Drama > Drama Conventions > Mimed Activity

Removing or reducing the use of talking in a piece of drama can allow you to focus on the movement, gesture and physical relationships at work in a drama.

There are many different types of mime:

Mimed action: Using your body to imitate doing something (for example: miming walking whilst staying in one place)

Drawn Mime: Drawing or shaping the outline of an object in space (for example: tracing a door in the air before pretending to knock on it)

Figurative Mime or Physical Theatre: This is when the performer or part of the performer becomes the object (for example: miming a telephone by sticking out you thumb and little finger and talking into the other kuckles or a group of actors forming themselves into a ship for other actors to sail in.)