characters through movement and body language and lets the audience's imagination do the rest. 

• Acting, for example Lord of the Flies
• This technique is the most traditional for telling a story on stage. It is effective because it brings to life the characters people have only imagined and is a very realistic way of telling the story, making it more relatable.

• Singing/Musical, for example Phantom of the Opera or Les Misérables
• This is an old fashioned way of telling a story which focuses on singing to create the story. It makes it more interesting as the characters are not just speaking but is not appealing to all audiences.