Preschool children and theatre performance

This bachelor's thesis examines the preschool children and theatre performance. The aim of this work is discover whether children benefit more from a theatre performance they themselves playact in, or from one which they watch. The thesis also focuses on behaviour and dressing of children in theatre premises. The theoretical section of the work focuses on definition of the term 'drama' and it's various parts. Further, it examines emergence and history of drama and dramatic guilds. In this section, drama is subdivided into two parts: acted theatre and puppet theatre. The practical section uses observational and conversational research methods to investigate reactions and behaviour of children during a performance, which they either take part in or watch. It further focuses on child behaviour in the premises of kindergarten and theatre, where the performance takes place