| play | skuespil |
| script | manuskript |
| character | karakter |
| role | rolle |
| hero | helt |
| heroine | heltinde f. |
| critic | kritiker |
| theater decor | teaterdekoration |
| stage directions | sceneanvisninger |
| dialogue | dialog |
| storytelling | storytelling |
| acting | skuespil |
| interpretation | fortolkning |

| to act | at spille skuespil |
| to interpret | at fortolke |
Are you one of the good guys or the bad guys?
Er du en af de gode eller de onde?He is a complex character.
Han er en kompleks karakter.She can't act. Her characters aren't very believable.
Hun kan ikke spille skuespil. Hendes karakterer er ikke særlig troværdige.It was a play about love in all its variations.
Det var et skuespil om kærlighed i alle dens variationer.
| performance | forestilling |
| show | show |
| spectator | tilskuer |
We will go to the performance of the show tomorrow.
Vi skal til forestillingen i morgen.
| cast | rollebesætning |
| audition | audition |
| rehearsal | prøve |
| stage-fright | sceneskræk |
| improvisation / improv | improvisation |
I have an audition tomorrow for the part of Hamlet.
Jeg har en audition i morgen til rollen som Hamlet.The theater director guided the actors.
Teaterdirektøren guidede skuespillerne.Did you memorize your lines?
Har du lært dine replikker udenad?He forgot his lines.
Han glemte sine replikker.
| comedy | komedie |
| comical | komisk |
| comedian | komiker |
| drama | drama |
| dramatic | dramatisk |
| tragedy | tragedie |
| tragic | tragisk |
| cinema | biograf |
| screenplay | manuskript |
| plot | plot |
| suspense | spænding |
| cliffhanger | cliffhanger |
| screening | screening |
| to direct | at instruere |
The director cast an unknown actor in the main role.
Instruktøren castede en ukendt skuespiller i hovedrollen.Lights, camera, action!
Lys, kamera, action!Cut!
Klip!Take two.
Tag to.That's a wrap!
Det var det!It's a blockbuster.
Det er en blockbuster.It was a box office bomb.
Det var en box office-bombe.The movie was a flop.
Filmen var en fiasko.The plot thickens.
Plottet tykner.The plot of this film is too predictable.
Plottet i denne film er for forudsigeligt.
There are screenings of the film at 18:00 and 20:00.
Der er screeninger af filmen kl. 18:00 og 20:00.
| action | actionaction |
| historical fiction | historisk fiktion |
| romantic comedy | romantisk komedie |
| science fiction / sci-fi | science fiction / sci-fi |
| horror | gyser |
| westerns | westerns |
| animation | animation |
| cartoons | tegnefilm |
| soap opera | sæbeopera |
| sitcom | sitcom |
| stand-up | stand-up |
| reality TV | reality-tv |
| game show | gameshow |
| documentary | dokumentar |
| crime/mystery | krimi/mysterium |
| satire | satire |
| romance | romantik |
| detective novel | kriminalroman |
| thriller | thriller |
| historical fiction | historisk fiktion |
| fantasy | fantasy |
| comics | tegneserier |
| classics | klassikere |
What kind of literature do you prefer?
Hvilken slags litteratur foretrækker du?The thriller was a bestseller.
Thrilleren var en bestseller.