CINEMA, THEATRE, MUSIC

Nouns
ability (to perform)
acting style
actor
album
amateur dramatics
arrangements
audience
autobiography
ballet
band
box office (hit)
camera crew
cameraman
cartoon
cast
cello
character
(top of the )charts
choir
circus
composer
concert
concert pianist
comedy
composer
computer animation
costume
cover version
country and western
craft of building characters
critic
director
documentary
drama
drama club
drama school
dressing room
duet
early work
entertainment
fan
fellow actors
festival
film industry
film role
film set
folk
guitar
harmony
heavy metal
hit
horror film
instrument
jazz
lead / leading role
lead actor
lead guitar
location
lyrics
member
murder mystery
musical
opera
orchestra
performance
performing arts
performing skills
plot
production
publicity
rehearsal (room)
repertoire
reviews
rhythm
rock n’ roll
role of (the theatre/the cinema/music
romantic comedy
saxophone
science fiction
screen
show business
single
solo
soundtrack
special effects
stage
stage manager
starring role
studio
stunt
stuntman
style
subtitles
success
theatre experience
theatre manager
theatre performance
theatregoer
thriller
track
trailer
tune

Adjectives
amusing
brilliant
catchy (tunes)
classical
creative
deafening (crash)
distinctive (style)
easy (to remember)
entertaining
experienced
fascinating
fictional
gripping
(un)imaginative
(un)impressive
independent film industry/company
inside (experience)
(un)inspired
(un)interesting
key (character)
latest (film)
live (concert/performance)
lively
loud
magic
meaningful
moving
musical
old-fashioned
original (song/number/version/plot)
pop
public (profile)
recent (film)
relaxing
rock
self-centred
skilful (acting/playing)
stunning
suitable (role)
tedious
well-designed plot
wooden (interpretation)
world (music)
Verb phrases
act a part/role in a play
appeal to s.o.
ask probing questions
audition for a part
be a real treat
be a valuable influence on s.o.

be beautifully performed
be musical
be out of character for s.o.
be superbly recorded
bang on the piano
build up a character
catch a glimpse of s.o.
catch someone’s attention
come from a musical family
develop their own style
do a course in film production
face different problems
film a scene
film on location
find suitable roles
go to a concert
go wild
have a high/low opinion of s.o./sth
have all the ingredients to do sth
have an interest in sth/s.o.
have mixed feelings about sth
have problems of a different kind
have problems with sth
hum a tune
it presents a different challenge
join a club/band/theatre group/drama club
laugh out loud
look forward to sth/to doing sth
lose one’s voice
make excellent use of …
make intelligent choices about sth
make out (the song/ what someone is saying)
perform a play
perform on stage
play a musical instrument
play the leading role in sth
produce an album of …
put on a play
rehearse for a concert/show
run a film club
(feelings) run high
run in the family
run smoothly
satisfy s.o.’s curiosity
share the inside experience of the stage
show an interest in sth/s.o.
sing in a choir
slip in and out of a charcter
slip into other people’s shoes
speak (about sth) in depth
stand in for the stars
start in Films
take no notice of sth
take part in a music festival
take place in …
take time to do sth
take up a lot of time
there were few people at the concert
try out an idea
turn to s.o. /sth for inspiration
wait for your call
whistle a tune
work behind the scenes
work on his latest film
work on location
work with all kinds of people
work with children