These are things that are not possible in a film or in most theatrical performances.
But a new piece by Julia Wolfe, "My Beautiful Scream," performed with no lighting effects or auxiliary video, proved the most vividly theatrical performance of all, precisely because the drama was concentrated in the music itself.
The most momentous theatrical performance of 2012 was only seen by around 1,600 people, as it took place at the Royal Court's small Theatre Upstairs.
In Hamlet (c. 1599 1601) Shakespeare offers his most detailed image of theatrical performance.
Ethnicity as a performance is at its most theatrical in Irvin Morazán's fantastically costumed performances, in which he wears towering masklike headdresses that mix references to pre-Columbian and contemporary hip-hop cultures.
At the gay literary salon Polari, which began in a small Soho bar and recently relocated to the Southbank Center (southbankcentre.co.uk), the novelist and journalist Paul Burston puts on the most theatrical London salon, featuring music and performance art in addition to readings and discussion.
A circus, described as "one of the most brazen of entertainment forms", is a special type of theatrical performance, involving acrobatics and often performing animals, usually thought of as a travelling show, although permanent venues have also been used.
The complexity of such music was perhaps inappropriate to outdoor theatrical performance and above the heads of most of Shakespeare's audience.
Using theatrical performance in medical education was appreciated by most students and may facilitate learning and enhance empathy and team work communication skills.
He also performed in the controversial award-winning theatrical performance dealing with AIDS, "The Normal Heart".
