stage business

English Thesaurus

1. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect (noun.act)

hypernym	:	acting, performing, playacting, playing,
definition	:	the performance of a part or role in a drama (noun.act)

hyponym	:	schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik,
definition	:	(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention (noun.act)