Expressionist Theatre - Explanation and History

Expressionism started as a visual art form for an antidote to the beauty of impressionism. The point was to deny immediate perceptions of things, to analyse things then send them back as a pure but different view of that thing (it?s sometimes called ?anti-realism). I can give you a very simple example of expressionism: If I showed an impressionist a vase of flowers, they might produce something akin to ?A Woman Seated beside a …

…performing in these somewhat ?underground? playhouses. After the war, materials became once more available to the arts and expressionist directors used large and elaborate sets which added extra dimensions to the genre, like screening images onto the stage or having moving sets. Probably because of its abstract nature, Expressionist theatre was very stimulating but did not thrive artistically. It is widely believed that expressionist theatre was over by 1925. At this time epic theatre was born.